vasta

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈvas.tə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbas.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈvas.ta/

vasta

1. feminine singular of vast

Borrowed from Latin vastus, English vast and French vaste.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvasta]
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• Rhymes: -asta
• Hyphenation: vas‧ta

vasta (accusative singular vastan, plural vastaj, accusative plural vastajn)

1. extensive, vast, spacious

   Antonym: malvasta

• malvasta
• vastigi

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑstɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝s̠tɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑstɑ
• Syllabification^(key): vas‧ta

From vasta- (“just, recently”).

vasta

1. Expressing delay or that something takes place later; not until, only, but

   Antonym: jo

   Hänen piti tulla tänään, mutta hän tuleekin vasta ylihuomenna.

   He was expected today, but he does not come until the day after tomorrow.

   Ota ensin asioista selvää, ja puhu vasta sitten!

   First find out the facts and speak only thereafter!

2. Expressing that something happened only recently; newly, freshly, just

   Synonyms: juuri, (colloquial) just, justiin, justiinsa

   Antonym: jo

   vasta leivottu ― freshly baked

   vasta äsken ― just a while ago

3. Expressing disappointment or frustration in a task; only.

   Synonym: vain

   Antonyms: jo, jopa

   Hän oli tässä kilpailussa vasta kolmantena.

   He was only third in this race.

   Olen edennyt vasta vähän kaikista ponnisteluistani huolimatta.

   Despite all my effort I have made only a little progress until now.

   Olemme kävelleet vasta kymmenen kilometriä ja olen jo aivan uupunut.

   We have walked only ten kilometers and I am already completely exhausted.

   Ja nyt vasta hän huomaa kertoa jotain noin tärkeää...

   Now he thinks to tell me something so important...

Borrowed from Old East Slavic хвостъ (xvostŭ). Related to Ingrian vasta, Karelian vašta, Ludian vast and Veps vast. Alternatively a Germanic borrowing; compare Swedish kvast.

vasta

1. bath broom, a kind of whip made of birch twigs and used in the sauna to enhance the effect of heat by gently beating oneself with it.

   Synonyms: vihta, saunavasta, saunavihta

See usage notes under vihta.

• saunavasta
• vastas
• vastoa

• sauna
• löyly

• vasat, vatsa

Borrowed from Esperanto vasta, English vast, French vaste, Italian vasto, Spanish vasto.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvasta/

vasta

1. vast, extensive

   Synonyms: granda, larja, spacoza

   Antonyms: mikra, streta

From Old East Slavic хвостъ (xvostŭ, “tail”), from Proto-Slavic *xvostъ. Cognates include Finnish vasta and Veps vast.

Alternatively, borrowed from a Germanic language, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kwastuz (“tassel”). Compare Swedish kvast.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑstɑ/, [ˈʋɑs̠t]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑstɑ/, [ˈʋɑʃtɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑst, -ɑstɑ
• Hyphenation: vas‧ta
• Homophone: vast

vasta

1. bath broom (whip made of birch twigs and used in saunas to enhance the effect of heat)

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 645

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.sta/
• Rhymes: -asta
• Hyphenation: và‧sta

vasta

1. feminine singular of vasto

• stava

• vāsta: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯aːs.ta/, [ˈu̯äːs̠t̪ä]
• vāsta: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvas.ta/, [ˈväst̪ä]
• vāstā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯aːs.taː/, [ˈu̯äːs̠t̪äː]
• vāstā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvas.ta/, [ˈväst̪ä]

vāsta

1. inflection of vāstus:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

vāstā

1. feminine ablative singular of vāstus

vasta

1. feminine singular of vasto

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasta/ [ˈbas.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: vas‧ta

vasta

1. feminine singular of vasto