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Finnish
Etymology
asentaa + -o
Pronunciation
Noun
asento
- position, posture (way a person holds and positions their body)
Seiso tässä asennossa, kädet sivuilla.- Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.
- pose (position or arrangement of the human body)
- stance (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands)
Miekkailijan asento osoitti, että hän oli valmis aloittamaan.- The fencer’s stance showed he was ready to begin.
- (military) attention (state of alertness in the standing position)
- seisoa asennossa ― to stand at attention
- asana (body position associated with the practice of yoga)
- Synonyms: asana, jooga-asento
- (nautical) trim (fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water)
- Synonyms: kulkuasento, trimmi
- (nautical) trim (arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind)
- Synonym: trimmi
- (geometry) orientation (imaginary rotation that is needed to move the object from a reference placement to its current placement, not necessarily just including the direction)
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Interjection
asento
- (military) attention, ten-hut (command to bring soldiers to attention)
- Synonyms: sento, tseno (informal)
- Coordinate terms: lepo (“at ease, parade rest”), tauko (“rest”), käännös (“face, turn (left/right)”), huomio (“eyes (left/right)”)
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Galician
Etymology 1
Attested since 1457. Back-formation from asentar.
Pronunciation
Noun
asento m (plural asentos)
- seat
- base, foundation
- record, account
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “asento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “asento”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “asento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “asento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “asento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
asento
- first-person singular present indicative of asentar
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish acento, ultimately from Latin accentus.
Pronunciation
Noun
asento (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)
- (linguistics) accent (higher-pitched or stronger articulation)
- Synonyms: diin, lundo
- (orthography) accent (mark to indicate accent)
- Synonym: tuldik
- (sociolinguistics) accent (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
- Synonyms: punto, tono, intonasyon
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See also
Further reading
- “asento”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “asento”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 6
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