valoda

== Latvian == === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to tear, to spend”). Cognates include Latgalian volūda (“id.”), Lithuanian valandà (“hour, moment, time”). Alternatively related to Proto-West Slavic *volati (“to call”). Confer Polish wołać, Czech volat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [valuôda] === Noun === valoda f (4th declension) language ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Ukrainian: воло́да (volóda) === Further reading === “valoda” in Latviešu literārās valodas vārdnīca “valoda” in Mūsdienu latviešu valodas vārdnīca valoda at tezaurs.lv