ansa

Etymology

From Latin ansa (“handle”).

Noun

ansa (plural ansae)

1. (astronomy) the most protruding part of planetary rings as seen from distance

Anagrams

• NASA, Naas, Nasa, Saan, anas

Etymology

From a Baltic language. Compare to Old Prussian ansis (“hook, latch”) and Latvian osa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑnsɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnsɑ
• Hyphenation: an‧sa

Noun

ansa

1. A trap
2. A booby trap

Anagrams

• saan, sana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sa/

Verb

ansa

1. third-person singular past historic of anser

Anagrams

• sana

Etymology

From Malay angsa, from Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-.

Noun

ansa

1. goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) anza

Etymology

Once written as anza, but then changed into ansa when the letter 'z' was eliminated from Icelandic. From anz (“answer”) and -a (“turns nouns into verbs”). Literally meaning "to answer".

Verb

ansa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ansaði, supine ansað)

1. to answer, to reply ^syn.

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Latin ansa (“handle”).

Mutation

Further reading

• "ansa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “ansa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “ansa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Etymology

Directly from Latin ansa.

Noun

ansa f (plural anse)

1. handle
2. curve or bend (in a river)
3. loop, coil

Verb

ansa

1. third-person singular present indicative of ansare
2. second-person singular imperative of ansare

Anagrams

• ANAS, sana

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂emseh₂ (“handle”)^[1], from *h₂em- (“to grasp”). See also amplus and ampla (“handle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.sa/, [ˈãː.sa]

Noun

ānsa f (genitive ānsae); first declension

1. handle
2. tiller (handle of the rudder)

References

Further reading

• ansa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ansa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ansa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ansa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to give occasion for blame; to challenge criticism: ansas dare ad reprehendum, reprehensionis
    
  • to contain, afford matter for criticism: ansam habere reprehensionis
    
• ansa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Alternative forms

• anse (e infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse ansa, anza.

Verb

ansa (present tense ansar, past tense ansa, past participle ansa, passive infinitive ansast, present participle ansande, imperative ans/ansa)

1. notice, pay attention to

   Eg ansa deg ikkje.

   I didn't notice you.

References

• “anse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Verb

ansa (present ansar, preterite ansade, supine ansat, imperative ansa)

1. to prune (to trim a tree or shrub)

Etymology

From English answer.

Noun

ansa

1. answer