asta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "asta"

Azerbaijani

Alternative forms

• ahəstə

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /astə/
• Hyphenation: as‧ta

Etymology 1

Unknown, probably Old Javanese astā, astam, from Sanskrit अस्ति (asti, “to be”).

Noun

asta (Balinese script ᬅᬲ᭄ᬢ)

1. being

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit अस्थि (asthi, “bone”).

Noun

asta (Balinese script ᬅᬲ᭄ᬣ)

1. bone

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Old Javanese aṣṭa (“eight”), from Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa, “eight”).

Numeral

asta (Balinese script ᬅᬱ᭄ᬝ)

1. eight

Etymology 4

From Sanskrit हस्त (hasta, “hand”). Cognate to Indonesian hasta.

Noun

asta (Balinese script ᬳᬲ᭄ᬢ)

1. 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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Irish

Pronoun

asta (emphatic astasan)

1. alternative form of astu

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hasta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta/
• 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

1. until, till
   • 1979 July, Moshe Shaul, “Istoria i Dezvelopamiento del Djudeo-Espaniol”, in Aki Yerushalayim‎, 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, 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

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Cardinal : asta

Alternative forms

• astă

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈastə/ [ˈas.t̪ə]
  • Rhymes: -astə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈasta/ [ˈas.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -asta
• Hyphenation: as‧ta

Numeral

asta (Jawi spelling استا)

1. (used only in Sanskritic formations) eight

   Synonym: lapan

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]

• Audio:

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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