asse

See also: Appendix:Variations of "asse"

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /æs/
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Rhymes: -æs

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

asse (plural asses)

Obsolete spelling of ass

Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

asse (plural asses)

(rare) A Cape fox (Vulpes chama).^[1]
- 1906, Praagh, L. V, The Transvaal and its mines : the encyclopedic history of the Transvaal‎^[2]:
  and the little Asse Fox (Canis chama).
- 1910, Encyclopædia Britannica 1911 ed. Vol. 10‎^[3], page 769:
  South of the Zambezi the group reappears in the shape of the asse-fox or fennec, (V. cama), a dark-coloured species, with a black tip to the long, bushy tail and reddish-brown ears.
- 1973, West, Geoffrey P. (Geoffrey Philip), Rabies in animals & man‎^[4], New York, Arco, →ISBN, →OCLC:
  Foxes involved include the long-eared Asse Fox or Cape Fox (Vulpes chania) and the bat-eared fox

References[edit]

^ Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900 (1890) Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes : a monograph of the Canidae‎^[1]

References[edit]

“asse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams[edit]

ESAs, Essa, SAEs, SASE, SSAE, Seas, ases, seas

Alemannic German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

assu, essen, ässe, ässä

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German ezzan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną. Cognate with German essen, Dutch eten, English eat, Swedish äta.

Verb[edit]

asse

(Carcoforo) to eat

References[edit]

Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Audio (file)

Noun[edit]

asse m (plural asses)

a type of pickaxe used in tunneling

Ingrian[edit]

Spatial inflection of *asse*
→○	illative	asse
○	inessive	as
○→	elative	ast

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑsːe/, [ˈɑs̠ː]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑsːe/, [ˈɑʃːe̞]
(Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑsːek/, [ˈɑʃːe̞ɡ̊]
Rhymes: -ɑsː, -ɑsːe
Hyphenation: as‧se

Postposition[edit]

asse (+ illative or allative)

(of time) up to, until
(of distance or motion) all the way to

asse (+ elative or ablative)

(of time) ever since
(of distance or motion) all the way from

Synonyms[edit]

saa, nasse, nas, nast, as, ast

Derived terms[edit]

nasse

References[edit]

Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 21
Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 21

Italian[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈas.se/
Rhymes: -asse
Hyphenation: às‧se

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin axis, axem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).

Noun[edit]

asse f (plural assi)

board (of wood)
Synonyms: pancone, tavola
beam (gymnastic)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin assis, variant of axis.

Noun[edit]

asse m (plural assi)

axle
(mathematics, physics) axis
(anatomy) axis (vertebra)
Synonym: epistrofeo

Derived terms[edit]

assiale

Etymology 3[edit]

From Latin as.

Noun[edit]

asse f (plural assi)

(historical, Ancient Rome) as (any of several coins of Rome)

Anagrams[edit]

-essa, essa

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

asse

ablative singular of as

Lule Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *ësē.

Noun[edit]

asse

inner/meat-side of a skin

Inflection[edit]

Even e-stem, ss-s gradation

Nominative

asse

Genitive

ase

Singular

Plural

Nominative

asse

ase

Accusative

asev

asijt

Genitive

ase

Illative

Inessive

Elative

Comitative

Abessive

Essive

Possessive forms
	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	assám	assáma	assáma
2nd person	assát	assáda	assáda
3rd person	asses	asseska	assesa

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English assa.

Alternative forms[edit]

as

Noun[edit]

asse (plural assen or asses)

ass, donkey

Descendants[edit]

English: ass
Yola: ess

References[edit]

“asse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

asse

Alternative form of axen (“to ask”)

Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

assa

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *ad-sādo-syos.^[1]

Adjective[edit]

asse (comparative assu)

easy

Declension[edit]

io/iā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	assae	assae	assae
Vocative	assai	assae
Accusative	assae	assai
Genitive	assai	assae	assai
Dative	assu	assai	assu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	assai	assai
Vocative	assai assu*
Accusative	assai assu*
Genitive	assae
Dative	assaib
Notes	* when substantivized

Derived terms[edit]

anse

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
asse	unchanged	n-asse
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sādo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 318

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Alternative forms

𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂 (Brahmi script)
अस्से (Devanagari script)
অস্সে (Bengali script)
අස‍්සෙ (Sinhalese script)
အဿေ or ဢသ်သေ (Burmese script)
อสฺเส or อัสเส (Thai script)
ᩋᩔᩮ (Tai Tham script)
ອສ຺ເສ or ອັສເສ (Lao script)
អស្សេ (Khmer script)
𑄃𑄥𑄴𑄥𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun[edit]

asse

locative singular of assa
accusative plural of assa

Pite Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *ësē.

Noun[edit]

asse

inner/meat-side of a skin

Inflection[edit]

Even e-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative	asse
Genitive	ase
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	asse	ase
Accusative	asev	isijt
Genitive	ase	isij
Illative	assáj	isijda
Inessive	asen	isijn
Elative	asest ases	isijst isijs
Comitative	isijn	isij
Essive	assen

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

asse

inflection of assar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

[1] Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900 (1890) Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes : a monograph of the Canidae‎^[1]

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sādo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 318

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