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rasta

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See also: Rasta, rastā, and raşta

English

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Etymology

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Short for Rastafarian or Rastafari.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rasta (plural rastas)

  1. (informal) Rastafarian
  2. (informal) Diminutive of rastaquouère

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Finnish

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Etymology

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English rasta

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑstɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝s̠tɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑstɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): ras‧ta

Noun

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rasta

  1. rasta, Rastafarian (person)
  2. dreadlock (single strand of dreadlocks)

Declension

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Inflection of rasta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative rasta rastat
genitive rastan rastojen
partitive rastaa rastoja
illative rastaan rastoihin
singular plural
nominative rasta rastat
accusative nom. rasta rastat
gen. rastan
genitive rastan rastojen
rastain rare
partitive rastaa rastoja
inessive rastassa rastoissa
elative rastasta rastoista
illative rastaan rastoihin
adessive rastalla rastoilla
ablative rastalta rastoilta
allative rastalle rastoille
essive rastana rastoina
translative rastaksi rastoiksi
abessive rastatta rastoitta
instructive rastoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
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

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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rasta m or f by sense (plural rastas)

  1. rasta; Rastafarian

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Gothic

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Romanization

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rasta

  1. Romanization of 𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰

Italian

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Etymology

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From rastafariano. First attested in 1951.

Noun

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rasta m or f by sense (uncountable)

  1. rasta; Rastafarian

Adjective

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rasta (masculine plural rasti, feminine plural raste)

  1. of or relating to Rastafarians

Latvian

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Participle

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rasta

  1. inflection of rasts:
    1. genitive singular masculine
    2. nominative singular feminine

Old High German

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Etymology

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

Noun

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rasta f

  1. rest

Descendants

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  • German: Rast

Sicilian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, belly).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɾast̪a/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧sta

Noun

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rasta f (plural rasti)

  1. flower pot.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English; shortened from Rastafarian.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrasta/ [ˈras.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -asta
  • Syllabification: ras‧ta

Adjective

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rasta m or f (masculine and feminine plural rastas)

  1. rasta

Noun

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rasta m or f by sense (plural rastas)

  1. rasta, Rastafarian
  2. dreadlocks (a hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings)

Further reading

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English rasta.

Noun

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rasta class IX (plural rasta class X)

  1. dreadlock

Swedish

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Etymology

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rast +‎ -a

Verb

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rasta (present rastar, preterite rastade, supine rastat, imperative rasta)

  1. to stop and take a rest (while traveling)
    Vi rastade på en rastplats
    We stopped and took a rest at a rest area
  2. to take (a dog or other animal) outside for exercise (letting it run around freely) and urination/defecation
    rasta hunden
    take the dog outside
  3. to let or bring prisoners, institutionalized patients, or the like outside (onto a yard or the like, for fresh air, exercise, etc.)
    rasta fångarna
    let the prisoners out onto the prison yard

Usage notes

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"Walk the dog" is "gå ut med hunden."

Conjugation

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