asa

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See also Asa, ASA, asà, Ása, Åsa, Aşa, așa, äsä, asā, aša, ašā, and אסא

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Banjarese [edit]

Banjarese cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : asa

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral [edit]

asa

  1. (cardinal) one

Dutch [edit]

Abbreviation [edit]

asa

  1. als en slechts alsiff

Anagrams [edit]


Indonesian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Malay asa, from Sanskrit आशा (āśā).

Noun [edit]

asa

  1. hope (belief that something wished for can happen)

Japanese [edit]

Romanization [edit]

asa

  1. See あさ

Latin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Perhaps from Etruscan.

Noun [edit]

āsa (genitive āsae); f, first declension

  1. Alternative form of āra.

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative āsa āsae
genitive āsae āsārum
dative āsae āsīs
accusative āsam āsās
ablative āsā āsīs
vocative āsa āsae

Latvian [edit]

Adjective [edit]

asa

  1. genitive singular masculine form of ass
  2. nominative singular feminine form of ass

Malay [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Sanskrit आशा (āśā, hope).

Alternative forms [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

asa (Jawi spelling اسا)

  1. hope (belief that something wished for can happen)

Synonyms [edit]

Verb [edit]

asa

  1. to hope (to want something to happen)

Synonyms [edit]


Portuguese [edit]

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asa

Etymology [edit]

From Latin ansa (handle).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

asa f (plural asas)

  1. wing (part of an animal or airplane)

Related terms [edit]


Spanish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin ansa.

Noun [edit]

asa f (plural asas)

  1. handle

See also [edit]

Usage notes [edit]

The feminine noun asa is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el asa

However, if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

Verb [edit]

asa (infinitive asar)

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of asar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of asar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of asar.

Tagalog [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Sanskrit आशा (āśā).

Verb [edit]

asa

  1. to hope

Turkish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Arabic عصاء (ʿaṣāʾ).

Noun [edit]

asa (definite accusative asayı, plural asalar)

  1. scepter
  2. stick used to walk

Declension [edit]