vasara

vasara

1. genitive singular of vasar

From Proto-Finnic *vasara, from Proto-Finno-Permic *waśara (compare Erzya узере (uzere)), borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras.^[1] Compare Sanskrit वज्र (vájra).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑsɑrɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝s̠ɑ̝rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑsɑrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): va‧sa‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): va‧sa‧ra

vasara

1. hammer (tool)
2. hammer (piano part)
3. mallet (certain parts or things; mallet is usually nuija)

   kumivasara ― rubber mallet

4. (anatomy) malleus, hammer (one of the bones in the ear)

• (malleus): vasaraluu

• leka
• moukari
• nuija

• “vasara”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023

• raavas, rasvaa, saarva

• vassaara (dialectal)

From Proto-Finnic *vasara. Cognates include Finnish vasara and Estonian vasar.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑsɑrɑ/, [ˈʋɑs̠ɑr]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑsɑːrɑ/, [ˈʋɑʃˑɑːrɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑsɑr, -ɑsɑːrɑ
• Hyphenation: va‧sa‧ra

vasara

1. hammer
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:

     Jurmast jooksoot pakkaiset, niku vasaranka kolkuttelloot.

     Briskly the frosts set in, like with a hammer they knock.

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 15
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 644

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *was(e)r, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [vasaɾa] IPA^(key): [vɑsɑɾɑ]

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vasara f (4th declension)

1. summer (season of the year, from June 21-22 to September 22-23 in the Northern Hemisphere, characterized by the highest temperatures of the year)

   karsta, sausa vasara ― hot, dry summer

   slapja, lietaina vasara ― wet, rainy summer

   saulaina vasara ― sunny summer

   iestājās vasara ― summer has started

   pēdējais vasaras mēnesis ― last summer month

   karsta vasaras diena ― hot summer day

   pavadīt vasaras laukos ― to spend the summer in the countryside

   vasaras saulgrieži ― summer solstice

   meteoroloģiskā vasara sākas, kad diennakts vidējā gaisa temperatūra sasniedz 15° C ― the meteorological summer begins when the daily average air temperature reaches 15° C

   kas ir vasara? saule, lietus, zaļa zeme un zili ūdeņi, garas, karstas dienas un īsas naktis ― what is summer? sun, rain, green earth and blue waters, long, hot days and short nights

2. (in the genitive, used adjectivally) summer; typical of summer; which happens, is used in summer

   vasaras atpūta ― summer rest

   vasaras laiks ― summer time (= daylight saving time)

   vasaras mītne ― summer residence

   vasaras mētelis, kleita ― summer coat, dress

   vasaras mieži ― summer barley (i.e., sown in spring and mature already in summer, in the same year)

   vasaras āboli ― summer apples (i.e., those that mature early, before the beginning of autumn)

• atvasara
• šovasar, tovasar
• vasaras raibums
• vasarīgs

• gadalaiks
• sezona

• seasons: četri gadalaiki: pavasaris · vasara · rudens · ziema ^[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *was(e)r, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥.^[1][2][3]

• IPA^(key): [ˈvasɐrɐ]

vãsara f (plural vãsaros) stress pattern 1

1. summer

• “vasara”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• “vasara”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025