vasa
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Lesser vasa parrot
English
Etymology 1
Noun
vasa (plural vasas)
- Any parrot of the genus Coracopsis, native to Madagascar.
Etymology 2
Noun
vasa
Related terms
References
- ^ “vasa, n.2”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *vasa, borrowed from Proto-Iranian *wacáh (“yearling calf”).[1]
Noun
vasa
Usage notes
The calf of a cow is never vasa, but vasikka.
Declension
| Inflection of vasa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vasa | vasat | |
| genitive | vasan | vasojen | |
| partitive | vasaa | vasoja | |
| illative | vasaan | vasoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vasa | vasat | |
| accusative | nom. | vasa | vasat |
| gen. | vasan | ||
| genitive | vasan | vasojen vasain rare | |
| partitive | vasaa | vasoja | |
| inessive | vasassa | vasoissa | |
| elative | vasasta | vasoista | |
| illative | vasaan | vasoihin | |
| adessive | vasalla | vasoilla | |
| ablative | vasalta | vasoilta | |
| allative | vasalle | vasoille | |
| essive | vasana | vasoina | |
| translative | vasaksi | vasoiksi | |
| abessive | vasatta | vasoitta | |
| instructive | — | vasoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
See also
References
Further reading
- “1. vasa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Swedish vase (Finnish Swedish vasa).
Noun
vasa
Declension
| Inflection of vasa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vasa | vasat | |
| genitive | vasan | vasojen | |
| partitive | vasaa | vasoja | |
| illative | vasaan | vasoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vasa | vasat | |
| accusative | nom. | vasa | vasat |
| gen. | vasan | ||
| genitive | vasan | vasojen vasain rare | |
| partitive | vasaa | vasoja | |
| inessive | vasassa | vasoissa | |
| elative | vasasta | vasoista | |
| illative | vasaan | vasoihin | |
| adessive | vasalla | vasoilla | |
| ablative | vasalta | vasoilta | |
| allative | vasalle | vasoille | |
| essive | vasana | vasoina | |
| translative | vasaksi | vasoiksi | |
| abessive | vasatta | vasoitta | |
| instructive | — | vasoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “2. vasa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
vasa
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | vasa | — |
| accusative | vasát | — |
| dative | vasának | — |
| instrumental | vasával | — |
| causal-final | vasáért | — |
| translative | vasává | — |
| terminative | vasáig | — |
| essive-formal | vasaként | — |
| essive-modal | vasául | — |
| inessive | vasában | — |
| superessive | vasán | — |
| adessive | vasánál | — |
| illative | vasába | — |
| sublative | vasára | — |
| allative | vasához | — |
| elative | vasából | — |
| delative | vasáról | — |
| ablative | vasától | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
vasáé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
vasáéi | — |
Icelandic
Noun
vasa
- indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular of vasi
- indefinite accusative/genitive plural of vasi
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯aː.sa/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈva.sa/,
Noun
vāsa
References
- vasa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Verb
vasa
- imperative active second-person singular of vasati (“to dwell”)
- imperative active second-person singular of vasati (“to clothe”)
Samoan
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic (compare Fijian wasa).
Noun
vasa
Swedish
Pronunciation
Interjection
vasa
Synonyms
References
- ^ vasa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) (interjection sense)
Anagrams
Yami
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.
Adjective
vasa
Zou
Etymology
From va (“bird”) + sa (“meat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
vasá
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 64