vassa
التعريفات والمعاني
== Cypriot Arabic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic وَصَّى (waṣṣā).
=== Verb ===
vassa II (present pivassi) (transitive)
to advise, to inform
=== References ===
Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 464
== Norman ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old French vassal, from Early Medieval Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish uassos (“young man, squire”).
=== Noun ===
vassa m (plural vassaux)
(Jersey) vassal
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Alternative forms ===
vasse (e-infinitive)
=== Etymology ===
From Old Norse *vaðsa, from vaða. Compare Norwegian Bokmål vasse and Faroese vassa.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /²vasːa/
=== Verb ===
vassa (present tense vassar, past tense vassa, past participle vassa, passive infinitive vassast, present participle vassande, imperative vassa/vass)
to wade
Synonym: vada
=== Further reading ===
“vassa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
== Pali ==
=== Alternative forms ===
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa) .
==== Noun ====
vassa m or n
rain
year
===== Declension =====
When the gender is neuter, the nominative, vocative and accusative are declined somewhat differently:
=== Etymology 2 ===
See va.
==== Noun ====
vassa
genitive/dative singular of va (“letter 'v'”)
=== References ===
== Swedish ==
=== Adjective ===
vassa
inflection of vass:
definite singular
plural
=== Anagrams ===
savas
== Votic ==
=== Etymology ===
From the illative *vastahën of Proto-Finnic *vasta. Cognate with Finnish vastaan and Ingrian vastaa.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑsːɑː/, [ˈvɑsːɑ]
(Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑsːɑː/, [ˈvɑsːɑ]
(Central Votic) IPA(key): /ˈvɑsːɑː/, [ˈvɑsːɑː]
(Eastern Votic) IPA(key): /ˈvɑsːɑː/, [ˈvɑsːɑː]
Rhymes: -ɑsːɑː
Hyphenation: vas‧sa
=== Postposition ===
vassa (genitive + ~)
across (from)
against
=== Preposition ===
vassa (~ + genitive)
across (from)
against
=== Adverb ===
vassa
at one, towards one (e.g. of a person that one comes across when moving)
=== References ===
Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “vassaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language][2], 2nd edition, Tallinn