Finnish

Proper noun

Vasara

1. A surname​.

Finnish

Noun

vasara

1. hammer (tool)
2. hammer (piano part)
3. (anatomy) A malleus or hammer (one of the bones in the ear).

Declension

Synonyms

• (malleus): vasaraluu

Derived terms

See also

• moukari
• leka

Anagrams

• raavas, rasvaa

Latvian

Vasara

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *wes-ar-ā, from *wes-er-ā, from Proto-Indo-European *wésr̥ ‎(“summer”), genitive *wesnes, from the stem *wes- ‎(“to shine”). The original meaning was “bright (season)” (i.e., after the dark days of winter), covering also spring, which in ancient times was considered to be one season together with summer. Cognates include Lithuanian vãsara, Old Church Slavonic вєсна ‎(vesna), Russian, Ukrainian весна ‎(vesná), Belarusian вясна ‎(vjasná), Czech vesna, Polish wiosna, Old Norse vār, Sanskrit वसन्तः ‎(vasantáḥ, “spring”) (< *wes-en-to), Ancient Greek ἔαρ ‎(éar) (< *wēsr̥-), Latin vēr (< *wēsr̥-).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vasaɾa]

Noun

vasara f (4th declension)

1. summer (season of the year, from June 21-22 to September 22-23 in the Northern Hemisphere, characterized by the highest temperatures of the year)

   karsta, sausa vasara‎ ― hot, dry summer

   slapja, lietaina vasara‎ ― wet, rainy summer

   saulaina vasara‎ ― sunny summer

   iestājās vasara‎ ― summer has started

   pēdējais vasaras mēnesis‎ ― last summer month

   karsta vasaras diena‎ ― hot summer day

   pavadīt vasaras laukos‎ ― to spend the summer in the countryside

   vasaras saulgrieži‎ ― summer solstice

   meteoroloģiskā vasara sākas, kad diennakts vidējā gaisa temperatūra sasniedz 15° C‎ ― the meteorological summer begins when the daily average air temperature reaches 15° C

   kas ir vasara? saule, lietus, zaļa zeme un zili ūdeņi, garas, karstas dienas un īsas naktis‎ ― what is summer? sun, rain, green earth and blue waters, long, hot days and short nights

2. (in the genitive, used adjectivally) summer; typical of summer; which happens, is used in summer

   vasaras atpūta‎ ― summer rest

   vasaras laiks‎ ― summer time (= daylight saving time)

   vasaras mītne‎ ― summer residence

   vasaras mētelis, kleita‎ ― summer coat, dress

   vasaras mieži‎ ― summer barley (i.e., sown in spring and mature already in summer, in the same year)

   vasaras āboli‎ ― summer apples (i.e., those that mature early, before the beginning of autumn)

Declension

Derived terms

• atvasara
• šovasar, tovasar
• vasarīgs

See also

• gadalaiks
• sezona

• The four seasons (četri gadalaiki):
  pavasaris - vasara - rudens - ziema

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “vasara”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wésr̥. Cognate with Latin ver (see there for more).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvasɐrɐ]

Noun

vãsara f ‎(plural vasaros) stress pattern 1

1. summer

Declension

See also