rasa

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit रस (rasa, literally “juice; essence”). Doublet of rasam.

Noun

rasa (plural rasas)

1. An essential mental state; the dominant emotional theme of a work.

Derived terms

• rasabox
• rasic

See also

• tabula rasa (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• AARs, ARSA, ASAR, Aras, SAAR, Saar, Sara, aras, asar

Balinese

Romanization

rasa

1. Romanization of ᬭᬲ
2. Romanization of ᬭᬵᬲ
3. Romanization of ᬭᬵᬣ

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish raza.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ra‧sa
• IPA^(key): /ˈɾasa/,

Noun

rása

1. race

   Synonym: lahi

Catalan

Etymology

From ras (“smooth”) +‎ -a, from Latin rāsus (“cropped, shorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

rasa f (plural rases)

1. (construction) trench
2. ditch

   Synonym: escorranc

Further reading

• “rasa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس (raʔs, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -asa

Noun

rasa f (related adjective rasový)

1. race (group of people)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• rasa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• rasa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• rasa in Internetová jazyková příručka

Esperanto

Etymology

From ras- (“race”) +‎ -a.

Adjective

rasa (accusative singular rasan, plural rasaj, accusative plural rasajn)

1. racial

Related terms

• rase (“racially”)

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

rasa

1. third-person singular past historic of raser

Anagrams

• aras, Sara

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay rasa, from Pali rasa, from Sanskrit रस (rasa). Cognate with Thai รส (rót), Lao ລົດ (lot), Lü ᦷᦟᧆ (lod) or ᦷᦟᧆᦉ (lodṡ), Burmese ရသ (ra.sa.), Khmer រស (rŭəh). Doublet of raksa, raksi, and resi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.sa/
• Hyphenation: ra‧sa
• Rhymes: -sa, -a

Noun

rasa (plural rasa-rasa, first-person possessive rasaku, second-person possessive rasamu, third-person possessive rasanya)

1. taste
2. feeling

Derived terms

Further reading

• “rasa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Adjective

rasa f sg

1. feminine singular of raso

Verb

rasa

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

Anagrams

• Arsa, Sara, arsa, sarà

Javanese

Romanization

rasa

1. Romanization of ꦫꦱ.

Latin

Participle

rāsa

1. inflection of rāsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

rāsā

1. ablative feminine singular of rāsus

Latvian

 rasa on Latvian Wikipedia

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rasā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁róseh₂. Cognates include Sanskrit रस (rása, “juice, liquid”), रसा (rásā, “moisture, humidity”), Latin rōs, Russian роса́ (rosá).

Pronunciation

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Noun

rasa f (4th declension)

1. dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants in the morning)

   rīta rasa ― morning dew

   rasas lāses ― dew drops

   sasalusi rasa ― frozen dew

   samērcēt kājas rasā ― to soak one's feet in dew

2. very light rain, drizzle

   viegla rasas migla nokārās pār visu ciemu ― a light drizzle lowered its mist over the whole village

3. tiny, dew-like drops

   pierē drīz jau iemetās pirmā sviedru rasa ― on (his) forehead the first drops of sweat will soon appear

Declension

Derived terms

• rasains

References

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rasā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁róseh₂.

Noun

rasa f

1. dew

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rasa/

• Audio (MY-Baku)

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  • Audio (MY-Johor-Riau)

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• Rhymes: -sa, -a

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit रस (rasa) or Pali rasa. Cognate with Thai รส (rót), Lao ລົດ (lot), Lü ᦷᦟᧆ (lod) or ᦷᦟᧆᦉ (lodṡ), Burmese ရသ (ra.sa.), Khmer រស (rŭəh).

Noun

rasa (Jawi spelling راس, plural rasa-rasa, informal 1st possessive rasaku, 2nd possessive rasamu, 3rd possessive rasanya)

1. taste, flavour

   rasa manis ― sweet taste

2. perception, sensation, feeling

   rasa panas ― hot feeling

3. view, opinion, viewpoint

   Synonyms: fikiran, pendapat

   pada rasa saya ― in my opinion

Verb

rasa (Jawi spelling راس)

1. to think, to reckon, to feel

   Synonyms: fikir, agak, anggap

   Aku rasa bukan tu yang kaumaksudkan.

   I think that's not what you meant.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Indonesian: rasa

Etymology 2

See raksa.

Noun

rasa (plural rasa-rasa, informal 1st possessive rasaku, 2nd possessive rasamu, 3rd possessive rasanya)

1. Alternative form of raksa (“quicksilver”)

Further reading

• “rasa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• rasene

Noun

rasa n

1. definite plural of ras

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

rasa n

1. definite plural of ras

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rasa.

Verb

rasa (present tense rasar, past tense rasa, past participle rasa, passive infinitive rasast, present participle rasande, imperative rasa/ras)

1. alternative form of rase

References

• “rasa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रस (rasa).

Noun

rasa

1. sap, juice; taste, flavour
2. feeling, opinion, intention
3. content, substance, meaning
4. mercury

Derived terms

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦫꦱ (rasa)
• → Balinese: ᬭᬲ, ᬭᬲ (rasa, “taste”);ᬭᬵᬣ (rasa, “love”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit रस (rása).

Noun

rasa m

1. taste, flavor
2. juice
3. mercury

Declension

Descendants

• → Burmese: ရသ (ra.sa.) (learned)
• → Khmer: រស (rŭəh) (learned)
• → Lao: ລົດ (lot, “flavour”) (learned)
• → Lü: ᦷᦟᧆ (lod) (learned)
• → Malay: rasa (learned)
  • Indonesian: rasa
• → Thai: รส (rót) (learned)

Further reading

• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli Language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس (raʔs, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.sa/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: ra‧sa

Noun

rasa f

1. race (group of people)
2. breed, race; group of animals with well-defined inherited characteristics

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• rasa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rasa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ra‧sa
• Rhymes: -azɐ

Adjective

rasa

1. feminine singular of raso

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-rása (infinitive kurása, perfective -ráshe)

1. to shoot (with a weapon)
2. (of the sun) to rise

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس (raʔs, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /râsa/
• Hyphenation: ra‧sa

Noun

rȁsa f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏са)

1. race (group of people)

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس (raʔs, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ràːsa/

Noun

rása f

1. race (a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage)

Inflection

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Spanish

Adjective

rasa

1. feminine singular of raso

Verb

rasa

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rasa.

Verb

rasa (present rasar, preterite rasade, supine rasat, imperative rasa)

1. (often with ihop, samman, in, or ner) to collapse

   Muren rasade

   The wall collapsed

   Huset rasade samman

   The house collapsed

   Taket rasade in

   The ceiling fell in

   Livet rasade samman

   His life fell apart (figuratively)

2. to violently fall, to plummet

   Traktorn rasade nedför slänten

   The tractor fell down the slope

   Priserna rasade

   Prices plummeted

3. to rage (of a storm or the like)

   Stormen rasar

   The storm rages

4. to express strong anger, to rage

   De rasade mot förslaget

   They railed ("raged") against the proposal

5. (dated) to play wildly

Conjugation

Related terms

• ras
• rasera

References

• rasa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rasa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rasa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• Sara, asar

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish raza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾasa/,
• Hyphenation: ra‧sa

Noun

rasa (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜐ)

1. race (people of the same ancestry)

   Synonym: lahi

2. breed; stock

   Synonyms: lipi, kasta

Venetian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin rēsīna.

Noun

rasa f (plural rase)

1. resin, viscous secretion of conifers
2. (figuratively) intrigue, scheme

Further reading

• Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “rasa”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 553