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• ava
  ava

  adverb

  of all; at all.
• Ava
  Ava

  noun

  a first name.

ava

¹ American  

[uh-vah, uh-vaw] / əˈvɑ, əˈvɔ /

Or ava'

adverb

Scot.

1. of all; at all.

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Ava ² American  

[ey-vuh] / ˈeɪ və /

noun

1. a first name.

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ava British  

/ əˈvɔː /

adverb

1. at all

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Etymology

Origin of ava

Scot form of of all

Example Sentences

If he marry me in haste, Let me see his bonny face; If he marry me betide, Let me see his bonnie side; Gin he marry na me ava', Turn his back and gae awa.'

From The Scottish Fairy Book by Grierson, Elizabeth Wilson

The auld folk are crouse, and they craw That their putting is pawky and slee; In a bunker they're nae gude ava', But to girn, and to gar the sand flee.

From Ballads in Blue China by Lang, Andrew

There's nane ava', Ye'll sit and glower ahint the wa' At bleesin' breakers till ye staw, If that's yer wush; 'There's aye the Stinchar.'

From Ban and Arriere Ban by Lang, Andrew

But her mither never thankit the minister ava', juist turned her back an' grat into her peenie.

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

The first twa years I spent out here Werena sae ill ava'; But hoo I've lived syne; my freend, There's little need to blaw.

From The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)