sasse

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See also: Sasse, sassé, and -sasse

English

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Etymology

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Dutch sas, from French sas (the basin of a waterfall).

Noun

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sasse (plural sasses)

  1. (obsolete) A sluice or lock, as in a river or canal, to make it more navigable.
    • 1662 January 25, Samuel Pepys, Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys[1], volume 2, Dodd, Mead & Company, published 1885, page 186:
      Thence with him to the Trinity-house to dinner; where Sir Richard Brown, one of the clerkes of the Council, and who is much concerned against Sir N. Crisp's project of making a great sasse in the King's lands about Deptford, to be a wett-dock to hold 200 sail of ships.

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Anagrams

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sas/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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sasse

  1. inflection of sasser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *sësē.

Noun

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sasse

  1. sleeve

Inflection

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Even e-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative sasse
Genitive sase
Singular Plural
Nominative sasse sase
Accusative sasev sasijt
Genitive sase sasij
Illative sassáj sasijda
Inessive sasen sasijn
Elative sases sasijs
Comitative sasijn sasij
Abessive sasedagá
sasedagi
sasijdagá
sasijdagi
Essive sassen
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sassám sassáma sassáma
2nd person sassát sassáda sassáda
3rd person sasses sasseska sassesa

Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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sasse

  1. locative singular of sassa (crop)

Pite Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *sësē.

Noun

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sasse

  1. sleeve

Inflection

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Even e-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative sasse
Genitive sase
Singular Plural
Nominative sasse sase
Accusative sasev sisijt
Genitive sase sisij
Illative sassáj sisijda
Inessive sasen sisijn
Elative sasest
sases
sisijst
sisijs
Comitative sisijn sisij
Essive sassen

Further reading

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  • sasse in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (Pite Sami word list)
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland