asin

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asin

1. salt

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asín

1. salt

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsin/ [ʔaˈsin̪]
• Hyphenation: a‧sin

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asín (Basahan spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

1. salt (sodium chloride)
2. preservation by salting

   Synonym: hiram

asín (Basahan spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

1. (formal, literary) and

   Synonyms: saka, buda, at, sagkod, nan, pagkan

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asín

1. salt

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

• Hyphenation: a‧sin
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsin/ [ʔɐˈs̪in̪]
• Rhymes: -in

asín (Badlit spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

1. salt

asín (Badlit spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

1. to season with salt

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:asin.

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asin

1. salt

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asin

1. salt

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

• Hyphenation: a‧sin
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsin/ [ʔaˈsin]

asín

1. salt (sodium chloride)

asín

1. to salt (add salt to)

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsin/ [ʔɐˈsin]
• Hyphenation: a‧sin

asín

1. salt

From Malay asin, from Proto-Malayic *(mA-)hasin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qasin, from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

• IPA^(key): /ˈasɪn/

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• Hyphenation: asin
• Rhymes: -asɪn, -sɪn, -ɪn, -n

asin

1. salty (tasting of salt)

• masin
• masin (Standard Malay)

• “asin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asín

1. salt

From Old Javanese hasin.

asin

1. salty

From Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsin/ [ʔʌˈsi̞n]
  • IPA^(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /ʔaˈhin/ [ʔʌˈhi̞n]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: a‧sin

asín

1. salt

From Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asin

1. salt

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asín

1. salt

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asín

1. salt

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asin

1. salt

• masin / ماسين

From Proto-Malayic *(mA-)hasin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qasin, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)qasiN.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /asen/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /asɪn/
• Rhymes: -asen, -sen, -en

asin (Jawi spelling اسين)

1. salty (tasting of salt)

• “asin” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asin

1. salt

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asin

1. salt

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asín

1. salt

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asín

1. salt

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asín

1. salt

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asín

1. salt

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈsɪn/

asin m (Arabic spelling ئاسن)

1. Alternative form of hesin

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “asin”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 14

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *aʔsenya.

asin (plural asiniig)

1. stone

asin

1. third-person singular present indicative of asiy

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asín

1. salt

• asen, asîn, asân — obsolete

From alteration of the earlier variant asîn or asân (used from the 16th to 18th centuries), itself from Latin asinus. Some writers in the 19th century attempted to revive it under a more Latinized form.^[1]

asin m (plural asini, feminine equivalent asină)

1. (regional, chiefly Transylvania) ass, donkey

   Synonym: măgar

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asín

1. salt

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asín

1. salt

From Dutch azijn.

asin

1. vinegar

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “asin”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

From Proto-Austronesian *qasiN. Compare Bikol Central asin, Cebuano asin, Fijian masima, Ilocano asin, Malay asin, and Tetum masin, Tongan māsima.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsin/ [ʔɐˈsin̪]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: a‧sin
• Homophone: Asin

asín (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

1. salt
2. salting; applying of salt (especially to preserve food)
3. (colloquial) taste of salt (in cooked food)

   Synonym: alat

• “asin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qasiN”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• nais, sina, anis, Sina

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔasin/ [ʔɑˈsin̪]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: a‧sin

asin (Sulat Sūg spelling اَسِنْ)

1. salt

• maasin (“salty”)

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asín

1. salt

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asín

1. salt

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asín

1. salt

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asin

1. salt

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asin

1. salt

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

asín

1. salt

• asẹ́n (Ọwọ)
• asị́n (Ekiti)

Cognate Igala áhí, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-sĩ́

• IPA^(key): /ā.sĩ́/

asín

1. shrew; (in particular) Nigerian shrew

   Synonym: eku asín

• While widely considered to be a rodent or type of rat and usually considered as such by Yoruba sources, a shrew is not a rodent