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vastu

vastu

English

Noun

vastu (uncountable)

  1. (India) A philosophy of architecture that has elements akin to feng shui
    • 2016 June 16, “Grow your own vertical garden at home”, in The Times of India:
      Very few know that plants also improve the vastu of a place.


Estonian

Etymology

Derived from vast. Cognate to Finnish vasta.

Postposition

vastu

  1. against, to (Governs the genitive or allative)
    Ma sõitsin seina vastu.
    I drove against the wall..
    Ma läksin talle vastu.
    I went to meet him.

Preposition

vastu

  1. against (Governs the partitive)
    Ma sõitsin vastu seina.
    I drove against the wall.