vasa

See also: Vasa, vása, vāsa, våsă, and Váša

English

Noun

vasa (plural vasas)

1. A parrot of a variety that is native to Madagascar.

Anagrams

• AAVs, Sava

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vasa.

Etymology 1

Noun

vasa

1. fawn, calf (of eg. a deer, elk or antelope)

Usage notes

The calf of a cow is never vasa, but the diminutive form of it, vasikka.

Declension

Inflection of vasa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		vasa	vasat
genitive		vasan	vasojen
partitive		vasaa	vasoja
illative		vasaan	vasoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vasa	vasat
accusative	nom.	vasa	vasat
	gen.	vasan
genitive		vasan	vasojen vasainrare
partitive		vasaa	vasoja
inessive		vasassa	vasoissa
elative		vasasta	vasoista
illative		vasaan	vasoihin
adessive		vasalla	vasoilla
ablative		vasalta	vasoilta
allative		vasalle	vasoille
essive		vasana	vasoina
translative		vasaksi	vasoiksi
instructive		—	vasoin
abessive		vasatta	vasoitta
comitative		—	vasoineen

Derived terms

• vasikka
• vasoa

Compounds

• hirvenvasa
• lattiavasa
• peuranvasa

See also

• kili
• pentu
• poikanen
• varsa

Etymology 2

Noun

vasa

1. joist

Declension

Inflection of vasa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		vasa	vasat
genitive		vasan	vasojen
partitive		vasaa	vasoja
illative		vasaan	vasoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vasa	vasat
accusative	nom.	vasa	vasat
	gen.	vasan
genitive		vasan	vasojen vasainrare
partitive		vasaa	vasoja
inessive		vasassa	vasoissa
elative		vasasta	vasoista
illative		vasaan	vasoihin
adessive		vasalla	vasoilla
ablative		vasalta	vasoilta
allative		vasalle	vasoille
essive		vasana	vasoina
translative		vasaksi	vasoiksi
instructive		—	vasoin
abessive		vasatta	vasoitta
comitative		—	vasoineen

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Hungarian

Etymology

vas +‎ -a (“possessive suffix”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒʃɒ]
• Hyphenation: va‧sa

Noun

vasa

1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of vas

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	vasa	—
accusative	vasát	—
dative	vasának	—
instrumental	vasával	—
causal-final	vasáért	—
translative	vasává	—
terminative	vasáig	—
essive-formal	vasaként	—
essive-modal	vasául	—
inessive	vasában	—
superessive	vasán	—
adessive	vasánál	—
illative	vasába	—
sublative	vasára	—
allative	vasához	—
elative	vasából	—
delative	vasáról	—
ablative	vasától	—

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwaː.sa/

Noun

vāsa

1. inflection of vāsum:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative plural
   3. vocative plural

References

• vasa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic (compare Fijian wasa).

Noun

vasa

1. ocean

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Swedish

Interjection

vasa

1. huh? what did you say? contraction of vad sade du/ni

Synonyms

• hursa
• va