lasa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lasa"

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay rasa, from Sanskrit रस (rasa).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧sa
• IPA^(key): /ˈlasa/, [ˈl̪a.sa]

Noun

lása

1. taste, flavor

   Synonyms: namit, tana

Derived terms

• lasahan
• maglasa
• malasahan

 

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *lasa, from Proto-Oceanic *lasa (compare Maori rata).

Adjective

lasa

1. tame
2. easy

Galician

Adjective

lasa

1. feminine singular of laso

Inari Sami

Etymology

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

Noun

lasa

1. doorpost

Inflection

Inflection of lasa
	singular	plural
Nominative	lasa	lasah
Accusative	lasa	lasaid
Genitive	lasa	lasai
Illative	lasan	lasaid
Locative	lasaast	lasain
Comitative	lasain	lasaiguin
Abessive	lasattáá	lasaittáá
Essive	lasan	—
Partitive	lasad	—

Further reading

• lasa in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje‎^[1], Tromsø: UiT

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠasˠə/

Verb

lasa

1. present subjunctive analytic of las

Kaonde

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dáca.

Verb

lasa

1. to abandon
2. to lose

Latvian

Verb

lasa

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of lasīt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of lasīt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of lasīt

Masiwang

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

Noun

lasa

1. blood

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlasa/ [ˈla.sa]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: la‧sa

Adjective

lasa f

1. feminine singular of laso

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay rasa (compare Bikol Central lasa), from Sanskrit रस (rasa) (compare Khmer រស (rŭəh) and Burmese ရသ (ra.sa.)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlasa/, [ˈla.sɐ]
• Hyphenation: la‧sa

Noun

lasa (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜐ)

1. taste; flavor; savor

   Synonyms: namnam, linamnam, lasap

2. liking

   Synonyms: gusto, kagustuhan, pagkakagusto

Derived terms

• ipalasa
• lasahin
• lumasa
• magkalasa
• maglasa
• magpalasa
• makalasa
• malasa
• malasahan
• pampalasa
• panlasa
• walang-lasa

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlasaʔ/, [ˈla.sɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: la‧sa

Noun

lasà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜐ)

1. tiger grass
2. silvering compound used to manufacture mirrors

Related terms

• tambo

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈsaʔ/, [lɐˈsaʔ]
• Hyphenation: la‧sa

Adjective

lasâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜐ)

1. destroyed (with parts detached or forced off)

   Synonyms: lansag, bingkag, tungkab, giba, buwag

References

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 116
• Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog‎^[3] (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 35
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[4] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Further reading

• “lasa” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[5], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “lasa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• asal

Yogad

Etymology

From Malay rasa, from Sanskrit रस (rasa).

Noun

lasa

1. flavor