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valta.

power, authority, rule

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʋɑltɑ/[ˈʋɑ̝l̪t̪ɑ̝]

  1. power, authority, rule

    veden vallassa
    valta tuo vastuuta

  2. country, state, power

    Yhdysvallat
    Hän vakoili vieraan vallan hyväksi.

  3. authorities, people with power, people in power

    collective

  4. supernatural being (mainly in idioms)

    in-plural
    taivaan vallat

  5. virtue (rank of angel)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *valta, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waldą (“might, power, authority”) or Proto-Norse [script needed] (*walda-) (compare Swedish våld, German Gewalt, Dutch geweld, Icelandic vald). First attested in 1215 (in the surname Kaikewalde).

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