nasa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nasa"

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Audio:

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

Noun

nasa inan

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

Declension

Declension of nasa (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	nasa	nasa	nasak
ergative	nasak	nasak	nasek
dative	nasari	nasari	nasei
genitive	nasaren	nasaren	nasen
comitative	nasarekin	nasarekin	nasekin
causative	nasarengatik	nasarengatik	nasengatik
benefactive	nasarentzat	nasarentzat	nasentzat
instrumental	nasaz	nasaz	nasez
inessive	nasatan	nasan	nasetan
locative	nasatako	nasako	nasetako
allative	nasatara	nasara	nasetara
terminative	nasataraino	nasaraino	nasetaraino
directive	nasatarantz	nasarantz	nasetarantz
destinative	nasatarako	nasarako	nasetarako
ablative	nasatatik	nasatik	nasetatik
partitive	nasarik	—	—
prolative	nasatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• nasapuntako (“horizontal greasy pole”)

 

Further reading

• “nasa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia
• “nasa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Galician

Nasas

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 (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

   Sauen nasa på maten, men åt han ikkje.

   The sheep sniffed the food, but did not eat it.

2. to nose (snoop)

References

• “nase” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

Declension of nasa (ō-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	nasa	nasā
accusative	nasa	nasā
genitive	nasa	nasōno
dative	nasu	nasōm

Declension of nasa (feminine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	nasa	nasun
accusative	nasūn	nasun
genitive	nasūn	nasōno
dative	nasūn	nasōm, nasōn

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 (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Swahili

nasa

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-nasa (infinitive kunasa)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of -nasa
Positive present -nanasa Subjunctive -nase Negative -nasi Imperative singular nasa
Infinitives
Positive kunasa Negative kutonasa
Imperatives
Singular nasa Plural naseni
Tensed forms
Habitual hunasa Positive past positive subject concord + -linasa Negative past negative subject concord + -kunasa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nanasa) Singular Plural 1st person ninanasa/nanasa tunanasa 2nd person unanasa mnanasa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ananasa wananasa other classes positive subject concord + -nanasa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -nasi) Singular Plural 1st person sinasi hatunasi 2nd person hunasi hamnasi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hanasi hawanasi other classes negative subject concord + -nasi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tanasa Negative future negative subject concord + -tanasa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -nase) Singular Plural 1st person ninase tunase 2nd person unase mnase 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anase wanase other classes positive subject concord + -nase
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sinase Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngenasa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singenasa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalinasa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalinasa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -anasa) Singular Plural 1st person nanasa twanasa 2nd person wanasa mwanasa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasa wanasa m-mi(III/IV) wanasa yanasa ji-ma(V/VI) lanasa yanasa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chanasa vyanasa n(IX/X) yanasa zanasa u(XI) wanasa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwanasa pa(XVI) panasa mu(XVIII) mwanasa
Perfect positive subject concord + -menasa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshanasa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -janasa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kinasa "If not" positive subject concord + -siponasa Consecutive kanasa / positive subject concord + -kanasa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kanase
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -ninasa -tunasa 2nd person -kunasa -wanasa/-kunaseni/-wanaseni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mnasa -wanasa m-mi(III/IV) -unasa -inasa ji-ma(V/VI) -linasa -yanasa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kinasa -vinasa n(IX/X) -inasa -zinasa u(XI) -unasa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kunasa pa(XVI) -panasa mu(XVIII) -munasa Reflexive -jinasa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -nasa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -nasaye -nasao m-mi(III/IV) -nasao -nasayo ji-ma(V/VI) -nasalo -nasayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -nasacho -nasavyo n(IX/X) -nasayo -nasazo u(XI) -nasao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -nasako pa(XVI) -nasapo mu(XVIII) -nasamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -nasa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yenasa -onasa m-mi(III/IV) -onasa -yonasa ji-ma(V/VI) -lonasa -yonasa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chonasa -vyonasa n(IX/X) -yonasa -zonasa u(XI) -onasa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -konasa pa(XVI) -ponasa mu(XVIII) -monasa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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

Conjugation of nasa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	nasa		nasas
Supine	nasat		nasats
Imperative	nasa		—
Imper. plural1	nasen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	nasar	nasade	nasas	nasades
Ind. plural1	nasa	nasade	nasas	nasades
Subjunctive2	nase	nasade	nases	nasades
	Participles
Present participle	nasande
Past participle	nasad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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

• nakanino
• nasaan

 

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