vaara

See also: våra and väärä

Finnish

(index va)

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: vaa‧ra
  • Rhymes: -ɑːrɑ
  • IPA(key): [ˈʋɑːrɑ]

Etymology 1

From Late Old Swedish, compare Swedish fara. From Proto-Germanic *fērō (“danger”).

Noun

vaara

  1. danger, risk, peril, hazard, jeopardy.
Derived terms

Interjection

vaara

  1. warning, danger (in signs)

Etymology 2

Probably from Sami várri (“mountain”), itself a possible cognate of Finnish vuori (“mountain”).

Noun

vaara

  1. A large, forested hill (as opposed to fell).

See also

Declension
Inflection of vaara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative vaara vaarat
genitive vaaran vaarojen
partitive vaaraa vaaroja
illative vaaraan vaaroihin
singular plural
nominative vaara vaarat
accusative nom. vaara vaarat
gen. vaaran
genitive vaaran vaarojen
vaarainrare
partitive vaaraa vaaroja
inessive vaarassa vaaroissa
elative vaarasta vaaroista
illative vaaraan vaaroihin
adessive vaaralla vaaroilla
ablative vaaralta vaaroilta
allative vaaralle vaaroille
essive vaarana vaaroina
translative vaaraksi vaaroiksi
instructive — vaaroin
abessive vaaratta vaaroitta
comitative — vaaroineen

References
  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.

Anagrams

Ingrian

Noun

vaara

  1. danger
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