vasta-

See also: vasta

Finnish

From Proto-Finnic *vasta (compare Estonian vast, Livonian vastõ, Votic vassõ), from Proto-Finno-Permic *wasta (“a place opposite or across”) (compare Northern Sami vuostá (“towards, against”), Erzya вастомс (vastoms, “to meet”), Moksha васта (vasta, “spot, place”), Eastern Mari ваштареш (vaštareš, “against”)). Unrelated to vasta (“bath broom”).

vasta- (as a modifier in compounds)

Like many other Finnish prefixes, vasta- has inflected forms to a limited extent that are used as adverbs.

Declension of vasta-

noun case	singular	plural	adverbial form	singular	plural
nominative	vasta-	–	superessive	–	–
genitive	–	–	delative	–	–
partitive	–	–	sublative	–	–
accusative	–	–	lative	–	–
inessive	vastassa	–	temporal	–	–
elative	–	–	causative	–	–
illative	vastaan	–	multiplicative	–	–
adessive	–	–	distributive	–	–
ablative	–	–	temp. dist.	–	–
allative	–	–	prolative	–	–
essive	–	–	situative	vastakkain	–
translative	–	–	oppositive	vastatusten	–
abessive	–	–
instructive	vasten	vastoin
comitative	–	–