astay

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English

Etymology

From a- +‎ stay?

Pronunciation

Adverb

astay (not comparable)

  1. (nautical) Of an anchor, such that in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for astay”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Quechua

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

astay

  1. relation
Declension
Declension of astay
singular plural
nominative astay astaykuna
accusative astayta astaykunata
dative astayman astaykunaman
genitive astaypa astaykunap
locative astaypi astaykunapi
terminative astaykama astaykunakama
ablative astaymanta astaykunamanta
instrumental astaywan astaykunawan
comitative astaynintin astaykunantin
abessive astayninnaq astaykunannaq
comparative astayhina astaykunahina
causative astayrayku astaykunarayku
benefactive astaypaq astaykunapaq
associative astaypura astaykunapura
distributive astayninka astaykunanka
exclusive astaylla astaykunalla
Possessive forms of astay

Verb

astay

  1. (transitive) to transport, cart, bring, carry (in conveyance)
Conjugation
Conjugation of astay
infinitive astay
agentive astaq
present participle astaspa
past participle astasqa
future participle astana
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
inclusive
1st person
exclusive
2nd person 3rd person
indicative ñuqa qam pay ñuqanchik ñuqayku qamkuna paykuna
present astani astanki astan astanchik astayku
astaniku1
astankichik astanku
past
(experienced)
astarqani astarqanki astarqan astarqanchik astarqayku
astarqaniku
astarqankichik astarqanku
past
(reported)
astasqani astasqanki astasqan astasqanchik astasqayku
astasqaniku
astasqankichik astasqanku
future astasaq astanki astanqa astasunchik astasaqku astankichik astanqaku
imperative qam pay ñuqanchik qamkuna paykuna
affirmative astay astachun astasun2
astasunchik
astaychik astachunku
negative ama
astaychu
ama
astachunchu
ama astasunchu
ama astasunchikchu
ama
astaychikchu
ama
astachunkuchu

1 The conjugation -niku is only for the Ayacucho-Chanca variety.
2 The form -sun refers to "you and I together", while the form -sunchik refers to "you and I and other people".

Etymology 2

Verb

astay

  1. (transitive) to whip, hit