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English
Adverb
asap (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of ASAP.
2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 17:I feel the impatience in her voice, the desire to sell all her stuff asap and return home.
Anagrams
Banjarese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *(h)asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *(h)asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(h)asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qasəb, from Proto-Austronesian *qasəb.
Noun
asap
- smoke (visible particles and vapour given off by burning material)
Brunei Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *(h)asəp (compare Malay asap), from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *(h)asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(h)asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qasəb, from Proto-Austronesian *qasəb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /asap/
- Hyphenation: a‧sap
Noun
asap
- smoke (visible particles and vapour given off by burning material)
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from English asap.
Pronunciation
Adverb
asap (not comparable)
(colloquial)
- (jargon) as soon as possible, ASAP
Saanko tämän asap?- Can I get this asap?
- immediately, right away
- Synonyms: heti, välittömästi
Anagrams
Iban
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *(h)asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *(h)asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(h)asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qasəb, from Proto-Austronesian *qasəb.
Noun
asap
- smoke (visible particles and vapour given off by burning material)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay asap.
Pronunciation
Noun
asap (first-person possessive asapku, second-person possessive asapmu, third-person possessive asapnya)
- smoke
Jarai
Etymology
From Proto-Chamic , from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *(h)asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(h)asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qasəb, from Proto-Austronesian *qasəb.
Noun
asap
- smoke (visible particles and vapour given off by burning material)
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *(h)asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *(h)asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(h)asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qasəb, from Proto-Austronesian *qasəb.
Pronunciation
Noun
asap (Jawi spelling اسڤ, plural asap-asap, informal 1st possessive asapku, 2nd possessive asapmu, 3rd possessive asapnya)
- smoke (visible particles and vapour given off by burning material)
Further reading
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English asap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.sap/
- Rhymes: -asap
- Syllabification: a‧sap
Adverb
asap (not comparable)
- (colloquial) ASAP
- Synonym: jak najszybciej
Further reading
- asap in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- asap in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Rade
Etymology
From Proto-Chamic , from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *(h)asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(h)asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qasəb, from Proto-Austronesian *qasəb.
Noun
asap
- smoke (visible particles and vapour given off by burning material)
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay asap, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asəp.
Pronunciation
Noun
asáp or asap (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜉ᜔)
- irritation in the eye caused by smoke
- smoke; fume
Derived terms
Further reading
- “asap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asep”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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