# rasta
## English
### Etymology

Short for Rastafarian or Rastafari.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æstə

### Noun

rasta (plural rastas)
* (informal) Rastafarian
* (informal) Diminutive of rastaquouère

#### Derived terms

* rasta hat

#### Translations
### See also

* rasta roko

### Anagrams

* STAAR, astar, atars, ratas

## Finnish
### Etymology

English rasta

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɑstɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝s̠tɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑstɑ
* Hyphenation: ras‧ta

### Noun

rasta
* rasta, Rastafarian (person)
* dreadlock (single strand of dreadlocks)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of rasta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rastani
rastani
accusative
nom.
rastani
rastani
gen.
rastani
genitive
rastani
rastojeni rastaini $^{rare}$
partitive
rastaani
rastojani
inessive
rastassani
rastoissani
elative
rastastani
rastoistani
illative
rastaani
rastoihini
adessive
rastallani
rastoillani
ablative
rastaltani
rastoiltani
allative
rastalleni
rastoilleni
essive
rastanani
rastoinani
translative
rastakseni
rastoikseni
abessive
rastattani
rastoittani
instructive
comitative
—rastoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rastasi
rastasi
accusative
nom.
rastasi
rastasi
gen.
rastasi
genitive
rastasi
rastojesi rastaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
rastaasi
rastojasi
inessive
rastassasi
rastoissasi
elative
rastastasi
rastoistasi
illative
rastaasi
rastoihisi
adessive
rastallasi
rastoillasi
ablative
rastaltasi
rastoiltasi
allative
rastallesi
rastoillesi
essive
rastanasi
rastoinasi
translative
rastaksesi
rastoiksesi
abessive
rastattasi
rastoittasi
instructive
comitative
—rastoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rastamme
rastamme
accusative
nom.
rastamme
rastamme
gen.
rastamme
genitive
rastamme
rastojemme rastaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
rastaamme
rastojamme
inessive
rastassamme
rastoissamme
elative
rastastamme
rastoistamme
illative
rastaamme
rastoihimme
adessive
rastallamme
rastoillamme
ablative
rastaltamme
rastoiltamme
allative
rastallemme
rastoillemme
essive
rastanamme
rastoinamme
translative
rastaksemme
rastoiksemme
abessive
rastattamme
rastoittamme
instructive
comitative
—rastoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rastanne
rastanne
accusative
nom.
rastanne
rastanne
gen.
rastanne
genitive
rastanne
rastojenne rastainne $^{rare}$
partitive
rastaanne
rastojanne
inessive
rastassanne
rastoissanne
elative
rastastanne
rastoistanne
illative
rastaanne
rastoihinne
adessive
rastallanne
rastoillanne
ablative
rastaltanne
rastoiltanne
allative
rastallenne
rastoillenne
essive
rastananne
rastoinanne
translative
rastaksenne
rastoiksenne
abessive
rastattanne
rastoittanne
instructive
comitative
—rastoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rastansa
rastansa
accusative
nom.
rastansa
rastansa
gen.
rastansa
genitive
rastansa
rastojensa rastainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
rastaansa
rastojaan rastojansa
inessive
rastassaan rastassansa
rastoissaan rastoissansa
elative
rastastaan rastastansa
rastoistaan rastoistansa
illative
rastaansa
rastoihinsa
adessive
rastallaan rastallansa
rastoillaan rastoillansa
ablative
rastaltaan rastaltansa
rastoiltaan rastoiltansa
allative
rastalleen rastallensa
rastoilleen rastoillensa
essive
rastanaan rastanansa
rastoinaan rastoinansa
translative
rastakseen rastaksensa
rastoikseen rastoiksensa
abessive
rastattaan rastattansa
rastoittaan rastoittansa
instructive
comitative
—rastoineen rastoinensa :

#### Synonyms

* (rasta): rastafari

#### Derived terms

* rastaletti
* rastatukka

### Further reading

* “rasta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* ratas, sarat, stara

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

rasta m or f by sense (plural rastas)
* rasta; Rastafarian

### Further reading

* “rasta”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Gothic
### Romanization

rasta
* Romanization of 𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰

## Italian
### Etymology

From rastafariano. First attested in 1951.

### Noun

rasta m or f by sense (uncountable)
* rasta; Rastafarian

### Adjective

rasta (masculine plural rasti, feminine plural raste)
* of or relating to Rastafarians

## Latvian
### Participle

rasta
* inflection of rasts:
** genitive singular masculine
** nominative singular feminine

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rastu, see also Old English ræst, Old Norse rǫst.

### Noun

rasta f
* rest

#### Descendants

* German: Rast

## Sicilian
### Alternative forms

* grasta

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “belly”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɾast̪a/
* Hyphenation: ra‧sta

### Noun

rasta f (plural rasti)
* flower pot.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English; shortened from Rastafarian.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrasta/ [ˈras.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -asta
* Syllabification: ras‧ta

### Adjective

rasta m or f (masculine and feminine plural rastas)
* rasta

### Noun

rasta m or f by sense (plural rastas)
* rasta, Rastafarian
* dreadlocks (a hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings)

### Further reading

* “rasta”, 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

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English rasta.

### Noun

rasta class IX (plural rasta class X)
* dreadlock

## Swedish
### Etymology

rast +‎ -a

### Verb

rasta (present rastar, preterite rastade, supine rastat, imperative rasta)
* to stop and take a rest (while traveling)
    Vi rastade på en rastplatsWe stopped and took a rest at a rest area
* to take (a dog or other animal) outside for exercise (letting it run around freely) and urination/defecation
    rasta hundentake the dog outside
* to let or bring prisoners, institutionalized patients, or the like outside (onto a yard or the like, for fresh air, exercise, etc.)
    rasta fångarnalet the prisoners out onto the prison yard

#### Usage notes

"Walk the dog" is "gå ut med hunden."

#### Derived terms

* rastgård
* rastplats

#### Related terms

* rastning

### References

* rasta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* rasta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* rasta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* rasat, trasa