kasa

See also: kása, kaŝa, kāsa, kāsā, kāša, kaša, and kąsa

Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kasa]

Noun

kasa

1. wind

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish casa (“house”), from Latin casa (“cottage”).

Noun

kasa

1. A brothel, a bordello.

Synonyms

• (brothel): pampaman

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkasa]
• Rhymes: -asa

Noun

kasa f

1. cash desk
2. box office

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	kasa	kasy
genitive	kasy	kas
dative	kase	kasám
accusative	kasu	kasy
vocative	kaso	kasy
locative	kase	kasách
instrumental	kasou	kasami

Synonyms

• pokladna

Derived terms

• kasař
• kasovní

Related terms

• See kapsa
• kasírovat

Further reading

• kasa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kasa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑsɑ/, [ˈkɑs̠ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑsɑ
• Syllabification: ka‧sa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kasa, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kasô, from *kas-.

Noun

kasa

1. heap
2. pile
3. stack
4. (firearms) grouping

Declension

Inflection of kasa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		kasa	kasat
genitive		kasan	kasojen
partitive		kasaa	kasoja
illative		kasaan	kasoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kasa	kasat
accusative	nom.	kasa	kasat
	gen.	kasan
genitive		kasan	kasojen kasainrare
partitive		kasaa	kasoja
inessive		kasassa	kasoissa
elative		kasasta	kasoista
illative		kasaan	kasoihin
adessive		kasalla	kasoilla
ablative		kasalta	kasoilta
allative		kasalle	kasoille
essive		kasana	kasoina
translative		kasaksi	kasoiksi
instructive		—	kasoin
abessive		kasatta	kasoitta
comitative		—	kasoineen

Possessive forms of kasa (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kasani	kasamme
2nd person	kasasi	kasanne
3rd person	kasansa

Derived terms

• kasaantua
• kasaantuma
• kasailla
• kasapäin
• kasapäissä
• kasata
• kasauma
• kasautua
• kasautuma
• kasoittain

Compounds

compounds

• hiekkakasa
• kasapanos
• kompostikasa
• lantakasa
• purukasa
• puukasa

• rauniokasa
• rikkakasa
• risukasa
• romukasa
• roskakasa

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *kaca, from earlier *kaća, possibly an early loan from Indo-European (compare Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”)). Northern Sami geahčči (“point”) and Hungarian hegy (“mountain”) may have the same origin.

Noun

kasa

1. (dialectal) corner

Anagrams

• saka

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Gothic

Romanization

kasa

1. Romanization of 𐌺𐌰𐍃𐌰

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology 1

From Portuguese caçar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kasa.

Verb

kasa

1. to hunt

Etymology 2

From Portuguese casa. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kasa.

Noun

kasa

1. house
2. home

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈka.sa]
• Hyphenation: ka‧sa

Etymology 1

From Persian خاصه‎ (ḵẖāṣa, “fine cotton cloth of a close texture, called cossas”).

Noun

kasa (plural, first-person possessive kasaku, second-person possessive kasamu, third-person possessive kasanya)

1. gauze.

Etymology 2

From Dutch kassa (“cash desk, cash register”), from Italian cassa, from Latin capsa.

Noun

kasa (plural, first-person possessive kasaku, second-person possessive kasamu, third-person possessive kasanya)

1. cash desk, checkout.
2. cash register, till.

Etymology 3

Noun

kasa (plural, first-person possessive kasaku, second-person possessive kasamu, third-person possessive kasanya)

1. (Classical Indonesian) Alternative spelling of angkasa.

Further reading

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

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Japanese

Romanization

kasa

1. Rōmaji transcription of かさ

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology 1

From Portuguese caçar.

Verb

kasa

1. to hunt

Etymology 2

From Portuguese casa.

Noun

kasa

1. house
2. home

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Kavalan

Noun

kasa

1. green bean

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Lindu

Noun

kasa

1. bean
2. peanut

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, scratch”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *kosa (“hair”), Old Prussian kexti (“braided hair”).

Noun

kasa f

1. braid

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Polish

kasa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.sa/

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Noun

kasa f

1. cash desk; checkout
2. cash register; till
3. (colloquial) money

Declension

declension of kasa

	singular	plural
nominative	kasa	kasy
genitive	kasy	kas
dative	kasie	kasom
accusative	kasę	kasy
instrumental	kasą	kasami
locative	kasie	kasach
vocative	kaso	kasy

Further reading

• kasa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian cassa (via Ottoman Turkish [Term?]? Compare Turkish kasa), from Latin capsa.

Noun

kàsa f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀са)

1. safe
2. cash register

Declension

Declension of kasa

	singular	plural
nominative	kàsa	kase
genitive	kase	kásā
dative	kasi	kasama
accusative	kasu	kase
vocative	kaso	kase
locative	kasi	kasama
instrumental	kasom	kasama

References

• “kasa” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Swahili

Noun

kasa (n class, plural kasa)

1. sea turtle

See also

• kobe

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Swedish

Verb

kasa (present kasar, preterite kasade, supine kasat, imperative kasa)

1. to push or pull an object over a surface

Conjugation

Conjugation of kasa (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	kasa	—
Present tense	kasar	—
Past tense	kasade	—
Supine	kasat	—
Imperative	kasa	—
Present participle	kasande
Past participle	kasad

See also

• halka
• hasa

References

• kasa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)

Anagrams

• aska, saka

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧sa

Verb

kasa

1. to cock
2. to launch

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cassa.

Noun

kasa (definite accusative kasayı, plural kasalar)

1. safe

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kasa
Definite accusative	kasayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kasa	kasalar
Definite accusative	kasayı	kasaları
Dative	kasaya	kasalara
Locative	kasada	kasalarda
Ablative	kasadan	kasalardan
Genitive	kasanın	kasaların