valu
English
Etymology
Clipping of value.
Adjective
valu (not comparable)
- (advertising, marketing, branding) Alternative form of value: Pertaining to value for money, or being discounted.
Usage notes
Used in advertising material, brand naming, and marketing purposes; such as naming of discount store chains, discount brand product lines, discount sale events, like ValuMart, TruValu, Valu Saturdays.
Balaesang
References
- Donald F. and Sharon G. Barr and C. Salombe, Languages of Central Sulawesi: checklist, preliminary classification, language maps, wordlists, Ujung Pandang: Hasanuddin University (1979), page 98
Estonian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *valo, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kwalō. Compare Swedish kval (“agony”) and German Qual (“agony”). Possibly a derivation of valge.
Declension
Declension of valu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | valu | valud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | valu | ||
genitive | valude | ||
partitive | valu | valusid | |
illative | vallu valusse |
valudesse | |
inessive | valus | valudes | |
elative | valust | valudest | |
allative | valule | valudele | |
adessive | valul | valudel | |
ablative | valult | valudelt | |
translative | valuks | valudeks | |
terminative | valuni | valudeni | |
essive | valuna | valudena | |
abessive | valuta | valudeta | |
comitative | valuga | valudega |
Declension
Declension of valu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||
nominative | valu | valud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | valu | ||
genitive | valude | ||
partitive | valu | valusid | |
illative | vallu valusse |
valudesse | |
inessive | valus | valudes | |
elative | valust | valudest | |
allative | valule | valudele | |
adessive | valul | valudel | |
ablative | valult | valudelt | |
translative | valuks | valudeks | |
terminative | valuni | valudeni | |
essive | valuna | valudena | |
abessive | valuta | valudeta | |
comitative | valuga | valudega |
Etymology 3
From Proto-Finnic *valo. Related to Finnish valo.
Declension
Declension of valu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | valu | valud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | valu | ||
genitive | valude | ||
partitive | valu | valusid | |
illative | vallu valusse |
valudesse | |
inessive | valus | valudes | |
elative | valust | valudest | |
allative | valule | valudele | |
adessive | valul | valudel | |
ablative | valult | valudelt | |
translative | valuks | valudeks | |
terminative | valuni | valudeni | |
essive | valuna | valudena | |
abessive | valuta | valudeta | |
comitative | valuga | valudega |
Synonyms
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlu/, [ˈʋɑ̝lu]
- Rhymes: -ɑlu
- Syllabification(key): va‧lu
Declension
Inflection of valu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | valu | valut | ||
genitive | valun | valujen | ||
partitive | valua | valuja | ||
illative | valuun | valuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | valu | valut | ||
accusative | nom. | valu | valut | |
gen. | valun | |||
genitive | valun | valujen | ||
partitive | valua | valuja | ||
inessive | valussa | valuissa | ||
elative | valusta | valuista | ||
illative | valuun | valuihin | ||
adessive | valulla | valuilla | ||
ablative | valulta | valuilta | ||
allative | valulle | valuille | ||
essive | valuna | valuina | ||
translative | valuksi | valuiksi | ||
abessive | valutta | valuitta | ||
instructive | — | valuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “valu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑluˣ/, [ˈʋɑ̝lu(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ɑlu
- Syllabification(key): va‧lu
Verb
valu
- inflection of valua:
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
French
Pronunciation
Audio (CAN) (file)
Niuean
< 7 | 8 | 9 > |
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Cardinal : valu | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.
Pukapukan
< 7 | 8 | 9 > |
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Cardinal : valu Ordinal : valu | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.
Further reading
Samoan
< 7 | 8 | 9 > |
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Cardinal : valu | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.
Swedish
Tokelauan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈva.lu]
- Hyphenation: va‧lu
Etymology 1
< 7 | 8 | 9 > |
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Cardinal : valu | ||
From Proto-Polynesian *walu. Cognates include Hawaiian walu and Samoan valu.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Polynesian *waru. Cognates include Hawaiian walu and Samoan valu.
Verb
valu
Tongan
< 7 | 8 | 9 > |
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Cardinal : valu | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.lu/
Tuvaluan
< 7 | 8 | 9 > |
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Cardinal : valu | ||
Derived terms
- Tuuvalu (“Tuvalu, literally "eight standing together"”)
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *palu (“several, some”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /βalu/
Particle
valu
- Pluralizes the following noun.
Further reading
- Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), pages 90 & 368