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See also: ASE, äse, asé, asè, asė, åse, așe, aṣẹ, Åse, -ase, and Āsè

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Yoruba àṣẹ.

Noun

ase (uncountable)

  1. (religion) an essential energy in West African religions

Translations

See also

Ase (Yoruba) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈse/
  • Hyphenation: a‧se

Verb

asé (causative asisé)

  1. (intransitive) to pass the day

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Albanian

Conjunction

ase

  1. Synonym of ose

Asturian

Verb

ase

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of asar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of asar

Buginese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay.

Noun

ase

  1. paddy (unmilled rice), rice (plant)

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin asinus. Compare Occitan asne and ase, French âne, and Spanish asno.

Pronunciation

Noun

ase m (plural ases or àsens)

  1. donkey
    Synonyms: ruc, somer (dialectal)
  2. ass, jackass (dull person)
    Synonyms: burro, estúpid
  3. warming pan
    Synonyms: burro, escalfallits

Derived terms

Further reading

Danish

Verb

ase (imperative as, infinitive at ase, present tense aser, past tense asede, perfect tense har aset)

  1. struggle (to labour in difficulty)

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *asëin, possibly already Proto-Finno-Ugric *aśema – ultimately from Proto-Uralic *ëśe-. Cognates include Finnish asema (station, location), Erzya эзем (eźem, place, bench) and possibly Northern Khanty ӑсәм (ăsəm, pillow) and Northern Mansi осма (osma, pillow), as well as Estonian asuma (to be located).

Noun

ase (genitive aseme, partitive aset)

  1. bed

Declension

Declension of ase (ÕS type 4/ase, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ase asemed
accusative nom.
gen. aseme
genitive asemete
partitive aset asemeid
illative asemesse asemetesse
asemeisse
inessive asemes asemetes
asemeis
elative asemest asemetest
asemeist
allative asemele asemetele
asemeile
adessive asemel asemetel
asemeil
ablative asemelt asemetelt
asemeilt
translative asemeks asemeteks
asemeiks
terminative asemeni asemeteni
essive asemena asemetena
abessive asemeta asemeteta
comitative asemega asemetega

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *asëk (weapon, tool). Equivalent to asea +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

Noun

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

ase

  1. weapon (also figuratively)
    Puukkoa käytetään työkaluna ja joskus aseena.
    A knife is used as a tool and sometimes as a weapon.
  2. gun
    Synonyms: tuliase, ampuma-ase, (informal but widely used) pyssy
  3. (colloquial or dialectal) tool; utensil
    Synonyms: työkalu, väline

Declension

Inflection of ase (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative ase aseet
genitive aseen aseiden
aseitten
partitive asetta aseita
illative aseeseen aseisiin
aseihin
singular plural
nominative ase aseet
accusative nom. ase aseet
gen. aseen
genitive aseen aseiden
aseitten
partitive asetta aseita
inessive aseessa aseissa
elative aseesta aseista
illative aseeseen aseisiin
aseihin
adessive aseella aseilla
ablative aseelta aseilta
allative aseelle aseille
essive aseena aseina
translative aseeksi aseiksi
abessive aseetta aseitta
instructive asein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ase (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative aseeni aseeni
accusative nom. aseeni aseeni
gen. aseeni
genitive aseeni aseideni
aseitteni
partitive asettani aseitani
inessive aseessani aseissani
elative aseestani aseistani
illative aseeseeni aseisiini
aseihini
adessive aseellani aseillani
ablative aseeltani aseiltani
allative aseelleni aseilleni
essive aseenani aseinani
translative aseekseni aseikseni
abessive aseettani aseittani
instructive
comitative aseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative aseesi aseesi
accusative nom. aseesi aseesi
gen. aseesi
genitive aseesi aseidesi
aseittesi
partitive asettasi aseitasi
inessive aseessasi aseissasi
elative aseestasi aseistasi
illative aseeseesi aseisiisi
aseihisi
adessive aseellasi aseillasi
ablative aseeltasi aseiltasi
allative aseellesi aseillesi
essive aseenasi aseinasi
translative aseeksesi aseiksesi
abessive aseettasi aseittasi
instructive
comitative aseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative aseemme aseemme
accusative nom. aseemme aseemme
gen. aseemme
genitive aseemme aseidemme
aseittemme
partitive asettamme aseitamme
inessive aseessamme aseissamme
elative aseestamme aseistamme
illative aseeseemme aseisiimme
aseihimme
adessive aseellamme aseillamme
ablative aseeltamme aseiltamme
allative aseellemme aseillemme
essive aseenamme aseinamme
translative aseeksemme aseiksemme
abessive aseettamme aseittamme
instructive
comitative aseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative aseenne aseenne
accusative nom. aseenne aseenne
gen. aseenne
genitive aseenne aseidenne
aseittenne
partitive asettanne aseitanne
inessive aseessanne aseissanne
elative aseestanne aseistanne
illative aseeseenne aseisiinne
aseihinne
adessive aseellanne aseillanne
ablative aseeltanne aseiltanne
allative aseellenne aseillenne
essive aseenanne aseinanne
translative aseeksenne aseiksenne
abessive aseettanne aseittanne
instructive
comitative aseinenne

Derived terms

adjectives
verbs
compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

ase

  1. inflection of asar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Gun

Àsé lɔ́

Etymology

Cognates include Fon asé, Adja asi, Ewe asike

Pronunciation

Noun

àsé (plural àsé lɛ́ or àsé lẹ́)

  1. cat

Hadza

Pronunciation

Verb

ase

  1. to lie down, to sleep
    Synonym: xuphi

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French assez.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ase

  1. enough
    Synonym: kont

Adverb

ase

  1. enough
    Synonym: kont

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ësē.

Noun

ase

  1. fleshy, inner side of a skin

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Japanese

Romanization

ase

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あせ

Makasar

Etymology

Borrowed from Buginese ase (ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay).

Pronunciation

Noun

ase (Lontara spelling ᨕᨔᨙ)

  1. paddy (unmilled rice, harvested, but still unhusked), rice (plant)
    Synonym: pare

Middle English

Noun

ase

  1. Alternative form of ese

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese আছে (ase)

Verb

ase

  1. to be
  2. to be (somewhere)
  3. to exist
  4. to have

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to ese and jest, and even English yeast. Some of the senses are influenced by Middle Low German.

Pronunciation

Verb

ase (present tense es, past tense os, supine ase, past participle asen, present participle asande, imperative as)

  1. to swell (as a result of fermentation), ferment
  2. to boil, surge

ase (present tense asar, past tense asa, past participle asa, passive infinitive asast, present participle asande, imperative ase/as)

  1. to make a lot of noise
  2. to struggle, strive, toil

Synonyms

Adjective

ase

  1. neuter singular of asen

References

  • “ase” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “asa”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Anagrams

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Occitan asne, from Latin asinus.

Pronunciation

Noun

ase m (plural ases)

  1. donkey

Portuguese

Verb

ase

  1. inflection of asar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

Verb

ase

  1. inflection of asar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of asir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin axis, axem. Compare Italian asse.

Noun

ase f (invariable)

  1. axle, pivot

West Makian

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate gasi (salt).

Pronunciation

Noun

ase

  1. salt

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

Etymology

From à- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to cook).

Pronunciation

Noun

àsè

  1. banquet; feast; party
    Synonym: àpèjẹ

Derived terms