vasta-

See also: vasta

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vasta, from Proto-Finno-Permic *wasta (“a place opposite or across”). Related to Estonian vast, Karelian vasta, Livonian vastõ, Livvi vastah, Veps vast, Võro vasta, Votic vassõ, Northern Sami vuostá (“towards, against”), Erzya васта (vasta, “spouse”), Erzya and Moksha вастомс (vastoms, “to meet”), Moksha васта (vasta, “spot, place”) and probably Eastern Mari ваштареш (vaštareš, “against”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑstɑ-/, [ˈʋɑ̝s̠tɑ̝-]

Prefix

vasta-

  1. counter-, anti- (expressing opposition or contrast)
    Antonym: myötä-
  2. new-, freshly, just, recently (expressing that something took place recently)
  3. return (expressing reciprocity)

Inflection

Like many other Finnish prefixes, vasta- has inflected forms to a limited extent that are used as adverbs.

Declension of vasta-
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative vasta- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive – –sublative – –
accusative – –lative – –
inessive vastassa –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative vastaan –multiplicative – –
adessive – –distributive – –
ablative – –temp. dist. – –
allative – –prolative – –
essive – –situative vastakkain –
translative – –oppositive vastatusten –
abessive – –
instructive vasten vastoin
comitative – –

Derived terms

adjectives
adverbs
nouns
verbs
compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vasta-. Cognates include Finnish vasta-.

Pronunciation

Prefix

vasta-

  1. opposite, anti-

Derived terms

Ingrian terms prefixed with vasta-
vastaranta
vastavirta
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