aste

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• IPA^(key): /as̺te/ [as̺.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -as̺te
• Hyphenation: as‧te

aste inan

1. week

• asteburu

• “aste”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “aste”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From astuma +‎ -e.

aste (genitive aste, partitive astet)

1. a step

Declension of aste (ÕS type 6/mõte, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		aste	asted
accusative	nom.
	gen.	aste
genitive			astete
partitive		astet	asteid
illative		astesse	astetesse asteisse
inessive		astes	astetes asteis
elative		astest	astetest asteist
allative		astele	astetele asteile
adessive		astel	astetel asteil
ablative		astelt	astetelt asteilt
translative		asteks	asteteks asteiks
terminative		asteni	asteteni
essive		astena	astetena
abessive		asteta	asteteta
comitative		astega	astetega

From astuma +‎ -e.

aste (genitive astme, partitive astet)

1. grade, step

Declension of aste (ÕS type 5/liige, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		aste	astmed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	astme
genitive			astmete
partitive		astet	astmeid
illative		astmesse	astmetesse astmeisse
inessive		astmes	astmetes astmeis
elative		astmest	astmetest astmeist
allative		astmele	astmetele astmeile
adessive		astmel	astmetel astmeil
ablative		astmelt	astmetelt astmeilt
translative		astmeks	astmeteks astmeiks
terminative		astmeni	astmeteni
essive		astmena	astmetena
abessive		astmeta	astmeteta
comitative		astmega	astmetega

• astmevaheldus

astua (“to step”) +‎ -e. Coined by Finnish physician and translator Wolmar Schildt in 1846, based on dialectal "step (in stairs)", cases of which was also used as adverbs with more figurative meanings like those currently used.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑsteˣ/, [ˈɑ̝s̠te̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑste
• Hyphenation^(key): as‧te

aste

1. stage, step, state, phase (distinct part of a process)

   Synonyms: vaihe, jakso

2. degree, extent, proportion

   Synonyms: määrä, laajuus

3. degree (individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values)
4. (law) instance (occasion; order of occurrence)
5. (geometry) degree (unit of measurement of angle)
6. degree (unit of measurement of temperature)
7. (geography) degree (unit of measurement of latitude and longitude)
8. (linguistics) degree, grade (any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb)
9. (linguistics) grade (form of a consonant under the system of consonant gradation)
10. (music) scale degree

    Synonym: sävelaste

11. (algebra) degree, order (maximal exponent of a polynomial)
12. (graph theory) degree (the number of edges that a vertex takes part in)
13. (graph theory) order (number of vertices in a graph)
14. (algebra) grade (number of free intersection points)
15. (medicine) grade (degree of malignity of a tumor)
16. (linear algebra) rank (maximal number of linearly independent columns or rows of a matrix)

• “aste”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• Seat, seta, tase

astē

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌴

aste f

1. plural of asta

• seta, tesa

From Finnish aste.

aste (genitive astien, partitive astettu)

1. degree (of temperature)

Originally an e-stem variant of an earlier i/n-stem *astis, from Proto-Baltic *asti- < *aš-sti-. Further, two possible Proto-Indo-European sources have been proposed: (a) *h₂eḱ-sti-, from *h₂eḱ- “sharp, pointy, edgy; stone” (whence also ass “sharp”, q.v.), with the meaning changes being “sharp, pointy (object)” > “stinger” > “tail”; and (b) *h₃ésth₁- (“bone”), in which case the semantic evolution would have been “bone” > “tail bone” > “tail” (cf. Icelandic rōfa (“dog's, cat's tail”) from Old Norse rófa (“bony part of a horse's tail”)). In the (a) case, cognates would include Lithuanian akstìs (“skewer, fish bone”) akštìs (“skewer, fish bone, awn”), Old Church Slavonic осътъ (osŭtŭ, “thorny water plant”), остъ (ostŭ, “awn, stinger, fish bone”), Russian ость (ostʹ), Czech osť, Polish ość, Russian осот (osot, “thorny plant”), Bulgarian о́сът (ósǎt), Czech, Polish oset. In the (b) case, cognates would include Hittite 𒄩𒀸𒋫𒄿, Sanskrit अस्थि (asthi), Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon), Albanian asht, Tocharian B āsta, Latin os (and maybe also costa (“rib”)), and perhaps also all the (a) cognates, which some authors also derive from *h₃ésth₁-.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [astɛ]

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aste f (5th declension)

1. (anatomy) (long) tail

   zirga aste ― horse tail

   suņa aste ― dog tail

   vilka aste ― wolf tail

   gaiļa aste ― rooster tail

   pāva aste ― peacock tail

   kaķis pa to laiku bija izlavījies no pagalma un, izlējis asti, lēni gāja prom ― the cat, meanwhile, had gotten out of the yard and, straightening (his) tail, slowly went away

   kas sunim asti cels, ja pats necels ― who is going to raise a dog's tail if not for the dog himself

2. (of objects) tail (extended part at the end)

   lidmašīnas aste ― airplane tail

   kleitas aste ― dress tail

   komētas aste ― comet's tail

   garas rindas stāvēja pie kasēm... paša astē iestājās arī tēvs ― there were long lines at the cashiers... father joined at the very tail (= end) (of one of the lines)

Basically, aste refers to long tails like a horse's, while ļipa refers to short tails like a rabbit's.

• ļipa

• astains

From French acheter.

aste

1. to buy

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈasːte/

aste

1. inflection of astat:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

From French acheter.

aste

1. to buy

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

From Hindi [Term?], from Persian آهسته (âheste).^[1]

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-aste (declinable)

1. slow (not quick in motion)

• asteaste (“slowly”)