English

Proper noun

Asa

1. A king of Judah mentioned in the Book of Kings.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Kings-Chapter-15/#9-11 1 Kings 15:9-11::

     And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.

2. A male given name first used by Puritans.

Translations

Anagrams

• AAS

Japanese

Romanization

Asa

1. rōmaji reading of あさ

Asturian

Verb

asa

1. third-person singular present indicative of asar
2. second-person singular imperative of asar

Banjarese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

asa

1. (cardinal) one

Cebuano

Pronoun

asa

1. where

   Asa ka gipalit ang sapatos?

   Where did you buy the shoes?

Dutch

Abbreviation

asa

1. als en slechts als ≡ iff

Anagrams

• aas

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin asa, from Latin ansa. Compare Portuguese asa, Spanish asa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasa/

Noun

asa f ‎(plural asas)

1. handle (of a container)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay asa, from Sanskrit आशा ‎(āśā).

Noun

asa

1. hope (belief that something wished for can happen)

Irish

Noun

asa

1. genitive singular of as
2. nominative plural of as
3. dative plural of as

Mutation

Japanese

Romanization

asa

1. rōmaji reading of あさ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.sa/

Noun

āsa f ‎(genitive āsae); first declension

1. Alternative form of āra

Inflection

First declension.

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, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Adjective

asa

1. genitive singular masculine form of ass
2. nominative singular feminine form of ass

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit आशा ‎(āśā, “hope”).

Alternative forms

• اسا

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /asə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /asa/
• Rhymes: -asə, -sə, -ə

Noun

asa ‎(Jawi spelling اسا)

1. hope (belief that something wished for can happen)

Synonyms

• harapan / هارڤن

Verb

asa

1. to hope (to want something to happen)

Synonyms

• harap / هارڤ

Derived terms

• berputus asa (to give up)

Portuguese

asa (1)

asa (2)

Alternative forms

• aza (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin asa, from Latin ansa ‎(“handle”). Merged with Old Portuguese aa ‎(“wing”), from Latin ala ‎(“wing”). Cognate with Galician asa ‎(“handle”) and Spanish asa ‎(“handle”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.zɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.za/
• Hyphenation: a‧sa
• Rhymes: -aza

Noun

asa f (plural asas)

1. wing (part of an animal or airplane)

   Eu encontrei um pássaro com uma asa partida.‎

   I found a bird with a broken wing.

2. handle (part of an object which is held in the hand when used or moved)

   Eu peguei no balde pela asa.‎

   I picked up the bucket by the handle.

Synonyms

• (wing): ala, á

Derived terms

• desasar

Related terms

Descendants

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin asa, from Latin ansa. Cognate with Galician asa ‎(“handle”) and Portuguese asa ‎(“handle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasa/

Noun

asa f ‎(plural asas)

1. handle

See also

• mango m
• manija f
• manivela f

Usage notes

• The feminine noun asa is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el asa

• However, if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

Verb

asa

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of asar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of asar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of asar.

References

• “asa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Sanskrit आशा ‎(āśā).

Verb

asa

1. to hope

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَصَاء ‎(ʿaṣāʾ).

Noun

asa ‎(definite accusative asayı, plural asalar)

1. scepter
2. stick used to walk

Declension