nasa

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Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nas̺a/ [na.s̺a]
• Rhymes: -as̺a, -a
• Hyphenation: na‧sa

Noun

nasa inan

1. (nautical) dock
2. (rail transport) platform

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “nasa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “nasa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Galician

Etymology

From Latin nassa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnasa̝/

Noun

nasa f (plural nasas)

1. pot, fish trap

Derived terms

• nasada
• naseiro
• nasil

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nasa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nasa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nasa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Icelandic

Noun

nasa

1. indefinite genitive plural of nös

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• asa

Etymology 1

From na +‎ sa.

Noun

nasa

1. expect; wait

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit लालसा (lālasā, “desire”).

Noun

nasâ

1. wish; want; desire

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• nase (e infinitive)

Etymology

From nase (sensory organ).

Verb

nasa (present tense nasar, past tense nasa, past participle nasa, passive infinitive nasast, present participle nasande, imperative nasa/nas)

1. to smell, sniff

2. to nose (snoop)

References

• “nase” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.sɑ/, [ˈnɑ.zɑ]

Noun

nasa

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of nasu

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nasō, whence also Old English nosu, Old Norse nǫs (Icelandic nös), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s-.

Noun

nasa f

1. nose

Declension

Descendants

• Middle High German: nase
  • Alemannic German: Nase, Naase (Basel, Aargau, Lucerne, Zug, Schwyz, Uri)
    • Swabian: Nas
  • Bavarian: Nosn
  • Central Franconian: Nas, Noas, Nos (western Moselle Franconian)
    • Hunsrik: Naas
    • Luxembourgish: Nues
  • East Franconian: Nous
  • German: Nase
  • Rhine Franconian: Noos
    • Pennsylvania German: Naas
  • Vilamovian: nōs, nōz
  • Yiddish: נאָז (noz)

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.ˈsa/, [na.ˈsa]

Conjunction

nasa

1. because

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nassa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnasa/ [ˈna.sa]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: na‧sa

Noun

nasa f (plural nasas)

1. weir
2. fish-trap

Further reading

• “nasa”, 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

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-nasa (infinitive kunasa)

1. to trap or capture
2. to be confined or trapped
3. to hit (to strike)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • kinasa (“trap”)

Swedish

Etymology

From månsing cant, of uncertain origin, possibly:

• From Tavringer Romani nasja (“to walk, run”), from Romani naš- (“to run, hurry, flee”).
• From a dialectal word nasa (”to smell, to search”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²nɑːsa/
• Rhymes: -²ɑːsa

Verb

nasa (present nasar, preterite nasade, supine nasat, imperative nasa)

1. (historical, derogatory) to travel around and sell transportable goods

Conjugation

Derived terms

• nasare

References

• nasa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Gerd Carling (2005) “nasa”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, pages 94-95

Anagrams

• anas, ansa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• asa

Etymology 1

Possibly from na- +‎ sa. See also Cebuano naa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnasa/ [ˈn̪aː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: na‧sa

Preposition

nasa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜐ)

1. marks the location of something; (to be) in, on, at

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit लालसा (lālasā, “desire”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnasaʔ/ [ˈn̪aː.sɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -asaʔ
• Syllabification: na‧sa

Noun

nasà (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜐ)

1. wish; want; desire

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnasa/ [ˈn̪aː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: na‧sa

Verb

nasa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜐ)

1. (obsolete) complete aspect of masa: to read

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /naˈsaʔ/ [n̪ɐˈsaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: na‧sa

Verb

nasâ (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜐ)

1. (obsolete) complete aspect of masa: to make wet

Anagrams

• anas, sana, sa- -an, saan