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English
Etymology
Dutch sas, from French sas (“the basin of a waterfall”).
Noun
sasse (plural sasses)
- (obsolete) A sluice or lock, as in a river or canal, to make it more navigable.
1662 January 25, Samuel Pepys, Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, volume 2, Dodd, Mead & Company, published 1885, page 186:Thence with him to the Trinity-house to dinner; where Sir Richard Brown, one of the clerkes of the Council, and who is much concerned against Sir N. Crisp's project of making a great sasse in the King's lands about Deptford, to be a wett-dock to hold 200 sail of ships.
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French
Pronunciation
Verb
sasse
- inflection of sasser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Lule Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *sësē.
Noun
sasse
- sleeve
Inflection
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Pali
Noun
sasse
- locative singular of sassa (“crop”)
Pite Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *sësē.
Noun
sasse
- sleeve
Inflection
Further reading
- sasse in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland