nasa

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• IPA^(key): /nas̺a/ [na.s̺a]
• Rhymes: -as̺a, -a
• Hyphenation: na‧sa

nasa inan

1. (nautical) dock
2. (rail transport) platform

• “nasa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “nasa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From Latin nassa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnasa̝/

nasa f (plural nasas)

1. pot, fish trap

• nasada
• naseiro
• nasil

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nasa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nasa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nasa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

nasa

1. indefinite genitive plural of nös

• asa

From na +‎ sa.

nasa

1. expect; wait

Borrowed from Sanskrit लालसा (lālasā, “desire”).

nasâ

1. wish; want; desire

• nase (e infinitive)

From nase (sensory organ).

nasa (present tense nasar, past tense nasa, past participle nasa, passive infinitive nasast, present participle nasande, imperative nasa/nas)

1. to smell, sniff

   Sauen nasa på maten, men åt han ikkje.

   The sheep sniffed the food, but did not eat it.

2. to nose (snoop)

• “nase” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *nasu, from Proto-Germanic *nasō.

nasa f

1. nose

• Middle Dutch: nase
  • Dutch: naas, naze (obsolete)

• “nasa”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.sɑ/, [ˈnɑ.zɑ]

nasa

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of nasu

From Proto-Germanic *nasō, whence also Old English nosu, Old Norse nǫs (Icelandic nös), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s-.

nasa f

1. nose

• Middle High German: nase
  • Alemannic German: Nase, Naase (Basel, Aargau, Lucerne, Zug, Schwyz, Uri)
    • Swabian: Nas
  • Bavarian: Nosn
  • Central Franconian: Nas, Noas, Nos (western Moselle Franconian)
    • Hunsrik: Naas
    • Luxembourgish: Nues
  • East Franconian: Nous
  • German: Nase
  • Rhine Franconian: Noos
    • Pennsylvania German: Naas
  • Vilamovian: nōs, nōz
  • Yiddish: נאָז (noz)

• Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

• IPA^(key): /na.ˈsa/, [na.ˈsa]

nasa

1. because

Inherited from Latin nassa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnasa/ [ˈna.sa]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: na‧sa

nasa f (plural nasas)

1. weir
2. fish-trap

• “nasa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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-nasa (infinitive kunasa)

1. to trap or capture
2. to be confined or trapped
3. to hit (to strike)

Conjugation of -nasa
Positive present -nanasa Subjunctive -nase Negative -nasi Imperative singular nasa
Infinitives
Positive kunasa Negative kutonasa
Imperatives
Singular nasa Plural naseni
Tensed forms
Habitual hunasa Positive past positive subject concord + -linasa Negative past negative subject concord + -kunasa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nanasa) Singular Plural 1st person ninanasa/nanasa tunanasa 2nd person unanasa mnanasa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ananasa wananasa other classes positive subject concord + -nanasa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -nasi) Singular Plural 1st person sinasi hatunasi 2nd person hunasi hamnasi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hanasi hawanasi other classes negative subject concord + -nasi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tanasa Negative future negative subject concord + -tanasa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -nase) Singular Plural 1st person ninase tunase 2nd person unase mnase 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anase wanase other classes positive subject concord + -nase
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sinase Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngenasa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singenasa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalinasa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalinasa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -anasa) Singular Plural 1st person nanasa twanasa 2nd person wanasa mwanasa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasa wanasa m-mi(III/IV) wanasa yanasa ji-ma(V/VI) lanasa yanasa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chanasa vyanasa n(IX/X) yanasa zanasa u(XI) wanasa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwanasa pa(XVI) panasa mu(XVIII) mwanasa
Perfect positive subject concord + -menasa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshanasa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -janasa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kinasa "If not" positive subject concord + -siponasa Consecutive kanasa / positive subject concord + -kanasa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kanase
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -ninasa -tunasa 2nd person -kunasa -wanasa/-kunaseni/-wanaseni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mnasa -wanasa m-mi(III/IV) -unasa -inasa ji-ma(V/VI) -linasa -yanasa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kinasa -vinasa n(IX/X) -inasa -zinasa u(XI) -unasa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kunasa pa(XVI) -panasa mu(XVIII) -munasa Reflexive -jinasa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -nasa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -nasaye -nasao m-mi(III/IV) -nasao -nasayo ji-ma(V/VI) -nasalo -nasayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -nasacho -nasavyo n(IX/X) -nasayo -nasazo u(XI) -nasao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -nasako pa(XVI) -nasapo mu(XVIII) -nasamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -nasa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yenasa -onasa m-mi(III/IV) -onasa -yonasa ji-ma(V/VI) -lonasa -yonasa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chonasa -vyonasa n(IX/X) -yonasa -zonasa u(XI) -onasa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -konasa pa(XVI) -ponasa mu(XVIII) -monasa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Conversive: -nasua

• Nominal derivations:
  • kinasa (“trap”)

From månsing cant, of uncertain origin, possibly:

• From Tavringer Romani nasja (“to walk, run”), from Romani naš- (“to run, hurry, flee”).
• From a dialectal word nasa (”to smell, to search”).

• IPA^(key): /²nɑːsa/
• Rhymes: -²ɑːsa

nasa (present nasar, preterite nasade, supine nasat, imperative nasa)

1. (historical, derogatory) to travel around and sell transportable goods

• nasare

• nasa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Gerd Carling (2005) “nasa”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, pages 94-95

• anas, ansa

• asa

Possibly from na- +‎ sa. See also Cebuano naa.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnasa/ [ˈn̪aː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: na‧sa

nasa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜐ)

1. marks the location of something; (to be) in, on, at

Borrowed from Sanskrit लालसा (lālasā, “desire”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnasaʔ/ [ˈn̪aː.sɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -asaʔ
• Syllabification: na‧sa

nasà (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜐ)

1. wish; want; desire

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnasa/ [ˈn̪aː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: na‧sa

nasa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜐ)

1. (obsolete) complete aspect of masa: to read

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /naˈsaʔ/ [n̪ɐˈsaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: na‧sa

nasâ (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜐ)

1. (obsolete) complete aspect of masa: to make wet

• anas, sana, sa- -an, saan