aste

Basque

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /as̺te/,

Noun

aste inan

1. week

Declension

Derived terms

• asteburu

Estonian

Etymology 1

From astuma +‎ -e.

Noun

aste (genitive aste, partitive astet)

1. a step

Declension

Etymology 2

From astuma +‎ -e.

Noun

aste (genitive astme, partitive astet)

1. grade, step

Declension

Derived terms

• astmevaheldus

Finnish

Etymology

astua (“to step”) +‎ -e. Coined by Finnish physician and translator Wolmar Schildt in 1846, based on dialectal "step (in stairs)", cases of which was also used as adverbs with more figurative meanings like those currently used.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑsteˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑste
• Syllabification^(key): as‧te

Noun

aste

1. stage, step, state, phase (distinct part of a process)

   Synonyms: vaihe, jakso

2. degree, extent, proportion

   Synonyms: määrä, laajuus

3. degree (individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values)
4. (law) instance (occasion; order of occurrence)
5. (geometry) degree (unit of measurement of angle)
6. degree (unit of measurement of temperature)
7. (geography) degree (unit of measurement of latitude and longitude)
8. (linguistics) degree, grade (any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb)
9. (linguistics) grade (form of a consonant under the system of consonant gradation)
10. (music) scale degree

    Synonym: sävelaste

11. (algebra) degree, order (maximal exponent of a polynomial)
12. (graph theory) degree (the number of edges that a vertex takes part in)
13. (graph theory) order (number of vertices in a graph)
14. (algebra) grade (number of free intersection points)
15. (medicine) grade (degree of malignity of a tumor)
16. (linear algebra) rank (maximal number of linearly independent columns or rows of a matrix)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “aste”, 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

• Seat, seta, tase

Gothic

Romanization

astē

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌴

Italian

Noun

aste f

1. plural of asta

Anagrams

• seta, tesa

Karelian

Etymology

From Finnish aste.

Noun

aste (genitive astien, partitive astettu)

1. degree (of temperature)

Latvian

 aste on Latvian Wikipedia

Etymology

Originally an e-stem variant of an earlier i/n-stem *astis, from Proto-Baltic *asti- < *aš-sti-. Further, two possible Proto-Indo-European sources have been proposed: (a) *h₂eḱ-sti-, from *h₂eḱ- “sharp, pointy, edgy; stone” (whence also ass “sharp”, q.v.), with the meaning changes being “sharp, pointy (object)” > “stinger” > “tail”; and (b) *h₃ésth₁- (“bone”), in which case the semantic evolution would have been “bone” > “tail bone” > “tail” (cf. Icelandic rōfa (“dog's, cat's tail”) from Old Norse rófa (“bony part of a horse's tail”)). In the (a) case, cognates would include Lithuanian akstìs (“skewer, fish bone”) akštìs (“skewer, fish bone, awn”), Old Church Slavonic осътъ (osŭtŭ, “thorny water plant”), остъ (ostŭ, “awn, stinger, fish bone”), Russian ость (ostʹ), Czech osť, Polish ość, Russian осот (osot, “thorny plant”), Bulgarian о́сът (ósǎt), Czech, Polish oset. In the (b) case, cognates would include Hittite 𒄩𒀸𒋫𒄿, Sanskrit अस्थि (asthi), Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon), Albanian asht, Tocharian B āsta, Latin os (and maybe also costa (“rib”)), and perhaps also all the (a) cognates, which some authors also derive from *h₃ésth₁-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

aste f (5th declension)

1. (anatomy) (long) tail

   zirga aste ― horse tail

   suņa aste ― dog tail

   vilka aste ― wolf tail

   gaiļa aste ― rooster tail

   pāva aste ― peacock tail

   kaķis pa to laiku bija izlavījies no pagalma un, izlējis asti, lēni gāja prom ― the cat, meanwhile, had gotten out of the yard and, straightening (his) tail, slowly went away

   kas sunim asti cels, ja pats necels ― who is going to raise a dog's tail if not for the dog himself

2. (of objects) tail (extended part at the end)

   lidmašīnas aste ― airplane tail

   kleitas aste ― dress tail

   komētas aste ― comet's tail

   garas rindas stāvēja pie kasēm... paša astē iestājās arī tēvs ― there were long lines at the cashiers... father joined at the very tail (= end) (of one of the lines)

Usage notes

Basically, aste refers to long tails like a horse's, while ļipa refers to short tails like a rabbit's.

Declension

Synonyms

• ļipa

Derived terms

• astains

References

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French acheter.

Verb

aste

1. to buy

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈasːte/

Verb

aste

1. inflection of astat:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French acheter.

Verb

aste

1. to buy

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Swahili

Etymology

From Hindi , from Persian آهسته (âheste).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

-aste (declinable)

1. slow (not quick in motion)

Declension

Derived terms

• asteaste (“slowly”)

References