vitsa

From Proto-Finnic *vicca, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wiþjǭ. Doublet of vitja.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋitsɑ/, [ˈʋits̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -itsɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): vit‧sa

vitsa

1. birch (stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment)
2. wicker (flexible branch or twig, used as raw material of wickerwork)

• (birch): Koivuniemen herra, koivuvitsa
• (wicker): vitsas

• vihta
• viita

• “vitsa”, 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

• tavis, visat

From Proto-Finnic *vicca. Cognates include Finnish vitsa and Estonian vits.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋit͡sɑ/, [ˈʋit͡s̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋit͡sɑ/, [ˈʋit͡sɑ]
• Rhymes: -it͡s, -it͡sɑ
• Hyphenation: vit‧sa

vitsa

1. twig, branch

Declension of vitsa (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vitsa	vitsat
genitive	vitsan	vitsoin
partitive	vitsaa	vitsoja
illative	vitsaa	vitsoi
inessive	vitsaas	vitsois
elative	vitsast	vitsoist
allative	vitsalle	vitsoille
adessive	vitsaal	vitsoil
ablative	vitsalt	vitsoilt
translative	vitsaks	vitsoiks
essive	vitsanna, vitsaan	vitsoinna, vitsoin
exessive1)	vitsant	vitsoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• (diminutive) vitsain

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 671