asia

English Online Dictionary. What means asia‎? What does asia mean?

Ese

Noun

asia

1. scabies

Finnish

Alternative forms

• asja (dialectal)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *asja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑsiɑ/, [ˈɑ̝s̠iɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑsiɑ
• Syllabification^(key): a‧si‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): asia

Noun

asia

1. issue, matter, affair, concern, business, subject, case, thing (any abstract thing)

   Synonym: juttu

   Kuuntele, mitä minulla on asiaa. ― Please listen to the matter I have to talk to you about.

   Tämä ei ole sinun asiasi! ― This is none of your business!

   Mitä asiasi koskee? ― State your business.

   Palataanpa itse asiaan. ― Let's return to the subject itself.

   Se on omantunnon asia. ― It's a case of conscience.

   Hänen puheessaan on paljon sanoja, mutta vähän asiaa. ― He loves to talk but has little to say.

   Sinulla ei ole asiaa tänne. ― You have no business being here.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:asia.
2. court case

   Synonym: juttu

   Asia menee korkeimpaan oikeuteen. ― The case goes to the Supreme Court.

3. (informal) thing, object (that is physical, concrete, tangible)

   Synonym: esine

4. (usually in the plural) errand

   Minun pitää käydä asioilla. ― I have to go run errands.

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• kuulua

Further reading

• “asia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• -aasi, Aias, aasi, aisa

Gothic

Romanization

asia

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌰

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Ancient Ligurian or another Celtic language since Pliny ascribes the term to the Taurini, a Celto-Ligurian tribe. An emendation to *sasia has been suggested, from Proto-Celtic *sasyos (“rye”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.si.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.s̬i.a]

Noun

asia f (genitive asiae); first declension

1. A kind of rye

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• asia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• àsíyá

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.sí.á/

Noun

àsíá

1. flag, banner

   Synonym: bánà

   áà! ẹgbẹ́ẹ̀ mi, ẹ wo àsíá b'ó ti ń fẹ́ lẹlẹ! ― Behold, my fellow compatriots, look how our flag billows cheerfully in the wind!

Descendants

• Lucumí: asia