vesa

See also: Vesa, VESA, vēsa, and vēsā

Finnish

(index ve)

Etymology

Related to Ludian veza.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -esɑ
  • IPA(key): [ˈʋesɑ]
  • Hyphenation: ve‧sa
  • Rhymes: -ɑ

Noun

vesa

  1. A new shoot or sprout of a plant, especially a new branch of a tree or the new growth at the tip of a branch.
  2. A young tree.
  3. A scion (descendant).
  4. (informal) A child, kid.

Declension
Inflection of vesa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative vesa vesat
genitive vesan vesojen
partitive vesaa vesoja
illative vesaan vesoihin
singular plural
nominative vesa vesat
accusative nom. vesa vesat
gen. vesan
genitive vesan vesojen
vesainrare
partitive vesaa vesoja
inessive vesassa vesoissa
elative vesasta vesoista
illative vesaan vesoihin
adessive vesalla vesoilla
ablative vesalta vesoilta
allative vesalle vesoille
essive vesana vesoina
translative vesaksi vesoiksi
instructive — vesoin
abessive vesatta vesoitta
comitative — vesoineen

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wesaną. Evolved to younger variant vera.

Verb

vesa

  1. Archaic form of vera.

References
  • vesa in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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