волода

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latvian valoda (“language”).[1] First attested in 1989 as воло́да (volóda), when the word was introduced by newspaper “Zbudinnje” into West Polesian microlanguage.[2][3] By surface analysis, володі́ти (volodíty, “to own”) +‎ -а (-a), literally “what they own and can speak”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wɔˈɫɔdɐ]
  • Hyphenation: во‧ло‧да

Noun

воло́да • (volóda) f inan (West Polesian, uncommon)

  1. language
    Synonym: мо́ва (móva)

References

  1. ^ Blinova (2016), page 114
  2. ^ Zb.1 (1989), page 3: “воло́да”
  3. ^ Zb.4/22 (1991), page 3: “Волода”
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