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valge

Pronunciation: /ˈvɑlɡ̊e/

“valge” is an Estonian word. Its 9 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. white (color)
  2. Covered in snow.
  3. light, bright, illuminated
  4. Having light skin, belonging to the Caucasian race.
  5. Related to the counterrevolutionary White movement during the Russian Civil War.

noun

  1. The color white, something colored in white.
  2. sunlight, illumination
  3. A person having light skin, belonging to the Caucasian race.
  4. A person belonging to the counterrevolutionary White movement during the Russian Civil War.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valkëda, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wëlketa, from *walke or *wïlki (“light”). Cognate with Finnish valkea, Livonian vālda, Votic valka, Ingrian valkia, Karelian valgie, Livvi valgei, Ludian valged, Veps vauged, Northern Sami vielgat (from Proto-Samic *vielkëtē) and Eastern Mari волгыдо (volgydo, “light, brightness”); possibly also Erzya валдо (valdo, “light”), Moksha валда (valda,…

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