sasse

See also: Sasse, sassé, and -sasse

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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.

References

• “sasse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Essas, SASEs, Sessa, asses, sessa

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sas/

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Verb

sasse

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

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sësē.

Noun

sasse

1. sleeve

Inflection

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

• 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

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• सस्से (Devanagari script)
• সস্সে (Bengali script)
• සස‍්සෙ (Sinhalese script)
• သဿေ or သသ်သေ (Burmese script)
• สสฺเส or สัสเส (Thai script)
• ᩈᩔᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ສສ຺ເສ or ສັສເສ (Lao script)
• សស្សេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄥𑄴𑄥𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

sasse

1. locative singular of sassa (“crop”)

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sësē.

Noun

sasse

1. sleeve

Inflection

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

• 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