asa
Asturian
Verb
asa
- inflection of asar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Banjarese
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Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧sa
- IPA(key): /ˈʔasa/
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧sa
- IPA(key): /ˈʔasa/, [ˈʔa.s̪ʌ]
Dutch
Pronunciation
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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)
- handle (of a container)
- Synonym: anga
- (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
- 1697, Juan Antonio Torrado, Fala o corvo:
Derived terms
- asa de cántaro
- asado
References
- “asa” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “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.
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈasa]
- Hyphenation: asa
- Rhymes: -asa, -sa, -a
Noun
asa (first-person possessive asaku, second-person possessive asamu, third-person possessive asanya)
- hope (belief that something wished for can happen)
Derived terms
- asa-asaan
- mengasakan
Etymology 2
From Minangkabau asa, from Sanskrit आशा (āśā).
Derived terms
- mengasa
Etymology 3
From Sundanese [Term?].
Noun
asa (first-person possessive asaku, second-person possessive asamu, third-person possessive asanya)
- roof seam made of coconut leaves
Further reading
- “asa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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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. |
Kabuverdianu
Alternative forms
- asá (Barlavento)
Etymology
From Portuguese assar.
References
- Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
- Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro
Kavalan
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.sa/, [ˈäːs̠ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.sa/, [ˈäːs̬ä]
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
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /asə/
- (Baku) 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)
- hope (belief that something wished for can happen)
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)
asa (present tense asar, past tense asa, past participle asa, passive infinitive asast, present participle asande, imperative asa/as)
Synonyms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Portuguese

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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.zɐ/
- Rhymes: -azɐ
- Hyphenation: a‧sa
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”). Doublet of ansa.
Noun
asa f (plural asas)
Alternative forms
- aza (obsolete)
Derived terms
Descendants
Verb
asa
- inflection of asar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈasa/ [ˈa.sa]
- Rhymes: -asa
- Syllabification: a‧sa
Usage notes
- The feminine noun asa is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed /a/ sound in that it takes the articles el and un (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:
Verb
asa
- inflection of asar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “asa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sundanese
Romanization
asa
- Romanization of ᮃᮞ
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आशा (āśā). Compare Bikol Central asa, Malay asa, and Tamil ஆசை (ācai).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧sa
- IPA(key): /ˈʔasa/, [ˈʔa.sɐ]
Noun
asa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ)
- act of hoping
- expectation; anticipation
- dependence; reliance
- (colloquial) belief
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “asa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic عَصَاء (ʿaṣāʾ).
Declension
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Dative | asaya | asalara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | asada | asalarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | asadan | asalardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | asanın | asaların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yami
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Cardinal : asa | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.
Zou
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a˧.sa˧/
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 42