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Estonian

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aigasta-aika, from *aigasta (“from time”), and *aika (“time”), possibly borrowed from either Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“long time, eternity”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu ~ *h₂yéws (“long time, lifetime”), from *h₂ey- (“vital force, age”), or from earlier *ajeka and borrowed from Proto-Germanic *ajuka- (“time, eternity”); see the Proto-Finnic entry for more.

Cognate with Finnish ajastaika, Ingrian aastaika, Livonian āigast, Võro aastak, and Kukkuzi aastaika. Equivalent to ajast +‎ aeg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːstɑ/, [ˈɑːstɑ]
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  • Rhymes: -ɑːstɑ
  • Hyphenation: aas‧ta

Noun

aasta (genitive aasta, partitive aastat)

  1. (time) a year (a solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun: between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference)
    mis aastal sa oled sündinud? ― what year were you born?
    head uut aastat! ― happy New Year!
    Synonym: aastaring
    1. a year (a period of about 12 months, starting at any moment)
      viimasest haigushoost on möödunud kaks aastat ― two years have passed since the last illness
    2. (only in compounds, honorific) the best (something) of a calendar year
      aasta album ― album of the year
      aasta õpetaja ― teacher of the year
  2. (age) a year of one's lifetime; years old
    poiss on juba seitse aastat vana ― the boy is already seven years old
    kirikul on vanust üle 1000 aasta ― the church is over 1000 years old
    välimuse järgi otsustades on ta umbes neljakümnendates aastates ― judging by his appearance, he is in his forties
    Synonym: eluaasta
    1. (inessive, in the plural, aastates) for years
      astates papi vaarus kepi toel trepist üles ― for years papi climbed the stairs with the support of a cane
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Declension

More information Declension of (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation), singular ...

Derived terms

  • eluaasta (“year of life”), poolaasta (“semester”), õppeaasta (“academic year”)
  • head vana aasta lõppu (“Happy New Year”)

Descendants

  • → Finnish: aasta

References

  • aasta in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “aasta”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːstɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ːs̠tɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːstɑ
  • Syllabification(key): aas‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): aas‧ta

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Estonian aasta (“year”).

Noun

aasta (dialectal)

  1. (Southwest Finnish) alternative form of ajastaika

References

  • “aasta”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN, retrieved 8 October 2022.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

aasta

  1. elative singular of aa
    Kerro minulle kaikki, aasta ööhön.
    Tell me everything, from A to Z.

Anagrams

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Noun

aasta (genitive aasta, partitive aastat)

  1. alternative form of aastak

Inflection

Inflection of aasta
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