aste

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈas̺.te/

Noun

aste

1. week

Etymology 1

From astuma +‎ -e.

Noun

aste (genitive aste, partitive astet)

1. a step

Etymology 2

From astuma +‎ -e.

Noun

aste (genitive astme, partitive astet)

1. grade, step

Etymology

From the verb astua.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑste
• Hyphenation: as‧te
• IPA^(key): /ˈɑste(ʔ)/

Noun

aste

1. grade
2. degree
3. (everyday usage) degree, degree Celsius (short for celsiusaste)
4. order

Anagrams

• Seat, tase

Romanization

astē

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌴

Noun

aste f

1. plural of asta

Anagrams

• seta
• tesa

Etymology

Compare Finnish aste.

Noun

aste (genitive astien, partitive astettu)

1. grade
2. degree
3. order

Etymology

Originally an e-stem variant of an earlier i/n-stem *astis, from Proto-Baltic *asti- < *aš-sti-. Further, two possible Proto-Indo-European sources have been proposed: (a) *aḱ-sti-, from *aḱ- “sharp, pointy, edgy; stone” (whence also ass “sharp”, q.v.), with the meaning changes being “sharp, pointy (object)” > “stinger” > “tail”; and (b) *ost(h)- < *Host(H)-, *h₃ésth₁- “bone,” in which case the semantic evolution would have been “bone” > “tail bone” > “tail” (cf. Icelandic rōfa “dog's, cat's tail” from Old Norse rófa “bony part of a horse's tail”). In the (a) case, cognates would include Lithuanian akstìs (“skewer, fish bone”) akštìs (“skewer, fish bone, awn”), Old Church Slavonic осътъ (osŭtŭ, “thorny water plant”), остъ (ostŭ, “awn, stinger, fish bone”), Russian ость (ostʹ), Czech osť, Polish ość, Russian осот (osot, “thorny plant”), Bulgarian осът (ósǎt), Czech, Polish oset. In the (b) case, cognates would include Hittite *ḫaštai, Sanskrit अस्थि (अस्थि), Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon), Albanian asht, Tocharian B āsta, Latin os (and maybe also costa “rib”), and perhaps also all the (a) cognates, which some authors also derive from Proto-Indo-European *Host(H)-, *h₃ésth₁-.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [astɛ]

Noun

aste f (5th declension)

1. (anatomy) (long) tail

   zirga aste ― horse tail

   suņa aste ― dog tail

   vilka aste ― wolf tail

   gaiļa aste ― rooster tail

   pāva aste ― peacock tail

   kaķis pa to laiku bija izlavījies no pagalma un, izlējis asti, lēni gāja prom ― the cat, meanwhile, had gotten out of the yard and, straightening (his) tail, slowly went away

   kas sunim asti cels, ja pats necels ― who is going to raise a dog's tail if not for the dog himself

2. (of objects) tail (extended part at the end)

   lidmašīnas aste ― airplane tail

   kleitas aste ― dress tail

   komētas aste ― comet's tail

   garas rindas stāvēja pie kasēm... paša astē iestājās arī tēvs ― there were long lines at the cashiers... father joined at the very tail (= end) (of one of the lines)

References

Etymology

From French acheter

Verb

aste

1. to buy

Reference

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈasːte/

Verb

aste

1. inflection of astat:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

Etymology

From French acheter

Verb

aste

1. to buy

Reference

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Adjective

aste

1. slow (not quick in motion)