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

Banjarese

Banjarese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : asa

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *əsa(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa (*əsa), from Proto-Austronesian *isa (*əsa).

Numeral

asa

1. one

References

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*isa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आशा (āśā). Compare Tagalog asa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔasa/ [ˈʔa.sa]
• Hyphenation: a‧sa

Verb

ása (plural arasa, Basahan spelling ᜀᜐ)

1. to hope; to expect

   Synonyms: laom, mawot, arang

Derived terms

• asahan
• asahon
• mag-asa
• paasa
• pag-asa

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔasa/ [ˈʔa.s̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: a‧sa

Pronoun

asa (Badlit spelling ᜀᜐ)

1. (interrogative) where

   Asa nimo gipalit ang sapatos?

   Where did you buy the shoes?

See also

• diin
• hain

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Conjunction

asa

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

Anagrams

• aas

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-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

   Synonym: á

   • 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"

Derived terms

• asa de cántaro
• asado

References

• “asa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “asa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “asa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “asa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

asa

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

Garo

Etymology

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

Noun

asa

1. hope

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈasa/ [ˈa.sa]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: a‧sa

Etymology 1

From Malay asa, from Sanskrit आशा (āśā).

Noun

asa (plural asa-asa)

1. (uncommon) synonym of harapan (“hope”)

Derived terms

• (uncommon) asa-asaan (“hopeful”)
• (transitive, uncommon) asakan (“to hope”)
• putus asa (“hopeless”)

Etymology 2

From Minangkabau asa, from Sanskrit आशा (āśā).

Verb

asa

1. (dialectal, uncommon) synonym of sangka (“to think, guess, suspect”)

Adverb

asa

1. (dialectal, uncommon) synonym of sengaja (“intentionally”)

Derived terms

• mengasa

Etymology 3

Probably from Sundanese.

Noun

asa (plural asa-asa)

1. a roof seam, made of coconut leaves

Further reading

• “asa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Noun

asa

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of asa

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
asa	n-asa	hasa	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Japanese

Romanization

asa

1. Rōmaji transcription of あさ

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

• asá (Barlavento)

Etymology

From Portuguese assar.

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

Kavalan

Noun

asa

1. price

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	[Term?]
Cyrillic	asa
Latin	[Term?]

Adverb

asa

1. Latin spelling of аса (asa, “very, extremely”)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *āzā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.sa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.s̬a]

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Adjective

asa

1. inflection of ass:
   1. genitive masculine singular
   2. nominative feminine singular

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit आशा (āśā, “hope”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

asa (Jawi spelling اسا, plural asa-asa)

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

Further reading

• “asa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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 asa/as)

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

Synonyms

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

Related terms

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

asa n

1. definite plural of as

References

• “asa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.sa/
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: a‧sa

Noun

asa

1. genitive singular of as

Portuguese

asa (1)

asa (2)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.zɐ/

• Rhymes: -azɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧sa

Etymology 1

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

Noun

asa f (plural asas)

1. wing (part of an animal or airplane)

   Synonyms: á, ala

   Eu encontrei um pássaro com uma asa partida.

   I found a bird with a broken wing.

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

   Peguei no balde pela asa.

   I picked up the bucket by the handle.

Alternative forms

• aza (obsolete)

Derived terms

• águia-de-asa-redonda
• asa dianteira
• asa-carmim-africano
• asa-carmim-asiático
• asa-de-telha
• asa-delta
• asa-dura
• asar
• asinha
• asona
• dar asas à imaginação
• desasar

Related terms

• á
• ala
• alado
• alar
• ansa

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

asa

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

Further reading

• “asa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “asa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Rotuman

Etymology

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

Noun

asa

1. name

Solon

Noun

asa

1. tree branch

References

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasa/ [ˈa.sa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: a‧sa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin ānsa. Cognate with Galician asa and Portuguese asa.

Noun

asa f (plural asas)

1. handle of a vessel or container
2. (Germanía) ear

Usage notes

• Before feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like asa, the singular definite article takes the form of el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el asa. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al asa, del asa.

This also applies to the indefinite article, which takes the form of un, which is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una also occurs): un asa or una asa. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) are used: la mejor asa, una buena asa.

• In these cases, el and un are not masculine but feminine, deriving from Latin illa and una, respectively, even though they are identical in form to the corresponding masculine singular articles. Thus, they are allomorphs of the feminine singular articles la and una.
• The use of these allomorphs does not change the gender agreement of the adjectives modifying the feminine noun: el asa única, un(a) asa buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine plural articles and determiners (las, unas, etc.) are always used.

See also

• mango
• manija
• manivela

Etymology 2

Verb

asa

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

Further reading

• “asa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Sundanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit रस (rasa, “taste, feeling”)

Verb

asa (Sundanese script ᮃᮞ)

1. to taste
2. to feel; to reckon; to suppose

   Asa aya nu hilap...

   Seems like there's something I forgot...

3. (often reduplicated) to doubt; to hesitate

   Tong asa-asa daharna

   Don't hesitate to eat it.

Derived terms

• aasaan
• asa-asa
• asana
• ngasaan

Further reading

• Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij
• Maman Sumantri, Atjep Djamaludin, Achmad Patoni, R.H. Moch. Koerdie, M.O. Koesman, Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आशा (āśā). Compare Bikol Central asa, Malay asa, and Tamil ஆசை (ācai).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔasa/ [ˈʔaː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: a‧sa

Noun

asa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ)

1. act of hoping
2. expectation; anticipation
3. dependence; reliance
4. (colloquial) belief

Derived terms

• asa ka pa
• asahan
• balik-asa
• iasa
• kawalang-pag-asa
• maasahan
• maasahin
• mapag-asa
• paasa
• paasahin
• pag-asa
• umasa

See also

• sana

Interjection

asa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ)

1. you wish!

Alternative forms

• asa ka, asa ka pa

Further reading

• “asa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “asa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 51
• Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog‎^[2] (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 17
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[3] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Anagrams

• saa

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عصا, from Arabic عَصَا (ʕaṣā)

Noun

asa (definite accusative asayı, plural asalar)

1. scepter
2. stick used to walk

Declension

Declension of asa

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

References

• “asa”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “asa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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

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