vassa

See also: vässa

Cypriot Arabic

Root
v-s-y
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَصَّى (waṣṣā).

Verb

vassa II (present pivassi) (transitive)

  1. to advise, to inform

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 464

Norman

Etymology

From Old French vassal, from Early Medieval Latin vassallus (manservant, domestic, retainer), from vassus (servant), from Gaulish uassos (young man, squire).

Noun

vassa m (plural vassaux)

  1. (Jersey) vassal

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse *vaðsa, from vaða. Compare Faroese vassa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²vasːa/

Verb

vassa (present tense vassar, past tense vassa, past participle vassa, passive infinitive vassast, present participle vassande, imperative vassa/vass)

  1. to wade
    Synonym: vada

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa)[1] .

Noun

vassa m or n

  1. rain[1]
  2. year[1]
Declension

When the gender is neuter, the nominative, vocative and accusative are declined somewhat differently:

Etymology 2

See va.

Noun

vassa

  1. genitive/dative singular of va (letter 'v')

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “vassa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Swedish

Adjective

vassa

  1. inflection of vass:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Anagrams

Votic

Etymology

From the illative *vastahën of Proto-Finnic *vasta. Cognate with Finnish vastaan and Ingrian vastaa.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑsːɑː/, [ˈvɑsːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑsːɑː
  • Hyphenation: vas‧sa

Postposition

vassa (genitive + ~)

  1. across (from)
  2. against

Preposition

vassa (~ + genitive)

  1. across (from)
  2. against

Adverb

vassa

  1. at one (e.g. of a person that one comes across when moving)

References

  • Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “vassaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn