vasta-
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From Proto-Finnic *vasta, from Proto-Finno-Permic *wasta (“a place opposite or across”). Related to Estonian vast, Karelian vasta, Livonian vastõ, Livvi vastah, Veps vast, Võro vasta, Votic vassõ, Northern Sami vuostá (“towards, against”), Erzya васта (vasta, “spouse”), вастомс (vastoms, “to meet”), Moksha васта (vasta, “spot, place”) and probably Eastern Mari ваштареш (vaštareš, “against”).
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Like many other Finnish prefixes, vasta- has inflected forms to a limited extent that are used as adverbs.
Declension of vasta-
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From Proto-Finnic *vasta-. Cognates include Finnish vasta-.
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