vasa

vasa (plural vasas)

1. Any parrot of the genus Coracopsis, which are native to Madagascar.

• AAVs, Sava

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑsɑ/, [ˈʋɑs̠ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑsɑ
• Syllabification^(key): va‧sa

From Proto-Finnic *vasa, borrowed from Proto-Iranian *wacáh (“yearling calf”).

vasa

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

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

• vasikka
• vasoa

• hirvenvasa
• lattiavasa
• peuranvasa

• kili
• pentu
• poikanen
• varsa

Borrowed from Swedish vase (Finnish Swedish vasa).

vasa

1. joist

vas +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

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

vasa

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

vasa

1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular of vasi
2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of vasi

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯aː.sa/, [ˈu̯äːs̠ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.sa/, [ˈväːs̬ä]

vāsa

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of vāsum
2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of vās

• vasa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

vasa

1. imperative active second-person singular of vasati (“to dwell”)
2. imperative active second-person singular of vasati (“to clothe”)

From Proto-Oceanic (compare Fijian wasa).

vasa

1. ocean

• IPA^(key): /vaˈsɑː/[1]

vasa

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

• hursa
• va

• avas, sava

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.

vasa

1. wet

From va (“bird”) +‎ sa (“meat”).

• IPA^(key): /và.sǎ/
• Hyphenation: va‧sa

vasá

1. meat of a bird

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 64