asi

From Proto-Tani *si (“water”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *si (“water”). Cognate with Bokar iɕi, Apatani yasi.

asi

1. water

   ngo asi tilingdu

   I want to drink water

• Tamo Mibang and P. T. Abraham, An introduction to Adi language (2001, →ISBN
• Tianshin Jackson Sun, A Historical-Comparative Study of the Tani (Mirish) Branch in Tibeto-Burman: Padam-Mising L a-si, Padam L a-si, Damu OY a-si
• J. Herbert Lorrain, A Dictionary of the Abor-Miri Language (1906): a-shi

• IPA^(key): /aˈsi/ [ʔʌˈsɪ]
• Hyphenation: a‧si

así f 

1. (geography) reg (hard surface of rock in sand)

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 61

From Arabic عَاصٍ (ʕāṣin).

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asi (comparative daha asi, superlative ən asi)

1. (dated) rebellious

   Synonym: üsyankar

• asilik

asi (definite accusative asini, plural asilər)

1. (dated) rebel

   Synonym: üsyançı

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asi (“to show off”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔasi/ [ˈʔa.si]
• Hyphenation: a‧si

ási

1. impressed

   Synonym: gulat

• (Amecameca): ahsi
• (Cholula): ahzi
• (Jaltocán): azi
• (Milpa Alta): ahci

asi

1. (intransitive) to arrive

asi

1. water

• ASJP
• Ebinda Oyama, Katharine Barnwell, Mbembe - English Dictionary (1985/1995)

Inherited from Old Czech asi, as. By surface analysis, a +‎ si (“clitic form of sobě”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈasɪ]

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asi (not comparable)

1. I guess/I think
2. approximately

• “asi”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “asi”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “asi”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *asja (“matter, case”), which is of disputed origin:

• Possibly from both Proto-Uralic *ate and *-ja, from Proto-Uralic *-ja.
• Possibly from Proto-Finnic *asëdak (“to live”), from Proto-Uralic *ëśe-.
• Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *(uz)andiją.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑsi/, [ˈɑsʲi]

• Rhymes: -ɑsi
• Hyphenation: a‧si
• Homophone: asi-

asi (genitive asja, partitive asja)

1. a thing (that which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept)

   terve tuba oli igasuguseid asju täis ― the whole room was full of all kinds of things

   naine pakkis oma asjad kokku ja läks minema ― the woman packed her things and left

   küll ta armastab ilusaid asju ― he does love beautiful things

   1. (chiefly in the singular) a thing, material, or substance; something to eat or drink

      igast asjast ei saa maja ehitada ― you can't build a house out of any material

      peolaud oli uhke, tekkis tahtmine kõiki asju maitsta ― the party table was gorgeous, I wanted to taste everything

      Synonym: materjal

   2. a literary or artistic work (a literary, artistic, or intellectual production) (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. a matter, business, affair

   asi on hullem kui arvasime ― the matter is worse than we thought

   võttis koosolekul asja üles ― brought the matter up at the meeting

   ta ei saa paljudest asjadest üldse aru. ― he doesn't understand many things at all

   1. a cause, matter, business (something concerning someone; a reason or necessity for something that conditions)

      mis on teistel sellega asja, millal mina oma töö valmis saan? ― what does it matter to others, when I will finish my work?

      mis see sinu asi on? ― what is your business?

      kas tulid niisama või oli sul asja ka? ― did you just come or did you have some business to do?

   2. an offence, a crime or a court case

      asi jõudis lõpuks kohtusse ― the case finally went to court

      Synonym: keiss

   3. a characteristic (a distinguishing feature of a person or thing)

      vanainimese asi – samm tönts, kuulmine kehv ― an old person's characteristics - a stilted step, poor hearing

      Synonyms: atribuut, pärusmaa

3. a task or errand (a piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

   mul on vaja linnas asju ajada ― I need to run errands in town

   selle asjaga pole kiiret ― there is no rush for this task

4. something of value, something suitable or useful

   sellest käsikirjast küll asja ei saa ― you won't get anything useful from this manuscript

   see raamat pole suurem asi ― this book is no big deal

Declension of asi (ÕS type 24u/padi, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		asi	asjad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	asja
genitive			asjade
partitive		asja	asju asjasid
illative		asja asjasse	asjadesse asjusse
inessive		asjas	asjades asjus
elative		asjast	asjadest asjust
allative		asjale	asjadele asjule
adessive		asjal	asjadel asjul
ablative		asjalt	asjadelt asjult
translative		asjaks	asjadeks asjuks
terminative		asjani	asjadeni
essive		asjana	asjadena
abessive		asjata	asjadeta
comitative		asjaga	asjadega

• (thing): ese, objekt, toode, vahend, vigur, asjake, asjakene, riistapuu, asjandus
  • (thing, colloquial): lulla, jublak, jublakas, julla, nublakas, jubin, asjapulk
• (artistic work): kirjutis, teos, kirjatükk, artikkel, lugu, sulesünnitis, kaastöö, kirjatöö
• (cause): häda, rida (informal)
• (task): asjatoimetus, asjaõiendus, asjatalitus, mure, toimetus, toiming, askeldus

• “asi”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• asi in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “asi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “asi”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

• ais, asi-, isa, sai

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /à.sí/, [à.ʃí]

àsí

1. hand

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /à.sì/, [à.ʃì]

àsì

1. market

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /à.sì/, [à.ʃì]

àsì

1. wife

• Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “asi”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, pages 26-7

From Proto-Malayic *nasiʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nasi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈasiʔ/
• Hyphenation: a‧si

asi

1. rice

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qasiq.

• IPA^(key): /ˈasi/
• Hyphenation: a‧si

asi

1. darling

asi

1. (anatomy) flesh

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːsɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːsɪ

asi m (genitive singular asa, no plural)

1. hurry, rush

   Synonym: þeytingur

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qasiq (“pity; compassion”).

• Hyphenation: a‧si
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔasi/

ási

1. clemency; mercy

   Synonym: kaasi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈasi/ [ˈa.si]
• Rhymes: -asi
• Syllabification: a‧si

asi (plural asi-asi)

1. babbler (any of the passerine birds in the Malacopteron genus)

Inherited from Old Spanish assí, from Late Latin ac sīc. Closely parallel to Aromanian ashi, Portuguese assim, Romanian așa. Compare also Catalan així, French ainsi, Italian così.

asi (Hebrew spelling אסי)^[1]

1. like this; like that; as such; thus; so; thereby; this way, that way^[2]
   • 1940, La boz de Türkiye‎^[3], numbers 11–34, page 193:

     Asi este ramo de mantenimiento y de vestimienta seria exclusivamente tomado a carga por la Minche Tora.

     Thus the Minchah Torah would be exclusively in charge of this branch of sustenance and clothing.

• ansi, ansí, así

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عاصی (“rebel”).

asi m (Hebrew spelling אסי)^[1]

1. rebel; rebeller

   Synonym: reveyador

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

asi (Hebrew spelling אסי)^[1]

1. (childish) it'll hurt you!^[1]

asi f

1. accusative/instrumental singular of ass

asi

1. nominative masculine plural of ass

asi

1. sharp, sharply; adverbial form of ass

   asi izvīlēts zāģis ― sharp-honed, sharp-whetted saw

   asi trīts cirvis ― sharp-honed ax

asi

1. mosquito

asi

1. water

• Bal Ram Prasad, Mising Grammar (1991)

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈasiː/

asi

1. accusative/genitive singular of assi

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *asi. First attested in the 14th century.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /aɕi/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /aɕi/

asi

1. (hapax legomenon, attested in Greater Poland) but
   • c. 1301-1350, Kazania świętokrzyskie‎^[4], Miechów, page br 39:

     Suøta Katerina... ne meskacy iesc stala, ue zlem ne lezala, asy y ty <...jeż są> v blødnem stadle lezaly, ty iesc suoiø naukø otuodila.

     [Święta Katerzyna... nie mieszkaci jeść stała, we złem nie leżała, asi i ty <...jeż są> w błędnem stadle leżały, ty jeść swoją nauką otwodziła.]

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “asi”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Inherited from Sanskrit असि (asi).

asi m

1. sword

• Chakma: 𑄃𑄧𑄥𑄨 (asi)

asi

1. second-person singular present of atthi; you are, thou art

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “asi”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

asi

1. to sneeze

asi

1. I guess, I think

asi

1. misspelling of así
2. obsolete spelling of así

• IPA^(key): /asi/, [a̠si], [ɑ̟si]

From English horse and possibly from Ewe asi (“wife (of a god); worshipper”), Fon asi (“wife (of a god); worshipper”). The sense "someone possessed by a spiritual entity" is possibly also a semantic loan from Twi Akan ɔpɔnkɔ (“horse; worshipper”).^[1] Compare Maroon Spirit Language as (“horse; spirit medium”), Haitian Creole chwal (“horse; someone possessed by a spirit”).

asi

1. horse
2. someone who is possessed by a winti (“spiritual entity”)
   • 1986, J. Schoffelmeer, quoting Walter (a shaman possessed by an Amerindian spirit called Fransi), “Het raadplegen van een geestenmeester [Consulting a shaman]”, in OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis‎^[5], Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek, →ISSN, page 70:

     En solanka (=solanga) mi Fransi m[ati] dee bari na j'as (=asi) disi tapoe m[ati] ree (=leki) fa mi ben sjweri na tap sjoro m[ati] jere, na so mi Fransi dee go m[ati] tee na Kradosoe tee (=teki) j'as baka.

     [Èn solanga mi Fransi mati e bari na yu asi disi tapu mati leki fa mi ben sweri na tapu syoro mati yere, na so mi Fransi de go mati te na Kradosu teki yu asi baka.]

     And as long as I, Fransi, friend, will proclaim through this your spirit medium, friend, as I have sworn onshore, mind you, friend, this way, I, Fransi, will continue, friend, until God takes your spirit medium back.

• >? Maroon Spirit Language: as, has

Borrowed from Dutch aas.

asi

1. ace (playing card marked with "A", having one icon)

Borrowed from Arabic عَصَى (ʕaṣā), or another word from the root ع ص ي (ʕ ṣ y).

• Audio (Kenya):

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-asi (infinitive kuasi)

1. to rebel, to defy, to disobey

Conjugation of -asi
Positive present -naasi Subjunctive -asi Negative -asi Imperative singular asi
Infinitives
Positive kuasi Negative kutoasi
Imperatives
Singular asi Plural asini
Tensed forms
Habitual huasi Positive past positive subject concord + -liasi Negative past negative subject concord + -kuasi
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naasi) Singular Plural 1st person ninaasi/naasi tunaasi 2nd person unaasi mnaasi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaasi wanaasi other classes positive subject concord + -naasi
Negative present (negative subject concord + -asi) Singular Plural 1st person siasi hatuasi 2nd person huasi hamwasi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haasi hawaasi other classes negative subject concord + -asi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taasi Negative future negative subject concord + -taasi
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -asi) Singular Plural 1st person niasi tuasi 2nd person uasi mwasi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aasi waasi other classes positive subject concord + -asi
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siasi Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeasi Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeasi Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliasi Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliasi
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aasi) Singular Plural 1st person naasi twaasi 2nd person waasi mwaasi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aasi waasi m-mi(III/IV) waasi yaasi ji-ma(V/VI) laasi yaasi ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaasi vyaasi n(IX/X) yaasi zaasi u(XI) waasi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaasi pa(XVI) paasi mu(XVIII) mwaasi
Perfect positive subject concord + -measi "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaasi "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaasi "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiasi "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoasi Consecutive kaasi / positive subject concord + -kaasi Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaasi
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niasi -tuasi 2nd person -kuasi -waasi/-kuasini/-waasini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwasi -waasi m-mi(III/IV) -uasi -iasi ji-ma(V/VI) -liasi -yaasi ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiasi -viasi n(IX/X) -iasi -ziasi u(XI) -uasi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuasi pa(XVI) -paasi mu(XVIII) -muasi Reflexive -jiasi
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -asi- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -asiye -asio m-mi(III/IV) -asio -asiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -asilo -asiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -asicho -asivyo n(IX/X) -asiyo -asizo u(XI) -asio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -asiko pa(XVI) -asipo mu(XVIII) -asimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -asi) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeasi -oasi m-mi(III/IV) -oasi -yoasi ji-ma(V/VI) -loasi -yoasi ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choasi -vyoasi n(IX/X) -yoasi -zoasi u(XI) -oasi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koasi pa(XVI) -poasi mu(XVIII) -moasi
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Nominal derivations:
  • mwasi (“rebel”)
  • uasi (“rebellion”)

From Ottoman Turkish عاصی, from Arabic عَاصٍ (ʕāṣin).

• IPA^(key): /aːsiː/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -sɪ

asi

1. rebellious
   • 1936 August 18, “Komünistler Badamos şehrinde katliâm yaptılar”, in Ulusal Birlik‎^[6], volume 3, number 777, page 1:

     Asi zırhlılar İspanya sahillerini bombardıman ediyorlar. İhtilâlciler dün bir şehir daha zaptettiller.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. unruly
3. (law) insurgent

From Proto-Finnic *asja.

asi (genitive as'a, partitive asja)

1. matter
2. thing
3. subject
4. toy, plaything

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.s̪i/

asi

1. rafter (of roof)

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[7], Pacific linguistics

• IPA^(key): /a˧.si˧/

asi

1. star

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 42