vessa

See also: Vessa

Catalan

Verb

vessa

1. third-person singular present indicative form of vessar
2. second-person singular imperative form of vessar

Finnish

Etymology

Irregularly derived from WC (which is usually read veesee).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋesːɑ/, [ˈʋe̞s̠ːɑ]
• Rhymes: -esːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ves‧sa

Noun

vessa

1. toilet (room or seat)

   Synonym: see Thesaurus:vessa

   vetää vessa ― to flush the toilet

Usage notes

• The word, while now standard, was once considered colloquial, though never vulgar. If one wants to be absolutely safe, miestenhuone (“men's room”) and naistenhuone (“ladies' room”) may be used.

Declension

Inflection of vessa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		vessa	vessat
genitive		vessan	vessojen
partitive		vessaa	vessoja
illative		vessaan	vessoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vessa	vessat
accusative	nom.	vessa	vessat
	gen.	vessan
genitive		vessan	vessojen vessainrare
partitive		vessaa	vessoja
inessive		vessassa	vessoissa
elative		vessasta	vessoista
illative		vessaan	vessoihin
adessive		vessalla	vessoilla
ablative		vessalta	vessoilta
allative		vessalle	vessoille
essive		vessana	vessoina
translative		vessaksi	vessoiksi
instructive		—	vessoin
abessive		vessatta	vessoitta
comitative		—	vessoineen

Possessive forms of vessa (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	vessani	vessamme
2nd person	vessasi	vessanne
3rd person	vessansa

Anagrams

• saves

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: vessas, vessât

Verb

vessa

1. third-person singular past historic of vesser

Italian

Verb

vessa

1. inflection of vessare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀯𑁂𑀲𑁆𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• वेस्स (Devanagari script)
• ৰেস্স (Bengali script)
• වෙස‍්ස (Sinhalese script)
• ဝေဿ or ဝေသ်သ (Burmese script)
• เวสฺส or เวสสะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩮᩔ (Tai Tham script)
• ເວສ຺ສ or ເວສສະ (Lao script)
• វេស្ស (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄬𑄥𑄴𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit वैश्य (vaiśya).

Noun

vessa m

1. a Vaishya

Declension

Declension table of "vessa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vesso	vessā
Accusative (second)	vessaṃ	vesse
Instrumental (third)	vessena	vessehi or vessebhi
Dative (fourth)	vessassa or vessāya or vessatthaṃ	vessānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vessasmā or vessamhā or vessā	vessehi or vessebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vessassa	vessānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vessasmiṃ or vessamhi or vesse	vessesu
Vocative (calling)	vessa	vessā

References

• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 564.