alsa

Cognates include Saho alsa (“moon, month”), alsä (“moonlight”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈalsa/ [ˈʔʌlsʌ]
• Hyphenation: al‧sa

álsa m (plural alsitté f or aloosá f)

1. month

• IPA^(key): /alˈsa/ [ʔʌlˈsʌ]
• Hyphenation: al‧sa

alsá f (plural alsoosí f or alsáli m)

1. moon

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 39
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 39

Borrowed from Spanish alza (“raise”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔalsa/ [ˈʔal̪.sa]
• IPA^(key): /ʔalˈsa/ [ʔal̪ˈsa]
• Hyphenation: al‧sa

álsa or alsá (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜐ)

1. raise; lift; hoist

   Synonyms: buhat, tuon

Borrowed from Spanish alzar.

• Hyphenation: al‧sa
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔalsa/ [ˈʔal̪.s̪ɐ]

alsa

1. to carry; to lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting

   Synonyms: kaba, kalib-ay, sagakay

• (to carry by hand): bitbit
• (to carry someone on the back): ba, baba
• (to carry by tucking under one's arm): sip-it
• (to carry over one's shoulder): pas-an
• (to carry together): bayong, yayong
• (to carry with one's arms): kugos
• (to carry on one’s head): lukdo
• (to carry on one's shoulders): sung-ay
• (to carry with one's mouth): paak

From Proto-West Germanic *allswā

alsa

1. so
2. also
3. as

From ALSA (a bus company). The company name is an acronym of Automóviles Luarca, S.A..

• IPA^(key): /ˈalsa/ [ˈal.sa]
• Rhymes: -alsa
• Syllabification: al‧sa

alsa m (plural alsas)

1. (Asturias, Cantabria, León) bus

   Cogimos el alsa para ir a Gijón.

   We took the bus to Gijón.

Borrowed from Spanish alzar, from Vulgar Latin *altiāre, derived from Latin altus (“high”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalˈsa/ [ʔɐlˈsa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: al‧sa

alsá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜐ)

1. rising (as of dough)
2. raising; lifting
3. uprising; revolt; rebellion

   Synonyms: rebelyon, himagsik, alsamyento

4. strong or violent protest
5. tantrums (of children, babies, etc.)
6. act of cutting a deck of cards
7. appearance on the surface of one's skin (of rashes, etc.)

• “alsa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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