asa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "asa"

Asturian

Verb

asa

1. inflection of asar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Banjarese

Banjarese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : asa

Etymology

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

Numeral

asa

1. one

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Cebuano

Pronoun

asa

1. where

   Asa nimo gipalit ang sapatos?

   Where did you buy the shoes?

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Conjunction

asa

1. Abbreviation of als en slechts als (“iff”).

Anagrams

• aas

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese (its derivative asado is attested since 1519), from Vulgar Latin asa, from Latin ansa. Compare Portuguese asa, Spanish asa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasa/

Noun

asa f (plural asas)

1. handle (of a container)

   Synonym: anga

2. (rare) wing
   • 1697, Juan Antonio Torrado, Fala o corvo:

     Fala o corbo, escoyten todos:

     Eu veño con asas negras

     Cortando os ventos de longe

     Para chegar à estas festas.

     The raven speaks, listen everyone:

     "I come with black wings

     Cutting the winds from afar

     To arrive to these feasts"

   Synonym: á

Derived terms

• asa de cántaro
• asado

References

• “asa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “asa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “asa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Garo

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali আশা (aśa, “hope, expectation”).

Noun

asa

1. hope

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay asa, from Sanskrit आशा (āśā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈasa]
• Hyphenation: asa

Noun

asa (plural, first-person possessive asaku, second-person possessive asamu, third-person possessive asanya)

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

Synonyms

• harapan
• semangat

Derived terms

• asa-asaan
• mengasakan

Etymology 2

From Minangkabau asa, from Sanskrit आशा (āśā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈasa]
• Hyphenation: asa

Verb

asa

1. (intransitive) thought; to suspect; to think
2. (transitive) to expect

Synonyms

• (to suspect): sangka
• (intentionally): sengaja

Derived terms

• mengasa

Adjective

asa (plural asa-asa)

1. intentionally; deliberately

Derived terms

• mengasa

Further reading

• “asa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Irish

Noun

asa

1. inflection of as:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
asa	n-asa	hasa	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Japanese

Romanization

asa

1. Rōmaji transcription of あさ

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese assar.

Alternative forms

• asá (Barlavento)

Verb

asa

1. (Sotavento) roast

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

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Kavalan

Noun

asa

1. price

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.sa/, [ˈäːs̠ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.sa/, [ˈɑːs̬ɑ]

Noun

āsa f (genitive āsae); first declension

1. Archaic form of āra.

References

• asa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• asa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Latvian

Adjective

asa

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

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Malay

Alternative forms

• اسا‎

Etymology

From Sanskrit आशा (āśā, “hope”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /asə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /asa/
• Rhymes: -asə, -sə, -ə

Noun

asa (Jawi spelling اسا‎, plural asa-asa, informal 1st possessive asaku, impolite 2nd possessive asamu, 3rd possessive asanya)

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

Synonyms

• harapan / هارڤن‎

Verb

asa

1. to hope (to want something to happen)

Synonyms

• harap / هارڤ‎

Derived terms

• berputus asa (to give up)

Descendants

• Indonesian: asa

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Related to ese and jest, and even English yeast. Some of the senses are influenced by Middle Low German.

Alternative forms

• ase (e infinitive)

Verb

asa (present tense es, past tense os, supine ase, past participle asen, present participle asande, imperative as)

1. to swell (as a result of fermentation), ferment
2. to boil, surge

asa (present tense asar, past tense asa, past participle asa, passive infinitive asast, present participle asande, imperative as)

1. to make a lot of noise
2. to struggle, strive, toil

Related terms

• as n
• asen (adj)
• esa, ese (verb)
• jest m

Synonyms

• (to yeast, ferment): gjære, ese, svelle (opp)
• (to boil, surge): bruse opp, gøyse
• (to make noice): bråke, støye, mase
• (to struggle): streve, kave, mase

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

asa n

1. definite plural of as

References

• “asa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

asa (1)

asa (2)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.zɐ/
• Hyphenation: a‧sa
• Rhymes: -aza

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese asa, from Latin ānsa (“handle”). Merged with Old Portuguese aa (“wing”), from Latin āla (“wing”). Cognate with Galician asa (“handle”) and Spanish asa (“handle”).

Noun

asa f (plural asas)

1. wing (part of an animal or airplane)

   Eu encontrei um pássaro com uma asa partida.

   I found a bird with a broken wing.

   Synonyms: á, ala

2. handle (part of an object which is held in the hand when used or moved)

   Eu peguei no balde pela asa.

   I picked up the bucket by the handle.

Alternative forms

• aza (obsolete)

Derived terms

• desasar

Related terms

• á
• ala
• alado
• alar
• ansa

 

Descendants

• Galician: aza
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: aza
• Kabuverdianu: ása, áza
• Principense: aza
• Sãotomense: aza
  • Annobonese: aza
• Saramaccan: hánza

Etymology 2

Verb

asa

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of asar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of asar

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Rotuman

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *acan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ajan.

Noun

asa

1. name

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Solon

Noun

asa

1. tree branch

References

• Bayarma Khabtagaeva, Dagur Elements in Solon Evenki, 2012.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasa/, [ˈa.sa]

Etymology 1

From Latin ansa. Cognate with Galician asa (“handle”) and Portuguese asa (“handle”).

Noun

asa f (plural asas)

1. handle of a vessel or container

See also

• mango
• manija
• manivela

Usage notes

• 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, even one that begins with a stressed a sound such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

Etymology 2

Verb

asa

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) 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.

References

• “asa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Sanskrit आशा (āśā).

Noun

asa

1. act of hoping

Derived terms

• asahan
• paasa
• paasahin
• umasa

 

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَصَاء‎ (ʿaṣāʾ).

Noun

asa (definite accusative asayı, plural asalar)

1. scepter
2. stick used to walk

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	asa
Definite accusative	asayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	asa	asalar
Definite accusative	asayı	asaları
Dative	asaya	asalara
Locative	asada	asalarda
Ablative	asadan	asalardan
Genitive	asanın	asaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular asam asalarım 2nd singular asan asaların 3rd singular asası asaları 1st plural asamız asalarımız 2nd plural asanız asalarınız 3rd plural asaları asaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular asamı asalarımı 2nd singular asanı asalarını 3rd singular asasını asalarını 1st plural asamızı asalarımızı 2nd plural asanızı asalarınızı 3rd plural asalarını asalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular asama asalarıma 2nd singular asana asalarına 3rd singular asasına asalarına 1st plural asamıza asalarımıza 2nd plural asanıza asalarınıza 3rd plural asalarına asalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular asamda asalarımda 2nd singular asanda asalarında 3rd singular asasında asalarında 1st plural asamızda asalarımızda 2nd plural asanızda asalarınızda 3rd plural asalarında asalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular asamdan asalarımdan 2nd singular asandan asalarından 3rd singular asasından asalarından 1st plural asamızdan asalarımızdan 2nd plural asanızdan asalarınızdan 3rd plural asalarından asalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular asamın asalarımın 2nd singular asanın asalarının 3rd singular asasının asalarının 1st plural asamızın asalarımızın 2nd plural asanızın asalarınızın 3rd plural asalarının asalarının

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Yami

Yami cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : asa

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

Numeral

asa

1. one

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Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a˧.sa˧/

Verb

asa

1. (transitive) to hope

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 42