asta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "asta"

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian آهسته.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

asta

1. quietly
2. slow, slowly
3. carefully, gently, cautiously

Synonyms

• yavaş, yavaşca

Adjective

asta (comparative daha asta, superlative ən asta)

1. quiet
2. slow

Further reading

• “asta” in Obastan.com.

Balinese

Romanization

asta

1. Romanization of ᬅᬲ᭄ᬢ (“be”).
2. Romanization of ᬅᬲ᭄ᬣ (“bone”).
3. Romanization of ᬅᬱ᭄ᬝ (“eight”).
4. Romanization of ᬳᬲ᭄ᬢ (“hand”).

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin hasta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈas.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈas.ta]

Noun

asta f (plural astes)

1. shaft (of a spear)
2. spear

   Synonym: llança

3. flagpole

Further reading

• “asta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Irish

Pronoun

asta (emphatic astasan)

1. Alternative form of astu

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hasta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.sta/
• Rhymes: -asta
• Hyphenation: à‧sta

Noun

asta f (plural aste)

1. pole, rod, shaft
2. (chiefly poetic) spear, lance

   Synonym: lancia

3. the wooden handle of a spear or lance
4. (athletics) the pole used in pole-vaulting
5. penis

   Synonym: pene

6. (zoology) the main structure of a cervid's antlers

   Synonym: (uncommon) stanga

7. (firearms) forearm (part of a firearm below and supporting the barrel)
8. (ophthalmology) temple (sidepiece of spectacles)

   Synonym: stanghetta

9. (uncommon) the ink chamber of a pen

   Synonym: asticciola

10. the graduated arm of a steelyard balance along which the counterweight slides
11. a short, straight line
    1. (typography) the vertical part of a letter

       Hyponyms: asta inferiore, asta superiore

12. auction

Derived terms

• asta inferiore
• asta regia
• asta superiore
• asticciola
• asticina
• inastare

 

Further reading

• asta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Javanese

Romanization

asta

1. Romanization of ꦲꦱ꧀ꦠ

Ladino

Preposition

asta (Latin spelling)

1. until, till
   • 1979 July, Moshe Shaul, “Istoria i Dezvelopamiento del Djudeo-Espaniol”, in Aki Yerushalayim‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 December 2020, page 11:

     La primera de eyas es ke el djudeo-espaniol kontiene un grande numero de arkaizmos o sea, palavras ke eran empleadas en Espania asta el siglo XV ma ke dezparesieron dezde entonses de su vokabulario, mientres ke en el djudeo-espaniol kontinuan a existir asta oy.

     The first of them is that Judeo-Spanish contains a large number of archaisms, or rather, words that were used in Spain until the 15th century but which disappeared after then from its vocabulary, while in Judeo-Spanish they continue to be used until this day.

Latin

Verb

astā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of astō

References

• “asta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• asta 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)
• “asta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “asta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “asta”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Malay

Malay cardinal numbers

<  7	8	9  >
Cardinal : asta

Alternative forms

• astă

Etymology

From Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /astə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /astə/
• Rhymes: -tə, -ə

Numeral

asta (Jawi spelling استا)

1. eight

Synonyms

• lapan / delapan / dĕlapan / لاڤن / دلاڤن
• selapan / sĕlapan / سلاڤن

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.ta/
• Rhymes: -ta
• Homophones: astā, aṣṭa, hasta
• Hyphenation: as‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit अस्त (asta, “sunset”).

Noun

asta

1. sunset

Derived terms

• astagiri

 

Etymology 2

Noun

asta

1. Alternative spelling of hasta

Further reading

• "asta" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Romanian

Etymology

From astă, from Latin ista(m), feminine of iste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈas.ta]

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Determiner

asta

1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of ăsta

   Synonym: această

Pronoun

asta

1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of ăsta

   Synonym: aceasta

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish asta. Cognate with Irish astu and Manx assdaue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈas̪t̪ə/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈas̪t̪(ə)/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈas̪t̪ʌ]
• Hyphenation: as‧ta

Pronoun

asta

1. third-person plural of à: from them

Inflection

Personal inflection of à

	Person:		simple	emphatic
singular	first		asam	asamsa
	second		asad	asadsa
	third	m	às	às-san
		f	aiste	aistese
plural	first		asainn	asainne
	second		asaibh	asaibhse
	third		asta	astasan

Further reading

• Colin Mark (2003) “à”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 2

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta/
• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: as‧ta

Noun

asta f (diminutive astka)

1. branch

Further reading

• asta in silling.org
• Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “asta”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 26

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hasta. Compare Italian asta (“pole, rod”), Catalan ast (“spit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasta/ [ˈas.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: as‧ta
• Homophone: hasta

Noun

asta f (plural astas)

1. flagstaff, flagpole

   a media asta ― at half staff

2. horn (a hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals)

   Synonyms: cuerno, cacho

3. shaft, handle

   Synonyms: barra, palo

4. lance; pike

   Synonyms: lanza, pica

Usage notes

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like asta take the singular definite article el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el asta. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al asta, del asta.

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 asta or una asta. 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 asta, una buena asta.

• If an adjective follows the noun, it must agree with the noun's gender regardless of the article used: el asta única, un(a) asta buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (las, unas etc.) are always used.

Derived terms

• a media asta
• astifino
• tomar el toro por las astas

 

Related terms

• astado
• astero
• astilla
• astillero
• dios astado

 

Further reading

• “asta”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔasˈtaʔ/ [ʔɐsˈt̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: as‧ta

Noun

astâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. posture; carriage; pose; bearing

   Synonyms: tindig, tayo, tikas, bikas

2. act or manner of acting

   Synonyms: kilos, pagkilos

3. position or attitude taken when one is about to do something

Derived terms

• astaan
• pagkakaasta
• umasta

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish hasta.

Alternative forms

• hasta

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔasta/ [ˈʔas.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: as‧ta

Adverb

asta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. even; also (usually as asta sa)

Anagrams

• atas, saat, tsaa, tasa, taas

Yilan Creole

Etymology

From Japanese 明日 (ashita, “tomorrow”).

Noun

asta

1. tomorrow

References

• 真田信治 [Shinji Sanada] (2015) “宜蘭クレオールにおけるsound substitutionについて [On the sound substitution of Yilan Creole]”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[2]