lasi

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German lassen + -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -asi
• Hyphenation: la‧si

Verb

lasi (present lasas, past lasis, future lasos, conditional lasus, volitive lasu)

1. to leave
   • 1905, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamento de Esperanto, Antaŭparolo:

     Mi permesis al mi nur korekti la preserarojn; sed se ia vorto estis erare aŭ nelerte tradukita, mi ĝin lasis en tiu ĉi libro tute senŝanĝe

     I allowed myself only to correct the printing errors; but if any word was erroneously or unskillfully translated, I left it in this book entirely unchanged

2. to let

Conjugation

Conjugation of lasi present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense lasas lasis lasos active participle lasanta lasantaj lasinta lasintaj lasonta lasontaj acc. lasantan lasantajn lasintan lasintajn lasontan lasontajn passive participle lasata lasataj lasita lasitaj lasota lasotaj acc. lasatan lasatajn lasitan lasitajn lasotan lasotajn nominal active participle lasanto lasantoj lasinto lasintoj lasonto lasontoj acc. lasanton lasantojn lasinton lasintojn lasonton lasontojn nominal passive participle lasato lasatoj lasito lasitoj lasoto lasotoj acc. lasaton lasatojn lasiton lasitojn lasoton lasotojn adverbial active participle lasante lasinte lasonte adverbial passive participle lasate lasite lasote infinitive lasi imperative lasu conditional lasus

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Ido: lasar

Estonian

Alternative forms

• laskis

Verb

lasi

1. Third-person singular past form of laskma.

Finnish

Alternative forms

• klasi (dialectal or archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German glas (possibly through Late Old Swedish glas), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *glasą (whence also English glass).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑsi/,
• Rhymes: -ɑsi
• Syllabification^(key): la‧si

Noun

lasi

1. glass (substance)

   laminoitu lasi ― laminated glass

   karkaistu lasi ― toughened glass

   lankavahvistettu lasi ― wire mesh glass

2. glass (drinking vessel)

   Synonym: juomalasi

3. (in the plural) Synonym of silmälasit (“eyeglasses”)
4. (nautical) bells (a mark given by the bells of a ship every half hour to mark the passing of time during a four-hour watch; there were eight bells per watch and then the counting started from beginning)

   toista lasia lyötäessä ― when the second bell was struck

5. (slang, drugs) ice (crystal form of methamphetamine)
6. (as modifier in compounds) vitreous

   lasikiilto ― vitreous lustre

   lasisähkö ― vitreous electricity

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Ingrian: klasi (from earlier klasi)
• → Votic: klazi (from earlier klasi)

References

Further reading

• “lasi”, 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

• -lias, sali, sila

Hiligaynon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlasiʔ/,
• Hyphenation: la‧si

Noun

lasì

1. (anatomy) gum

Anagrams

• isla, sila

Latvian

Noun

lasi m

1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular of lasis

Verb

lasi

1. inflection of lasīt:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

lasi

1. thorn

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.si/

Etymology 1

From English loss, lost.

Verb

lasi

1. to lose
2. to disappear

Noun

lasi

1. loss

Etymology 2

From English arse.

Noun

lasi

1. arse, ass, buttocks