vaski
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vaski, from Proto-Uralic *waśke. Cognate with Estonian vask and Hungarian vas.
Noun
vaski
- (archaic or literary) copper
- (archaic) bronze; in this sense still living in vaskikello (“a bell especially church-bell made of bronze”)
- (archaic) brass; in this sense still living in musical terminology, e.g. vaskipuhallin (“brass instrument”).
- (music) In plural (vasket), the brass section of an orchestra.
Declension
| Inflection of vaski (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vaski | vasket | |
| genitive | vasken | vaskien | |
| partitive | vaskea | vaskia | |
| illative | vaskeen | vaskiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vaski | vasket | |
| accusative | nom. | vaski | vasket |
| gen. | vasken | ||
| genitive | vasken | vaskien | |
| partitive | vaskea | vaskia | |
| inessive | vaskessa | vaskissa | |
| elative | vaskesta | vaskista | |
| illative | vaskeen | vaskiin | |
| adessive | vaskella | vaskilla | |
| ablative | vaskelta | vaskilta | |
| allative | vaskelle | vaskille | |
| essive | vaskena | vaskina | |
| translative | vaskeksi | vaskiksi | |
| instructive | — | vaskin | |
| abessive | vasketta | vaskitta | |
| comitative | — | vaskineen | |
Synonyms
- (copper) kupari
- (bronze) pronssi
- (brass) messinki
- (music) vaskisektio
Related terms
- vaskipuhallin
Anagrams
- kasvi, kvasi-, vaksi
Icelandic
Noun
vaski
- indefinite dative singular of vaskur
Ido
Noun
vaski
- plural of vasko
Ingrian
Noun
vaski
- copper