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vasta.

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

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

adv/ˈʋɑstɑ/[ˈʋɑ̝s̠tɑ̝]
  1. Expressing delay or that something takes place later; not ... until, only, but

    Hänen piti tulla tänään, mutta hän tuleekin vasta ylihuomenna.
    Ota ensin asioista selvää, ja puhu vasta sitten!
  2. Expressing that something happened only recently; newly, freshly, just

    vasta leivottu
    vasta äsken
  3. Expressing disappointment or frustration in a task; only

    Hän oli tässä kilpailussa vasta kolmantena.
    Olen edennyt vasta vähän kaikista ponnisteluistani huolimatta.
  4. An emphatic word used after a demonstrative pronoun.

    Ja se vasta kummallista onkin!
Where this word comes from

< vasta- (“counter-; just, recently, freshly”)

noun/ˈʋɑstɑ/[ˈʋɑ̝s̠tɑ̝]
  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.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old East Slavic хвостъ (xvostŭ), or alternatively borrowed from North Germanic (compare Swedish kvast). Related to Ingrian vasta, Karelian vašta, Ludian vast and Veps vast.

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