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• ahəstə

Borrowed from Classical Persian آهسته (āhista).

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asta

1. quietly
2. slow, slowly
3. carefully, gently, cautiously

• yavaş, yavaşca

asta (comparative daha asta, superlative ən asta)

1. quiet
2. slow

• “asta” in Obastan.com.

• IPA^(key): /astə/
• Hyphenation: as‧ta

Unknown, probably Old Javanese astā, astam, from Sanskrit अस्ति (asti, “to be”).

asta (Balinese script ᬅᬲ᭄ᬢ)

1. being

From Sanskrit अस्थि (asthi, “bone”).

asta (Balinese script ᬅᬲ᭄ᬣ)

1. bone

Borrowed from Old Javanese aṣṭa (“eight”), from Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa, “eight”).

asta (Balinese script ᬅᬱ᭄ᬝ)

1. eight

From Sanskrit हस्त (hasta, “hand”). Cognate to Indonesian hasta.

asta (Balinese script ᬳᬲ᭄ᬢ)

1. hand

From Latin hasta.

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈas.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈas.ta]

asta f (plural astes)

1. shaft (of a spear)
2. spear

   Synonym: llança

3. flagpole

• “asta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

asta (emphatic astasan)

1. alternative form of astu

Inherited from Latin hasta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta/
• Rhymes: -asta
• Hyphenation: à‧sta

asta f (plural aste)

1. pole, rod, shaft
2. (chiefly poetic) spear, lance

   Synonym: lancia

3. the wooden handle of a spear or lance
4. (athletics) the pole used in pole-vaulting
5. penis

   Synonym: pene

6. (zoology) the main structure of a cervid's antlers

   Synonym: (uncommon) stanga

7. (firearms) forearm (part of a firearm below and supporting the barrel)
8. (ophthalmology) temple (sidepiece of spectacles)

   Synonym: stanghetta

9. (uncommon) the ink chamber of a pen

   Synonym: asticciola

10. the graduated arm of a steelyard balance along which the counterweight slides
11. a short, straight line
    1. (typography) the vertical part of a letter

       Hyponyms: asta inferiore, asta superiore

12. auction

• “asta”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

asta

1. romanization of ꦲꦱ꧀ꦠ

asta

1. until, till
   • 1979 July, Moshe Shaul, “Istoria i Dezvelopamiento del Djudeo-Espaniol”, in Aki Yerushalayim‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 December 2020, page 11:

     La primera de eyas es ke el djudeo-espaniol kontiene un grande numero de arkaizmos o sea, palavras ke eran empleadas en Espania asta el siglo XV ma ke dezparesieron dezde entonses de su vokabulario, mientres ke en el djudeo-espaniol kontinuan a existir asta oy.

     The first of them is that Judeo-Spanish contains a large number of archaisms, or rather, words that were used in Spain until the 15th century but which disappeared after then from its vocabulary, while in Judeo-Spanish they continue to be used until this day.

astā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of astō

• “asta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "asta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “asta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “asta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “asta”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Malay cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : asta

• astă

Borrowed from Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈastə/ [ˈʔas.t̪ə]
  • Rhymes: -astə

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈasta/ [ˈʔas.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -asta
• Hyphenation: as‧ta

asta (Jawi spelling استا)

1. (used only in Sanskritic formations) eight

   Synonym: lapan

• IPA^(key): /as.ta/
• Rhymes: -ta
• Homophones: astā, aṣṭa, hasta
• Hyphenation: as‧ta

Borrowed from Sanskrit अस्त (asta, “sunset”).

asta

1. sunset

asta

1. alternative spelling of hasta

• "asta" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

From astă, from Latin ista(m), feminine of iste.

• IPA^(key): [ˈas.ta]

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asta

1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of ăsta

   Synonym: această

asta

1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of ăsta

   Synonym: aceasta

From Middle Irish asta. Cognate with Irish astu and Manx assdaue.

• IPA^(key): /ˈas̪t̪ə/
• (Bernera) IPA^(key): /ˈæs̪t̪ə/^[1]
• (Lochs) IPA^(key): /ˈas̪t̪(ə)/^[2]
• (Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈas̪t̪ʌ/^[3]
• Hyphenation: as‧ta

asta

1. third-person plural of à: from them

• Mark, Colin (2003), “à”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 2

Borrowed from German Ast.

• IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta/

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• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: as‧ta

asta f (diminutive astka)

1. branch

• asta in silling.org
• Barbara Podgórska; Adam Podgóski (2008), “asta”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian dialects] (in Polish), Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 26

Inherited from Latin hasta. Compare Italian asta (“pole, rod”), Catalan ast (“spit”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈasta/ [ˈas.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: as‧ta
• Homophone: hasta

asta f (plural astas)

1. flagstaff, flagpole

   a media asta ― at half staff

2. horn (a hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals)

   Synonyms: cuerno, cacho

3. shaft, handle

   Synonyms: barra, palo

4. lance; pike

   Synonyms: lanza, pica

• Before feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like asta, the singular definite article takes the form of el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el asta. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al asta, del asta.

This also applies to the indefinite article, which takes the form of un, which is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una also occurs): un asta or una asta. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) are used: la mejor asta, una buena asta.

• In these cases, el and un are not masculine but feminine, deriving from Latin illa and una, respectively, even though they are identical in form to the corresponding masculine singular articles. Thus, they are allomorphs of the feminine singular articles la and una.
• The use of these allomorphs does not change the gender agreement of the adjectives modifying the feminine noun: el asta única, un(a) asta buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine plural articles and determiners (las, unas, etc.) are always used.

• “asta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔasˈtaʔ/ [ʔɐsˈt̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: as‧ta

astâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. posture; carriage; pose; bearing

   Synonyms: tindig, tayo, tikas, bikas

   • 2022, Jerry Olea, “Herlene Budol "magta-Tagalog" in Miss Planet International [Herlene Budol "will use Tagalog" in Miss Planet International]”, in PEP.ph‎^[2] (overall work in Tagalog), archived from the original on 10 February 2026:

     Kumbaga, parang ano… inaayon mo din yung ano mo, yung suot mo, yung asta mo, yung galaw mo.

     It's like… you're adjusting your costume, your posture, your movement.

2. act or manner of acting

   Synonyms: kilos, pagkilos, asal

   • 2024, “'Boy Dila' ng San Juan nag-sorry sa asta noong 'Wattah Wattah' festival ['Boy Dila' of San Juan apologizes for his actions at the previous 'Wattah Wattah' festival]”, in ABS-CBN News‎^[3] (overall work in Tagalog), archived from the original on 9 February 2026:

     Humingi ng tawad ang 21-anyos na netizen dahil sa kaniyang naging asta.

     The 21-year-old netizen apologized for his previous actions.

3. position or attitude taken when one is about to do something

   Synonym: asal

   • 2019, “Driver na nagpaharurot ng jeep, ayaw magbaba ng pasahero inireklamo [Driver who speeds up his jeepney was complained on after refusing to let go of his passengers]”, in ABS-CBN News‎^[4] (overall work in Tagalog), archived from the original on 2 December 2025:

     Ayon kay Miranda, bago pa ito ay hindi na maganda ang asta sa kanila ng driver at pabalang ito kung makipag-usap.

     According to Miranda, the driver had a foul attitude on them even before this, answering them with disrespect.

Borrowed from Spanish hasta.

• hasta

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔasta/ [ˈʔas.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: as‧ta

asta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. even; also

• Usually used with sa.

• atas, saat, tsaa, tasa, taas

From Japanese 明日 (ashita, “tomorrow”).

• (Aohua) IPA^(key): [asta]

asta

1. (Tungyueh, Aohua) tomorrow

• (Hanhsi) asita

• 真田信治 [Shinji Sanada] (2015), “宜蘭クレオールにおけるsound substitutionについて [On the sound substitution of Yilan Creole]”, in 奈良大学紀要 [Memoirs of Nara University]‎^[5] (in Japanese), number 43
• 林愷娣 [Lin Kaidi] (2022), A basic description of Yilan Creole phonology: with a special focus on the Aohua dialect‎^[6] (Unpublished thesis)