rasta
English
editEtymology
editShort for Rastafarian or Rastafari.
Pronunciation
editAudio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -æstə
Noun
editrasta (plural rastas)
- (informal) Rastafarian
- (informal) Diminutive of rastaquouère
Derived terms
editTranslations
editRastafarian
See also
editAnagrams
editFinnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editrasta
- rasta, Rastafarian (person)
- dreadlock (single strand of dreadlocks)
Declension
editInflection of rasta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | rasta | rastat | |
genitive | rastan | rastojen | |
partitive | rastaa | rastoja | |
illative | rastaan | rastoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | rasta | rastat | |
accusative | nom. | rasta | rastat |
gen. | rastan | ||
genitive | rastan | rastojen rastain rare | |
partitive | rastaa | rastoja | |
inessive | rastassa | rastoissa | |
elative | rastasta | rastoista | |
illative | rastaan | rastoihin | |
adessive | rastalla | rastoilla | |
ablative | rastalta | rastoilta | |
allative | rastalle | rastoille | |
essive | rastana | rastoina | |
translative | rastaksi | rastoiksi | |
abessive | rastatta | rastoitta | |
instructive | — | rastoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
edit- (rasta): rastafari
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “rasta”, 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 2023-07-03
Anagrams
editFrench
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editrasta m or f by sense (plural rastas)
Further reading
edit- “rasta”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Gothic
editRomanization
editrasta
- Romanization of 𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom rastafariano. First attested in 1951.
Noun
editrasta m or f by sense (uncountable)
Adjective
editrasta (masculine plural rasti, feminine plural raste)
- of or relating to Rastafarians
Latvian
editParticiple
editrasta
Old High German
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *rastō, whence also Old English ræst, Old Norse rǫst.
Noun
editrasta f
Descendants
edit- German: Rast
Sicilian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “belly”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrasta f (plural rasti)
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English; shortened from Rastafarian.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editrasta m or f (masculine and feminine plural rastas)
Noun
editrasta m or f by sense (plural rastas)
- rasta, Rastafarian
- dreadlocks (a hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings)
Further reading
edit- “rasta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
editEtymology
editNoun
editrasta (n class, plural rasta)
Swedish
editEtymology
editVerb
editrasta (present rastar, preterite rastade, supine rastat, imperative rasta)
- to stop and take a rest (while traveling)
- Vi rastade på en rastplats
- We stopped and took a rest at a rest area
- to take (a dog or other animal) outside for exercise (letting it run around freely) and urination/defecation
- rasta hunden
- take the dog outside
- to let or bring prisoners, institutionalized patients, or the like outside (onto a yard or the like, for fresh air, exercise, etc.)
- rasta fångarna
- let the prisoners out onto the prison yard
Usage notes
edit"Walk the dog" is "gå ut med hunden."
Conjugation
editConjugation of rasta (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | rasta | rastas | ||
Supine | rastat | rastats | ||
Imperative | rasta | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | rasten | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | rastar | rastade | rastas | rastades |
Ind. plural1 | rasta | rastade | rastas | rastades |
Subjunctive2 | raste | rastade | rastes | rastades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | rastande | |||
Past participle | rastad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- rasta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- rasta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- rasta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
editCategories:
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/æstə
- Rhymes:English/æstə/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English informal terms
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑstɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑstɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French nouns with multiple genders
- French masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Gothic non-lemma forms
- Gothic romanizations
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian uncountable nouns
- Italian nouns with irregular gender
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian nouns with multiple genders
- Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Italian adjectives
- Latvian non-lemma forms
- Latvian participle forms
- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German lemmas
- Old High German nouns
- Old High German feminine nouns
- Sicilian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Sicilian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sicilian lemmas
- Sicilian nouns
- Sicilian feminine nouns
- Spanish terms borrowed from English
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- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/asta
- Rhymes:Spanish/asta/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish adjectives
- Spanish epicene adjectives
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish nouns with irregular gender
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish nouns with multiple genders
- Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Swahili terms borrowed from English
- Swahili terms derived from English
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili n class nouns
- sw:Hair
- Swedish terms suffixed with -a
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish verbs
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- Swedish weak verbs