Finnish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑstɑː/, [ˈʋɑ̝s̠tɑ̝ː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑstɑː
  • Syllabification(key): vas‧taa

Noun edit

vastaa

  1. partitive singular of vasta

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑstɑː/, [ˈʋɑ̝s̠tɑ̝ː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑstɑː
  • Syllabification(key): vas‧taa

Verb edit

vastaa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of vastata

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑstɑːˣ/, [ˈʋɑ̝s̠tɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑstɑː
  • Syllabification(key): vas‧taa

Verb edit

vastaa

  1. inflection of vastata:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams edit

Ingrian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the illative of Proto-Finnic *vasta-. Akin to Finnish vastaan.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

vastaa

  1. (of location) accross; in the opposite location
  2. (of motion) towards; in the opposite direction
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 13:
      A Valjalle vastaa jooksoo ämmä.
      And grandma is running towards Valja.
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

vastaa

  1. inflection of vasta:
    1. partitive singular
    2. illative singular

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

vastaa

  1. inflection of vassata:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. second-person singular imperative connegative

References edit

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 646