nasa

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• IPA^(key): /nas̺a/ [na.s̺a]
• Rhymes: -as̺a
• Hyphenation: na‧sa

nasa inan

1. (nautical) dock
2. (rail transport) platform

• "nasa" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “nasa” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

From Latin nassa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnasa̝/

nasa f (plural nasas)

1. pot, fish trap

• nasada
• naseiro
• nasil

• “nasa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “nasa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “nasa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

nasa

1. indefinite genitive plural of nös

• asa

From na +‎ sa.

nasa

1. expect; wait

Borrowed from Sanskrit लालसा (lālasā, “desire”).

nasâ

1. wish; want; desire

• nase (e infinitive)

From nase (sensory organ).

nasa (present tense nasar, past tense nasa, past participle nasa, passive infinitive nasast, present participle nasande, imperative nasa/nas)

1. to smell, sniff

   Sauen nasa på maten, men åt han ikkje.

   The sheep sniffed the food, but did not eat it.

2. to nose (snoop)

• “nase” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *nasō, whence also Old English nosu, Old Norse nǫs (Icelandic nös), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s-.

nasa f

1. nose

• Middle High German: nase
  • Alemannic German: Nase, Naase
    • Swabian: Nas
  • Bavarian: Nosn
  • Central Franconian: Nas, Noas, Nos
    • Hunsrik: Naas
    • Luxembourgish: Nues
  • East Franconian: Nous
  • German: Nase
  • Rhine Franconian: Noos
    • Pennsylvania German: Naas
  • Vilamovian: nōs, nōz
  • Yiddish: נאָז (noz)

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

• IPA^(key): /na.ˈsa/, [na.ˈsa]

nasa

1. because

Inherited from Latin nassa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnasa/ [ˈna.sa]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: na‧sa

nasa f (plural nasas)

1. weir
2. fish-trap

• “nasa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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-nasa (infinitive kunasa)

1. to trap or capture
2. to be confined or trapped
3. to hit (to strike)

• Nominal derivations:
  • kinasa (“trap”)

From månsing cant, of uncertain origin, possibly:

• From Tavringer Romani nasja (“to walk, run”), from Romani naš- (“to run, hurry, flee”).
• From a dialectal word nasa (”to smell, to search”).

• IPA^(key): /²nɑːsa/
• Rhymes: -²ɑːsa

nasa (present nasar, preterite nasade, supine nasat, imperative nasa)

1. (historical, derogatory) to travel around and sell transportable goods

• nasare

• nasa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Gerd Carling (2005) “nasa”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, pages 94-95

• anas, ansa

• asa

Possibly from na +‎ sa. See also Cebuano naa.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnasa/ [ˈna.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: na‧sa

nasa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜐ)

1. marks the location of something; (to be) in, on, at

Borrowed from Sanskrit लालसा (lālasā, “desire”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnasaʔ/ [ˈna.sɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -asaʔ
• Syllabification: na‧sa

nasà (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜐ)

1. wish; want; desire

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnasa/ [ˈna.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: na‧sa

nasa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜐ)

1. (obsolete) complete aspect of masa: to read

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /naˈsaʔ/ [nɐˈsaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: na‧sa

nasâ (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜐ)

1. (obsolete) complete aspect of masa: to make wet