vaaksa
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vaksa, from Proto-Finno-Permic *waksa. Cognates include Erzya вакс (vaks).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑːksɑ/, [ˈʋɑːks̠ɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑːksɑ
- Syllabification(key): vaak‧sa
Noun
vaaksa
- Finnish span (distance between the thumb and the index finger)
- Synonym: (dialectal) vähävaaksa
- (dialectal) span as a distance between the thumb and the middle finger
- Synonym: (dialectal) isovaaksa
- (broadly) span, handspan (distance between the thumb and some other finger)
- (historical) an obsolete Finnish unit of measurement for length equal to 1/4th of a kyynärä or around 148.44 millimeters
- Synonym: kortteli
Usage notes
vaaksa without any qualifiers refers to the distance between the thumb and the index finger (when extended).
Declension
| Inflection of vaaksa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vaaksa | vaaksat | |
| genitive | vaaksan | vaaksojen | |
| partitive | vaaksaa | vaaksoja | |
| illative | vaaksaan | vaaksoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vaaksa | vaaksat | |
| accusative | nom. | vaaksa | vaaksat |
| gen. | vaaksan | ||
| genitive | vaaksan | vaaksojen vaaksainrare | |
| partitive | vaaksaa | vaaksoja | |
| inessive | vaaksassa | vaaksoissa | |
| elative | vaaksasta | vaaksoista | |
| illative | vaaksaan | vaaksoihin | |
| adessive | vaaksalla | vaaksoilla | |
| ablative | vaaksalta | vaaksoilta | |
| allative | vaaksalle | vaaksoille | |
| essive | vaaksana | vaaksoina | |
| translative | vaaksaksi | vaaksoiksi | |
| instructive | — | vaaksoin | |
| abessive | vaaksatta | vaaksoitta | |
| comitative | — | vaaksoineen | |
| Possessive forms of vaaksa (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | vaaksani | vaaksamme |
| 2nd person | vaaksasi | vaaksanne |
| 3rd person | vaaksansa | |
Anagrams
- kasvaa