vasiten

Finnish

Etymology

Uncertain, potentially a causative adverb (-ten); perhaps akin to Ingrian vasittaa (“to inculcate”), Karelian vasitakseh (“to watch out for, be wary of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑsiten/, [ˈʋɑ̝s̠it̪e̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑsiten
• Syllabification^(key): va‧si‧ten

Adverb

vasiten (dialectal)

1. Synonym of varta vasten

Further reading

• “vasiten”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (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

Anagrams

• vastine, venasit