vasiten
Finnish
Etymology
Uncertain, potentially a causative adverb (-ten); perhaps akin to Ingrian vasittaa (“to inculcate”), Karelian vasitakseh (“to watch out for, be wary of”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑsiten/, [ˈʋɑ̝s̠it̪e̞n]
- Rhymes: -ɑsiten
- Syllabification(key): va‧si‧ten
Further reading
- “vasiten”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
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