asema

Finnish

Etymology

asea +‎ -ma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑsemɑ/,

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• Rhymes: -ɑsemɑ
• Syllabification^(key): a‧se‧ma

Noun

asema

1. position, state, situation (status with regard to conditions and circumstances)

   Synonym: tilanne

   Olen sellaisessa asemassa, että en voi kritisoida presidenttiä julkisesti.

   I am in such a position that I can not criticize the president publicly.

2. status (person’s position or standing relative to that of others)

   Upseerin rouvalla on kunnioitettu asema varuskuntakaupungissa.

   The wife of an officer has a respected status in a garrison town.

3. station (stopping place for transportation, especially ground transportation or air transportation)

   rautatieasema ― railway station

   linja-autoasema ― bus station

   lentoasema ― airport

4. (radio, television) station (broadcasting entity)
5. (military) position (location or place used by troops)

   perääntyä asemista ― to withdraw/retreat/pull back from positions

   konekivääriasema ― machine gun position

6. (computing) drive (apparatus for reading and writing data, either integrated or not)
7. (chess) position (full state of a chess game at any given turn)

Declension

Synonyms

• (status): status

Derived terms

Further reading

• “asema”, 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

• saame, samea

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Possibly from Fon azema (“vampire”), equivalent to ase +‎ -man. Cf. Saramaccan azéma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈse.ma/

Noun

asema

1. A vampire who has the appearance of an elderly person during the day and hides his or her skin at night when out for blood.

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