vatsa

From Proto-Finnic *vacca, of uncertain further origin. Cognates include Estonian vats, Karelian vačča, Livvi vačču, Ludian vattš and Veps vac.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑtsɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑtsɑ
• Syllabification^(key): vat‧sa
• Hyphenation^(key): vat‧sa

vatsa

1. belly, abdomen (part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back)

   Synonyms: maha, (childish) masu

2. stomach (in common language only, not as an anatomical term)

   Synonyms: maha, mahalaukku

• “vatsa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja ‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

• vasat, vasta, vasta-

From Proto-Finnic *vacca. Cognates include Finnish vatsa and Estonian vats.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑt͡sɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑt͡sɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑt͡s, -ɑt͡sɑ
• Hyphenation: vat‧sa

vatsa

1. abdomen

• mako (“belly”), prulli (“belly”)

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “вацца”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи , Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ , page 679
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 647