"-va" meaning in Romanian

See -va in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /va/
Etymology: Probably from va, the popular (folk) variant of the third-person singular indicative form of the verb vrea (“to want”) (cf. also its usage as an auxiliary verb, or in conjugated forms of (a) voi). Head templates: {{head|ro|suffix}} -va
  1. suffixed to some adverbs and prepositions, meaning "some" Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--va-ro-suffix-phazUDTa Categories (other): Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header
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  "etymology_text": "Probably from va, the popular (folk) variant of the third-person singular indicative form of the verb vrea (“to want”) (cf. also its usage as an auxiliary verb, or in conjugated forms of (a) voi).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-va",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 8 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ce (“what”) + -va → ceva (“something”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cine (“who”) + -va → cineva (“someone”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "unde (“where”) + -va → undeva (“somewhere”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "când (“when”) + -va → cândva (“sometime”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cum (“how”) + -va → cumva (“somehow”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffixed to some adverbs and prepositions, meaning \"some\""
      ],
      "id": "en--va-ro-suffix-phazUDTa",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/va/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-va"
}
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  "etymology_text": "Probably from va, the popular (folk) variant of the third-person singular indicative form of the verb vrea (“to want”) (cf. also its usage as an auxiliary verb, or in conjugated forms of (a) voi).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-va",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 8 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian suffixes"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ce (“what”) + -va → ceva (“something”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cine (“who”) + -va → cineva (“someone”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "unde (“where”) + -va → undeva (“somewhere”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "când (“when”) + -va → cândva (“sometime”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cum (“how”) + -va → cumva (“somehow”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffixed to some adverbs and prepositions, meaning \"some\""
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/va/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-va"
}

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