esa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "esa"

English

Proper noun

esa

1. Alternative letter-case form of ESA (trademark stylisation)

Anagrams

• -ase, AES, ASE, EAS, EAs, SAE, SEA, Sea, a**es, aes, ase, eas, sea

Asturian

Adjective

esa

1. feminine singular of esi

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛsa]

Noun

esa n

1. inflection of eso:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛsɐ/

Determiner

esa f (masculine singular ese, masculine plural eses, feminine plural esas)

1. that

Further reading

• “esa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Icelandic

Etymology

From er +‎ ekki.

Adverb

esa

1. (rare) am not

Indonesian

Indonesian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : esa

Etymology

Inherited from Malay esa, from Proto-Malayic *əsa(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa (*əsa), from Proto-Austronesian *isa (*əsa).

Etymology notes

Some people might think that this word was borrowed from Sanskrit एक (eka), while this cognate is still being researched.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /əˈsa/ [əˈsa]
  • Rhymes: -a
• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈesa/ [ˈe.sa]
• Syllabification: e‧sa

Numeral

êsa

1. (archaic) synonym of satu (“one”)

Adjective

êsa

1. (archaic, poetic) synonym of tunggal (“single”)

   Tuhan Yang Maha Esa

   The One Almighty God.

Derived terms

• (chiefly obsolete) beresa-esaan (“to be alone (on purpose)”)
• (poetic) keesaan (“singularity”)
• (poetic) mengesakan (“to singularize, believe in 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

Further reading

• “esa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Isoko

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Edoid *ɪɪ-chaGɪ (“three”).

Numeral

esa

1. dated spelling of ịsa.

Japanese

Romanization

esa

1. Rōmaji transcription of えさ

Kankanaey

Kankanaey numbers ^(edit)

		10
		1	2  →	10  →
Cardinal: ësa     Ordinal: nangun-una     Adverbial: ipingsa     Harvest: ësa'y baud     Restrictive: ësësa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔəsa/ [ˈʔɨː.sʌ]
  • Rhymes: -əsa
• (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian) IPA^(key): /ˈʔəha/ [ˈʔɨː.hʌ]
  • Rhymes: -əha
• Syllabification: e‧sa

Numeral

ësa

1. one

Latin

Pronunciation 1

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

Participle

ēsa

1. inflection of ēsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈeː.saː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.s̬a]

Participle

ēsā

1. ablative feminine singular of ēsus

Malay

Malay cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : esa

Alternative forms

• ĕsă (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esa/, /əsa/
• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [esə], [əsə]
• Rhymes: -esa, -a

Numeral

esa (Jawi spelling اسا)

1. (archaic) synonym of satu (“one”)

Derived terms

• Maha Esa (“the Greatest One, Almighty God, a term to address God”)

References

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[2], Canberra: The Australian National University
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*isa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Northern Paiute

Etymology

Compare Cahuilla 'ísill (“coyote”) and 'íswet (“wolf”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isa/, /iʃa/

Noun

esa

1. wolf

Nupe

Èsá

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.sá/

Noun

èsá (plural èsázhì)

1. stool (in particular) a traditional Nupe stool.
2. chair; seat

Derived terms

• èsákó (“table”)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːsɑ/, [ˈeːzɑ]

Noun

ēsa

1. genitive plural of ōs (gods')

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• eta (Latin script)
• 𑀏𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• एत (Devanagari script)
• এত (Bengali script)
• එත (Sinhalese script)
• ဧတ or ဨတ or ဢေတ (Burmese script)
• เอต or เอตะ (Thai script)
• ᩑᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ເອຕ or ເອຕະ (Lao script)
• ឯត (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄬𑄖 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• 𑀏𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• एस (Devanagari script)
• এস (Bengali script)
• එස (Sinhalese script)
• ဧသ or ဨသ or ဢေသ (Burmese script)
• เอส or เอสะ (Thai script)
• ᩑᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ເອສ or ເອສະ (Lao script)
• ឯស (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄬𑄥 (Chakma script)

Adjective

esa

1. alternative stem of eta
2. as word form, nominative singular masculine of eta
   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[3], Colombo, 2009:

     5. න හි වෙරෙන වෙරාචී සම‍්මන‍්තීධ කුදාචනං 5
     අඞවරෙන ච සම‍්මන‍්ති එස ධම‍්මො සනන‍්තනො.

     5. Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ 5
     Averena ca sammanti esa dhammo sanantano.

     5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
     but are settled by love. This is an eternal truth.

     (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
     but are settled by love. This truth is eternal.”)

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Pronoun

esa m

1. alternative stem of eta
2. as word form, nominative singular of eta

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ipsa, from ipse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈesa/ [ˈe.sa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: e‧sa

Determiner

esa f sg

1. feminine singular of ese

Pronoun

esa f sg

1. alternative spelling of ésa

Usage notes

The unaccented form can function as a pronoun if it can be unambiguously deduced as such from context.

See also

Spanish personal pronouns

				Nominative	Disjunctive	Dative	Accusative	Comitative
First-person	Singular			yo	mí	me		conmigo
	Plural	Masculine1		nosotros		nos		—
		Feminine		nosotras
Second-person	Singular	Tuteo		tú	ti	te		contigo
		Voseo		vos	—
		Formal2	Masculine1	usted		le, se3	lo
			Feminine				la
	Plural	Familiar4	Masculine1	vosotros		os
			Feminine	vosotras
		Formal/general2	Masculine1	ustedes		les, se3	los
			Feminine				las
Third-person	Singular	Masculine1		él		le, se3	lo
		Feminine		ella			la
		Neuter		ello5			lo
	Plural	Masculine1		ellos		les, se3	los
		Feminine		ellas			las
	Reflexive			—	sí	se		consigo

1. Like other masculine words, masculine pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
2. Treated as if it were third person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity.
3. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g. se lo dije instead of *le lo dije).
4. Used primarily in Spain.
5. Used only in rare circumstances.