vessa

vessa

1. inflection of vessar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Irregularly derived from WC (which is usually read veesee).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋesːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -esːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ves‧sa

vessa

1. toilet (room or seat)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vessa

   vetää vessa ― to flush the toilet

• The word, while now standard, was once considered colloquial, though never vulgar. If one wants to be absolutely safe, miestenhuone (“men's room”) and naistenhuone (“ladies' room”) may be used.

• “vessa”, 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 2023-07-04

• saves

• Homophones: vessas, vessât

vessa

1. third-person singular past historic of vesser

vessa

1. inflection of vessare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Sanskrit वैश्य (vaiśya).

vessa m (feminine vessī or vesī)

1. a Vaishya

• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 564.

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vessa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead