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nassa.

basket for catching fish; a trap, snare;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈnas.sa]Classical-Latin[ˈnas.sa]
  1. a narrow-necked basket for catching fish, weel

    declension-1 · feminine
  2. a snare, net

    declension-1 · feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Probably from Old Latin nasta, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”). See also Proto-Germanic *natją (English net) and Irish nasc and snaidhm.

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