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vata.

a type of small seine (fishing net)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʋɑtɑ/[ˈʋɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
  1. a type of small seine (fishing net)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *vata, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wadaz (compare Swedish vad, Old Norse vaðr).

noun/ˈʋɑtɑ/[ˈʋɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
  1. chickweed, common chickweed (Stellaria media)

    dialectal
  2. water chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum)

Where this word comes from

Unknown. Compare Karelian vata. One proposal is that it is a Germanic borrowing, akin to Old Norse vátr.

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