asa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "asa"

Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) 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 , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

asa

1. one

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Cebuano

Pronoun

asa

1. where

   Asa ka gipalit ang sapatos?

   Where did you buy the shoes?

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Dutch

Conjunction

asa

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

Anagrams

• aas

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, 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)

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay asa, from Sanskrit आशा (āśā).

Noun

asa (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).

Verb

asa

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• mengasa

Adjective

asa

1. intentionally; deliberately

Derived terms

• mengasa

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.

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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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Kavalan

Noun

asa

1. price

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.sa/, [ˈäːs̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.sa/, [ˈäːs̬ä]

Noun

āsa f (genitive āsae); first declension

1. Archaic form of āra.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	āsa	āsae
Genitive	āsae	āsārum
Dative	āsae	āsīs
Accusative	āsam	āsās
Ablative	āsā	āsīs
Vocative	āsa	āsae

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)

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Latvian

Adjective

asa

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular masculine form of ass
2. (deprecated template usage) nominative singular feminine form of ass

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Malay

Alternative forms

• اسا

Etymology

From Sanskrit आशा (āśā, “hope”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asə/
• IPA^(key): /asa/
• Rhymes: -asə, -sə, -ə

Noun

asa (Jawi spelling اسا, plural asa-asa, informal 1st possessive asaku, 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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Portuguese

asa (1)

asa (2)

Pronunciation

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

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”).

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. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Solon

Noun

asa

1. tree branch

References

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

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasa/ [ˈa.sa]

Noun

asa f (plural asas)

1. handle

See also

• mango m
• manija f
• manivela f

Usage notes

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.

  el asa, un asa

• They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

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

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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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 (ʕaṣāʔ).

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

Verb

asa

1. hope

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf