vaate

vaate

1. genitive singular of vaade

From Proto-Finnic *vaat'ëk, probably borrowed from Germanic, possibly from Northwest Proto-Germanic *wādiz, or alternatively a more recent borrowing (compare Old Norse váð).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑːteˣ/, [ˈʋɑ̝ːt̪e̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑːte
• Hyphenation^(key): vaa‧te

vaate

1. piece of clothing, garment
2. (in the plural) clothes, clothing
3. an item made from fabric, a cloth

• “vaate”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

From Proto-Finnic *vaat'ëk. Cognates include Finnish vaate and Estonian vate.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑːte/, [ˈʋɑːt]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑːte/, [ˈʋɑːd̥e̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑːt, -ɑːte
• Hyphenation: vaa‧te

vaate

1. clothing, garment
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 8:

     pitäks talviajaks
     valkiaise vaattees vaateitti.

     by the long wintertime
     it dresses itself in white clothing.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 647

vaate

1. Alternative form of vaat (“dish”)
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 98:

     [Wee] vaate apan vaate a met-borde was ee-halt.

     [With vat upon vat a meat-borde was held.]

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 98