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See also: ASIN, as in, and A-sin
Languages (41)
Aklanon • Alangan • Bikol Central • Buhi'non Bikol • Cebuano • Dibabawon Manobo • Higaonon • Hiligaynon • Ilocano • Indonesian • Iriga Bicolano • Javanese • Kankanaey • Karao • Libon Bikol • Limos Kalinga • Lubuagan Kalinga • Malay • Mansaka • Maranao • Masbate Sorsogon • Masbatenyo • Miraya Bikol • Northern Catanduanes Bicolano • Northern Kurdish • Ojibwe • Quechua • Ratagnon • Romanian • Sambali • Southern Catanduanes Bicolano • Sranan Tongo • Tagalog • Tausug • Waray Sorsogon • Waray-Waray • West Albay Bikol • Yakan • Yami • Yogad • Yoruba
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Aklanon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asin

  1. salt

Alangan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

  1. salt

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈsin/
  • Hyphenation: a‧sin

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín (Basahan spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. salt (sodium chloride)
  2. preservation by salting
    Synonym: hiram
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Conjunction

asín (Basahan spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. (formal, literary) and
    Synonyms: saka, buda, at, sagkod, nan, pagkan

Buhi'non Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

  1. salt

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧sin
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈsin/
  • Rhymes: -in

Noun

asín (Badlit spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. salt

Verb

asín (Badlit spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. to season with salt

Quotations

Derived terms

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asin

  1. salt

Higaonon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asin

  1. salt

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧sin
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈsin/

Noun

asín

  1. salt (sodium chloride)

Verb

asín

  1. to salt (add salt to)

Derived terms

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈsin/
  • Hyphenation: a‧sin

Noun

asín

  1. salt

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay asin, from Proto-Malayic *(mA-)hasin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qasin, from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈasɪn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: asin
  • Rhymes: -asɪn, -sɪn, -ɪn, -n

Adjective

asin

  1. salty (tasting of salt)

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Further reading

Iriga Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

  1. salt

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese hasin.

Adjective

asin

  1. salty

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ʔaˈsin/
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: a‧sin

Noun

asín

  1. salt

Karao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asin

  1. salt

Libon Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

  1. salt

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

  1. salt

Lubuagan Kalinga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asin

  1. salt

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *(mA-)hasin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qasin, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)qasiN.

Pronunciation

Adjective

asin (Jawi spelling اسين)

  1. salty (tasting of salt)

Further reading

Mansaka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asin

  1. salt

Maranao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asin

  1. salt

Derived terms

References

Masbate Sorsogon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

  1. salt

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

  1. salt

Miraya Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

  1. salt

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

  1. salt

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Noun

asin m (Arabic spelling ئاسن)

  1. Alternative form of hesin

Declension

Declension of asin
Definite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative asin asin
Construct asinê asinên
Oblique asinî asinan
Demonstrative oblique wî asinî wan asinan
Vocative asino asinino
Indefinite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative asinek asinin
Construct asinekî asinine
Oblique asinekî asininan

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “asin”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 14

Ojibwe

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *aʔsenya.

Noun

asin (plural asiniig)

  1. stone

Quechua

Verb

asin

  1. third-person singular present indicative of asiy

Ratagnon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

  1. salt

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From alteration of the earlier variant asîn or asân (used from the 16th to 18th centuries), itself from Latin asinus. Some writers in the 19th century attempted to revive it under a more Latinized form.[1]

Noun

asin m (plural asini, feminine equivalent asină)

  1. (regional, chiefly Transylvania) ass, donkey
    Synonym: măgar

Declension

Declension of asin
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) asin asinul (niște) asini asinii
genitive/dative (unui) asin asinului (unor) asini asinilor
vocative asinule asinilor

References

  1. ^ http://www.dex.ro/asin

Sambali

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

  1. salt

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

  1. salt

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch azijn.

Noun

asin

  1. vinegar

References

  • Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “asin”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasiN. Compare Bikol Central asin, Cebuano asin, Fijian masima, Ilocano asin, Malay asin, and Tetum masin, Tongan māsima.

Pronunciation

Noun

asín (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. salt
  2. salting; applying of salt (especially to preserve food)
  3. (colloquial) taste of salt (in cooked food)
    Synonym: alat

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “asin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qasiN”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

Tausug

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /ʔasin/
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: a‧sin

Noun

asin (Sulat Sūg spelling اَسِنْ)

  1. salt

Derived terms

Waray Sorsogon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

  1. salt

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

  1. salt

West Albay Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

  1. salt

Yakan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asin

  1. salt

Yami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asin

  1. salt

Yogad

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

  1. salt

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate Igala áhí, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-sĩ́

Pronunciation

Noun

asín

  1. shrew; (in particular) Nigerian shrew
    Synonym: eku asín

Notes

  • While widely considered to be a rodent or type of rat and usually considered as such by Yoruba sources, a shrew is not a rodent
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