sansa

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See also: Sansa, šansa, and șansă

English

Noun

sansa (plural sansas)

  1. (music) The mbira or thumb piano.

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsan.sa/
  • Rhymes: -ansa
  • Hyphenation: sàn‧sa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin sampsa.

Noun

sansa f (plural sanse)

  1. olive pomace
    Da bambini ci imbrattavano anima e corpo giocando coi cumuli di sansa.
    When we were children we smirched ourselves completely while playing with the heaps of olive pomace.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic صَنْج (ṣanj, harp, cymbal).

Alternative forms

Noun

sansa f (plural sanse)

  1. (music) mbira; lamellophone

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Japanese

Romanization

sansa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さんさ

Quechua

Adjective

sansa

  1. weak

Noun

sansa

  1. red hot burning coal
  2. glow, blaze, reflection

Declension

Declension of sansa
singular plural
nominative sansa sansakuna
accusative sansata sansakunata
dative sansaman sansakunaman
genitive sansap sansakunap
locative sansapi sansakunapi
terminative sansakama sansakunakama
ablative sansamanta sansakunamanta
instrumental sansawan sansakunawan
comitative sansantin sansakunantin
abessive sansannaq sansakunannaq
comparative sansahina sansakunahina
causative sansarayku sansakunarayku
benefactive sansapaq sansakunapaq
associative sansapura sansakunapura
distributive sansanka sansakunanka
exclusive sansalla sansakunalla
Possessive forms of sansa
ñuqap - first-person singular
ñuqap (my) singular plural
nominative sansay sansaykuna
accusative sansayta sansaykunata
dative sansayman sansaykunaman
genitive sansaypa sansaykunap
locative sansaypi sansaykunapi
terminative sansaykama sansaykunakama
ablative sansaymanta sansaykunamanta
instrumental sansaywan sansaykunawan
comitative sansaynintin sansaykunantin
abessive sansayninnaq sansaykunannaq
comparative sansayhina sansaykunahina
causative sansayrayku sansaykunarayku
benefactive sansaypaq sansaykunapaq
associative sansaypura sansaykunapura
distributive sansayninka sansaykunanka
exclusive sansaylla sansaykunalla
paypa - third-person singular
paypa (his/her/its) singular plural
nominative sansan sansankuna
accusative sansanta sansankunata
dative sansanman sansankunaman
genitive sansanpa sansankunap
locative sansanpi sansankunapi
terminative sansankama sansankunakama
ablative sansanmanta sansankunamanta
instrumental sansanwan sansankunawan
comitative sansanintin sansankunantin
abessive sansanninnaq sansankunannaq
comparative sansanhina sansankunahina
causative sansanrayku sansankunarayku
benefactive sansanpaq sansankunapaq
associative sansanpura sansankunapura
distributive sansaninka sansankunanka
exclusive sansanlla sansankunalla

Swedish

Etymology

sans +‎ -a

Verb

sansa (present sansar, preterite sansade, supine sansat, imperative sansa)

  1. (reflexive) to calm down; to exit from an agitated state

Conjugation

Conjugation of sansa (weak)
active passive
infinitive sansa
supine sansat
imperative sansa
imper. plural1 sansen
present past present past
indicative sansar sansade
ind. plural1 sansa sansade
subjunctive2 sanse sansade
present participle sansande
past participle sansad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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