asse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æs/

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• Rhymes: -æs

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Afrikaans asse (“ashes”), because the fur at the top of the Cape fox's body looks like ash.

References

References

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

Anagrams

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

Alternative forms

• assu, essen, ässe, ässä

Etymology

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

Verb

asse

1. (Carcoforo) to eat

References

• 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

Pronunciation

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Noun

asse m (plural asses)

1. a type of pickaxe used in tunneling

Further reading

• “asse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Postposition

asse (+ illative or allative)

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

asse (+ elative or ablative)

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

References

• 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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Latin assis, variant of axis.

Etymology 3

From Latin as.

Anagrams

• -essa, essa

Noun

asse

1. ablative singular of as

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ësē.

Noun

asse

1. inner/meat-side of a skin

Etymology 1

From Old English assa.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• assa

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ad-sādo-syos.^[1]

Adjective

asse (comparative assu)

1. easy

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 assa(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Alternative forms

Noun

asse

1. locative singular of assa
2. accusative plural of assa

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ësē.

Noun

asse

1. inner/meat-side of a skin

Verb

asse

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