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vaski.

synonym of kupari (“copper”)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʋɑski/[ˈʋɑ̝s̠k̟i]
  1. synonym of kupari (“copper”)

    archaic · literary
  2. synonym of pronssi (“bronze”) (established and still used in some compounds)

    archaic
    vaskikello
  3. synonym of messinki (“brass”) (established and still used in some compounds)

    archaic
    vaskisoitin / vaskipuhallin
  4. brass section of an orchestra

    in-plural
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *vaski, from Proto-Uralic *wäśkä ~ *waśke. Cognate with Estonian vask, Erzya уське (uśke) and Hungarian vas. Originally meant “copper” in a broad sense; displaced later by borrowings (e.g. kupari (“copper”), pronssi (“bronze”), messinki (“brass”)) in practically all of these senses, and now only used in specialized or archaic contexts.

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