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Ingrian
Etymology
From the instructive plural of Proto-Finnic *vast-. Akin to Finnish vastoin.
Pronunciation
Preposition
vassoin (+ partitive)
- Synonym of vassen
1936, V. I. Junus, N. A. Iljin, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 31:Kalastajat kovast soutaat vassoin tuult.- The fishermen are rowing hard against the wind.
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 645