ase

English

Alternative forms

• ashe

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

• AES, EAS, EAs, ESA, Esa, SAE, SEA, Sea, a**es, aes, eas, esa, sea

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

• Audio (Valencian)

  (file)

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

• ase mossegaire
• asenada
• dir ni ase ni bèstia

Related terms

• asiní

Further reading

• “ase” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ase” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑseˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑse
• Syllabification^(key): a‧se

Noun

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

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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

Derived terms

Further reading

• “ase”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

• Esa

Galician

Verb

ase

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

Gun

Etymology

Cognates include Fon asé, Adja asi, Ewe asike

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.sé/

Noun

àsé (plural àsé lɛ́ or àsé lẹ́)

1. cat

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔase/

Verb

ase

1. to lie down, to sleep

   Synonym: xuphi

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French assez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.se/

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

• IPA^(key):

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

• asa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɑː.sə/

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

• (to yeast, ferment): gjære, ese, svelle (opp)
• (to boil, surge): bruse opp, gøyse
• (to make noise): bråke, støye, mase
• (to struggle): streve, kave, mase

Related terms

• as
• asen
• ese
• jest

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

• esa

Occitan

Alternative forms

• asne

Etymology

From Old Occitan asne, from Latin asinus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

  (file)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈase/
• Rhymes: -ase
• Syllabification: a‧se
• Homophone: (Latin America) hace

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

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin axis, axem. Compare Italian asse.

Noun

ase f (invariable)

1. axle, pivot

West Makian

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate gasi (“salt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.s̪e/

Noun

ase

1. salt

References

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

Yoruba

Etymology

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ sè (“to cook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.sè/

Noun

àsè

1. banquet; feast; party

   Synonym: àpèjẹ

Derived terms

• alásè (“caterer; cook”)