lasa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lasa"

Baltic Romani

Pronoun

lasa

  1. (Litovska) instrumental of joj

Declension

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay rasa, from Sanskrit रस (rasa).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧sa
  • IPA(key): /ˈlasa/ [ˈl̪a.sa]

Noun

lása

  1. taste, flavor
    Synonyms: namit, tana

Derived terms

  • lasahan
  • maglasa
  • malasahan

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *lasa, from Proto-Oceanic *lasa (compare Maori rata).

Adjective

lasa

  1. tame
  2. easy

Galician

Adjective

lasa

  1. feminine singular of laso

Inari Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

lasa

  1. doorpost

Inflection

Inflection of lasa
singular plural
Nominative lasa lasah
Accusative lasa lasaid
Genitive lasa lasai
Illative lasan lasaid
Locative lasaast lasain
Comitative lasain lasaiguin
Abessive lasattáá lasaittáá
Essive lasan
Partitive lasad

Further reading

  • lasa in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje[1], Tromsø: UiT
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠasˠə/

Verb

lasa

  1. present subjunctive analytic of las

Kaonde

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dáca.

Verb

lasa

  1. to abandon
  2. to lose

Latvian

Verb

lasa

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of lasīt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of lasīt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of lasīt

Masiwang

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

Noun

lasa

  1. blood

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlasa/ [ˈla.sa]
  • Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: la‧sa

Adjective

lasa f

  1. feminine singular of laso

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay rasa (compare Bikol Central lasa), from Sanskrit रस (rasa). Compare Balinese rasa, Javanese ꦫꦱ (rasa), Khmer រស (rŭəh), and Burmese ရသ (ra.sa.).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlasa/ [ˈlaː.sɐ]
  • Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: la‧sa

Noun

lasa (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜐ)

  1. taste; flavor; savor
    Synonyms: namnam, linamnam, lasap
    Masarap ang lasa ng lugaw.
    The taste of the rice gruel is good.
  2. liking
    Synonyms: gusto, kagustuhan, pagkakagusto
    Pwede na ba sa lasa mo ang ginawa ko?
    Can what I did belong to your liking?
  3. (Batangas) condition; feeling; state of the body
    Synonyms: pakiramdam, lagay, kalagayan, (Batangas) pakilasa
    Masama ang lasa ng guro kaya umuwi na.
    The teacher's condition isn't well so [he/she] went home already.
  4. (Batangas) opinion; thought
    Synonyms: palagay, opinyon, tingin
    Lasa ko'y pagod ka na.
    My thought is you are tired.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlasaʔ/ [ˈlaː.sɐʔ]
  • Rhymes: -asaʔ
  • Syllabification: la‧sa

Noun

lasà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜐ)

  1. tiger grass
  2. silvering compound used to manufacture mirrors

Etymology 3

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lasaq (beat, thrash). Compare Aklanon easa, Maranao lasa' and Malay lasah.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /laˈsaʔ/ [lɐˈsaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: la‧sa

Adjective

lasâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜐ)

  1. destroyed (with parts detached or forced off)
    Synonyms: lansag, bingkag, tungkab, giba, buwag

References

Further reading

  • lasa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • lasa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lasaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

Yogad

Etymology

From Malay rasa, from Sanskrit रस (rasa).

Noun

lasa

  1. flavor