vaska

== Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvaska/ Rhymes: -aska Syllabification: vas‧ka === Adjective === vaska (accusative singular vaskan, plural vaskaj, accusative plural vaskajn) Basque (of or pertaining to the Basque people) ==== Synonyms ==== eŭska === Further reading === “vaska”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “vaska”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026 == Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvaska/ === Verb === vaska (third person singular past indicative vaskaði, third person plural past indicative vaskaðu, supine vaskað) to wash ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== vaska upp == Icelandic == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną. ==== Verb ==== vaska to wash ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== vaska inflection of vaskur: indefinite accusative plural indefinite genitive plural == Latvian == === Noun === vaska m genitive singular of vasks == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === vasket === Verb === vaska simple past of vaske past participle of vaske == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === vaske === Etymology === From Old Norse vaska. === Verb === vaska (present tense vaskar, past tense vaska, past participle vaska, passive infinitive vaskast, present participle vaskande, imperative vaska/vask) to wash (something, someone, oneself (reflexive)) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Russenorsk: vaskom === References === “vaska” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water; wet”). Cognate with Old English wascan, Old Frisian waska, Old High German wascan, waskan, and Old Saxon waskan. === Verb === vaska (singular past indicative vaskaði, plural past indicative vǫskuðu, past participle vaskaðr) to wash ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “vaska”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Swedish == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną. ==== Verb ==== vaska (present vaskar, preterite vaskade, supine vaskat, imperative vaska) to wash Synonyms: tvätta, diska, rengöra, byka to separate gold from dirt and sand with a pan (informal) to get at valuable items or thoughts from an abundance of less interesting material ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === From vask (“sink”) +‎ -a. ==== Verb ==== vaska (present vaskar, preterite vaskade, supine vaskat, imperative vaska) (slang) to buy (expensive) champagne (at a restaurant) and pour it (or have it poured) down the drain (to flaunt wealth) (slang, by extension) to buy anything and deliberately destroy it (to flaunt wealth) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== See also ===== stekare (“member of the upper class with flashy lifestyle”) ==== References ==== “vaska”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “vaska”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “vaska”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === skava, vakas