ansa

Borrowed from Latin ānsa (“a handle, haft”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæn.sə/

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ansa (plural ansae)

1. (astronomy) The most protruding part of planetary rings as seen from a distance, perceived to project like handles on either side of the disc of the planet.
2. (anatomy) A loop-shaped structure.

   Hyponyms: ansa cervicalis, ansa lenticularis

• ansa compound
• ansamycin
• ansate

• “ansa”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “ansa”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• N.A.S.A., Sana, Ṣan‘ā’, Saan, ANAs, Nasa, anas, San'a', AANs, Naas, NASA

Borrowed from Latin ānsa.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈan.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈan.sa]

ansa f (plural anses)

1. handle

   Synonym: nansa

2. (anatomy) loop
3. (surgery) snare
4. small bay, inlet

• ansar
• ansat

• “ansa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Proto-Finnic *ansa (compare Estonian aas), borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ansā (compare Old Prussian ansis (“hook, latch”), Latvian osa),^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂emseh₂ (compare Latin ānsa (“handle”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnsɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnsɑ
• Syllabification^(key): an‧sa
• Hyphenation^(key): an‧sa

ansa

1. trap
2. booby trap

• käpälälauta
• loukku
• pinne

• “ansa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• saan, sana

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sa/

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ansa

1. third-person singular past historic of anser

• sana

From Portuguese asa. Cognate with Kabuverdianu aza.

ansa

1. wing

From Malay angsa.

ansa

1. goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)

• anza (obsolete)

From Old Norse anza.

• IPA^(key): /ˈansa/
• Rhymes: -ansa

ansa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ansaði, supine ansað)

1. to answer, to reply

   Synonym: svara

2. to pay heed to

   Synonyms: gegna, sinna

• ans

From Proto-Finnic *ansa. Cognates include Finnish ansa and Estonian aas.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑnsɑ/, [ˈɑns̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑnsɑ/, [ˈɑnʒ̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑns, -ɑnsɑ
• Hyphenation: an‧sa

ansa

1. trap for catching grouse

Declension of ansa (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ansa	ansat
genitive	ansan	ansoin
partitive	ansaa	ansoja
illative	ansaa	ansoi
inessive	ansaas	ansois
elative	ansast	ansoist
allative	ansalle	ansoille
adessive	ansaal	ansoil
ablative	ansalt	ansoilt
translative	ansaks	ansoiks
essive	ansanna, ansaan	ansoinna, ansoin
exessive1)	ansant	ansoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 16

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ansa

1. dearest, most beloved

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ansa

1. (literary) difficult

From Latin ansa (“handle”).

ansa m (genitive singular ansa, nominative plural ansaí)

1. (astronomy) ansa

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ansa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ansa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ansa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.sa/
• Rhymes: -ansa
• Hyphenation: àn‧sa

Probably from Proto-Germanic *ansijō (“loop, handle”) mixed with *asa, inherited from Latin ānsa (“handle”), perhaps also formally influenced by the Latin in the literary language. Cf. German Öse (“eyelet”), Romansch ansa, onsa (“eyelet”); contrast the inherited Sardinian asa (“handle”), Lombard asa (“handle”) and aseta (“loop”), Verona Venetan asa (“soffit”), Abruzzo Neapolitan asa (“door hinge”), Calabria Sicilian asa (“handle”), Portuguese asa (“wing; handle”), Galician asa (“handle”), Spanish asa (“handle”).

ansa f (plural anse)

1. handle

   Synonyms: manico, maniglia, presa

2. (rare) excuse, pretext

   Synonyms: appiglio, pretesto, scusa

3. (geography) curve or bend (in a river)

   Synonyms: curva, meandro

4. (geography) a small bight, bay, cove

   Synonym: insenatura

5. loop, coil
6. as name of various chirurgical or laboratory instruments

ansa

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

• ansa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “ansa”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German)

• ANAS, sana

• āsa (Late Latin, proscribed)

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂emseh₂ (“handle”),^[1][2] from *h₂em- (“to grasp”). Compare Lithuanian ąsa (“jug handle”), Proto-Germanic *ansijō (“handle, loop, eyelet”), Ancient Greek ἡνία (hēnía, “rein, bridle”). See also amplus (“ample”), ampla (“handle”), which the word was traditionally linked to, but which are not considered cognate anymore based on modern analysis.^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈãː.sa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈan.sa]

ānsa f (genitive ānsae); first declension

1. handle
2. tiller (handle of the rudder)

First-declension noun.

• ansātus

• “ansa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ansa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "ansa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ansa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to give occasion for blame; to challenge criticism: ansas dare ad reprehendum, reprehensionis
    
  • to contain, afford matter for criticism: ansam habere reprehensionis
    
• “ansa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

• anse (e infinitive)

From Old Norse ansa, anza.

ansa (present tense ansar, past tense ansa, past participle ansa, passive infinitive ansast, present participle ansande, imperative ansa/ans)

1. notice, pay attention to

   Eg ansa deg ikkje.

   I didn't notice you.

• (notice): ensa, ense

• “anse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Learned borrowing from Latin ānsa.^[1][2][3] First attested in 1556–1557.^[4]

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• Rhymes: -ansa
• Syllabification: an‧sa

ansa f

1. (literary) resentment, animosity, ill will [with do (+ genitive) ‘to/for whom/what’]

   Synonyms: niechęć, pretensja, uraza

2. (obsolete, originally) reason, cause; rashness

   Synonyms: powód, przyczyna

• ansa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ansa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Krystyna Siekierska (02.07.2012) “ANSA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ansa”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ansa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ansa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 40

Borrowed from Latin ānsa (“handle”). Doublet of asa.

• Hyphenation: an‧sa

ansa f (plural ansas)

1. (anatomy) ansa (loop-shaped structure)

ansa (present ansar, preterite ansade, supine ansat, imperative ansa)

1. to trim, to prune

   ansa skägget

   trim one's beard

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

• anas, nasa

From English answer.

ansa

1. answer

Compare Kari'na anàsa (“throat”).

• IPA^(key): [ansa]

ansa (possessed ansai)

1. necklace

• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 290