aasi
'Are'are
[edit]Noun
[edit]aasi
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Finnish
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Swedish asne or asni (Swedish åsna), from Old French asne, from Latin asinus. Attested since the time of Mikael Agricola (16th century).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aasi
- donkey, ass (Equus asinus)
- (figuratively, derogatory) donkey, stupid person
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of aasi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | aasi | aasit | |
| genitive | aasin | aasien | |
| partitive | aasia | aaseja | |
| illative | aasiin | aaseihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | aasi | aasit | |
| accusative | nom. | aasi | aasit |
| gen. | aasin | ||
| genitive | aasin | aasien | |
| partitive | aasia | aaseja | |
| inessive | aasissa | aaseissa | |
| elative | aasista | aaseista | |
| illative | aasiin | aaseihin | |
| adessive | aasilla | aaseilla | |
| ablative | aasilta | aaseilta | |
| allative | aasille | aaseille | |
| essive | aasina | aaseina | |
| translative | aasiksi | aaseiksi | |
| abessive | aasitta | aaseitta | |
| instructive | — | aasein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Helsinki: Sanoma Pro OY. →ISBN.
Further reading
[edit]- “aasi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
[edit]Rotokas
[edit]Verb
[edit]aasi
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Firchow, Irwin, Firchow, Jacqueline, Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English[2], Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 1
Rukai
[edit]Adverb
[edit]aasi
- why (interrogative)
Categories:
- 'Are'are lemmas
- 'Are'are nouns
- Finnish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Old French
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑːsi
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑːsi/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish derogatory terms
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- fi:Horses
- Rotokas lemmas
- Rotokas verbs
- Rukai lemmas
- Rukai adverbs