# asa
## Asturian
### Verb

asa
* inflection of asar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Banjarese
### Etymology

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

### Numeral

asa
* one

### References

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

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आशा (āśā). Compare Tagalog asa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔasa/ [ˈʔa.sa]
* Hyphenation: a‧sa

### Verb

ása (plural arasa, Basahan spelling ᜀᜐ)
* to hope; to expect
    Synonyms: laom, mawot, arang

#### Derived terms

* asahan
* asahon
* mag-asa
* paasa
* pag-asa

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔasa/ [ˈʔa.s̪ɐ]
* Hyphenation: a‧sa

### Pronoun

asa (Badlit spelling ᜀᜐ)
* (interrogative) where
    Asa nimo gipalit ang sapatos?Where did you buy the shoes?

#### See also

* diin
* hain

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Conjunction

asa
* Abbreviation of als en slechts als (“iff”).

### Anagrams

* aas

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese (its derivative asado is attested since 1519), from Vulgar Latin asa, from Latin ansa. Compare Portuguese asa, Spanish asa.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈasa/

#### Noun

asa f (plural asas)
* handle (of a container)
    Synonym: anga
* (rare) wing
    Synonym: á
** 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"

##### Derived terms

* asa de cántaro
* asado

#### References

* “asa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “asa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “asa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “asa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

asa
* inflection of asar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Garo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali আশা (aśa, “hope, expectation”).

### Noun

asa
* hope

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈasa/ [ˈa.sa]
* Rhymes: -asa
* Syllabification: a‧sa

### Etymology 1

From Malay asa, from Sanskrit आशा (āśā).

#### Noun

asa (plural asa-asa)
* (uncommon) Synonym of harapan (“hope”)

##### Derived terms

* (uncommon) asa-asaan (“hopeful”)
* (transitive, uncommon) asakan (“to hope”)
* putus asa (“hopeless”)

### Etymology 2

From Minangkabau asa, from Sanskrit आशा (āśā).

#### Verb

asa
* (dialectal, uncommon) Synonym of sangka (“to think, guess, suspect”)

#### Adverb

asa
* (dialectal, uncommon) Synonym of sengaja (“intentionally”)

#### Derived terms

* mengasa

### Etymology 3

Probably from Sundanese.

#### Noun

asa (plural asa-asa)
* a roof seam, made of coconut leaves

### 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.

## Irish
### Noun

asa
* inflection of as:
** genitive singular
** nominative/dative plural

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Japanese
### Romanization

asa
* Rōmaji transcription of あさ

## Kabuverdianu
### Alternative forms

* asá (Barlavento)

### Etymology

From Portuguese assar.

### Verb

asa
* (Sotavento) roast

### References

* Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
* Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

## Kavalan
### Noun

asa
* price

## Kazakh
### Adverb

asa
* Latin spelling of аса (asa, “very, extremely”)

## Latin
### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

āsa f (genitive āsae); first declension
* Archaic form of āra.

### 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
### Adjective

asa
* inflection of ass:
** genitive masculine singular
** nominative feminine singular

## Malay
### Etymology

From Sanskrit आशा (āśā, “hope”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /asa/
* (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA: /asə/
* Rhymes: -asa

### 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)

#### Synonyms

* harapan / هارڤن

### Verb

asa
* to hope (to want something to happen)

#### Synonyms

* harap / هارڤ

#### 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)
* to swell (as a result of fermentation), ferment
* to boil, surge
asa (present tense asar, past tense asa, past participle asa, passive infinitive asast, present participle asande, imperative asa/as)
* to make a lot of noise
* to struggle, strive, toil

##### Synonyms

* (to yeast, ferment): gjære, ese, svelle (opp)
* (to boil, surge): bruse opp, gøyse
* (to make noise): bråke, støye, mase
* (to struggle): streve, kave, mase

##### Related terms

* as n
* asen (adj)
* esa, ese (verb)
* jest m

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

asa n
* definite plural of as

### References

* “asa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.sa/
* Rhymes: -asa
* Syllabification: a‧sa

### Noun

asa
* genitive singular of as

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.zɐ/
* Rhymes: -azɐ
* Hyphenation: a‧sa

### 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”). Doublet of ansa.

#### Noun

asa f (plural asas)
* wing (part of an animal or airplane)
    Synonyms: á, ala
    Eu encontrei um pássaro com uma asa partida.I found a bird with a broken wing.
* handle (part of an object which is held in the hand when used or moved)
    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

* Guinea-Bissau Creole: aza
* Kabuverdianu: ása, áza
* Principense: aza
* Sãotomense: aza
** Annobonese: aza
* Saramaccan: hánza
* → Galician: aza

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

asa
* inflection of asar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Rotuman
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *acan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ajan.

### Noun

asa
* name

## Solon
### Noun

asa
* tree branch

#### References

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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈasa/ [ˈa.sa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -asa
* Syllabification: a‧sa

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin ānsa. Cognate with Galician asa (“handle”) and Portuguese asa (“handle”).

#### Noun

asa f (plural asas)
* handle of a vessel or container

##### Usage notes

* Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like asa take the singular definite article el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el asa. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al asa, del asa. This is to avoid doubling of the /a/ sound.
    These nouns also usually take the indefinite article un that is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una is also permitted): un asa or una asa. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).
    However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) must be used: la mejor asa, una buena asa.
* If an adjective follows the noun, it must agree with the noun's gender regardless of the article used: el asa única, un(a) asa buena.
* In the plural, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (las, unas etc.) are always used.

##### See also

* mango
* manija
* manivela

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

asa
* inflection of asar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

#### Further reading

* “asa”, 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

## Sundanese
### Etymology

From Sanskrit रस (rasa, “taste, feeling”)

### Verb

asa (Sundanese script ᮃᮞ)
* to taste
* to feel; to reckon; to suppose
    Asa aya nu hilap...Seems like there's something I forgot...
* (often reduplicated) to doubt; to hesitate
    Tong asa-asa daharnaDon't hesitate to eat it.

#### Derived terms

* aasaan
* asa-asa
* asana
* ngasaan

### Further reading

* Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij
* Maman Sumantri, et al. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आशा (āśā). Compare Bikol Central asa, Malay asa, and Tamil ஆசை (ācai).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔasa/ [ˈʔaː.sɐ]
* Rhymes: -asa
* Syllabification: a‧sa

### Noun

asa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ)
* act of hoping
* expectation; anticipation
* dependence; reliance
* (colloquial) belief

#### Derived terms

* asa ka pa
* asahan
* balik-asa
* kawalang-pag-asa
* maasahan
* maasahin
* mapag-asa
* paasa
* paasahin
* pag-asa
* umasa

#### See also

* sana

### Interjection

asa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ)
* you wish!

#### Alternative forms

* asa ka, asa ka pa

### Further reading

* “asa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “asa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 51
* Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog‎ (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 17
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

### Anagrams

* saa

## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عصا, from Arabic عَصَا (ʕaṣā)

### Noun

asa (definite accusative asayı, plural asalar)
* scepter
* stick used to walk

#### Declension

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 :

### References

* “asa”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “asa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

## Yami
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

### Numeral

asa
* one

## Zou
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a˧.sa˧/

### Verb

asa
* (transitive) to hope

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 42