asal

See also: Asal and asål

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish asar.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: a‧sal

Verb

asal

  1. to roast, especially a whole animal

Noun

asal

  1. roasting; the act by which something is roasted

Derived terms

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:asal.

Garo

Etymology

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Noun

asal

  1. manure

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay asal, from Classical Malay اصل‎ (asal), from Arabic أَصْل‎ (ʔaṣl).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈa.sal/
  • Rhymes: -sal, -al, -l
  • Hyphenation: a‧sal

Noun

asal (first-person possessive asalku, second-person possessive asalmu, third-person possessive asalnya)

  1. source, origin

Derived terms

Adjective

asal

  1. initial, native, original, ultimate

Conjunction

asal

  1. as long as, only if, provided that, providing
    Synonyms: asalkan, selama

Derived terms
  • asalkan

Adjective

asal

  1. (colloquial) offhand; without sufficient thought or consideration
  2. (colloquial) random

See also

Further reading

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish asal, from Latin asellus (“small or young donkey”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈasˠəl̪ˠ/, /ˈasˠəlˠ/

Noun

asal m (genitive singular asail, nominative plural asail)

  1. ass, donkey

Declension
Declension of asal

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative asal asail
Vocative a asail a asala
Genitive asail asal
Dative asal asail

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-asal na hasail
Genitive an asail na n-asal
Dative leis an asal

don asal

 leis na hasail
  • Archaic dative plural: asalaibh

Derived terms
  • láir asail (“she-ass”)
  • searrach asail (“donkey’s foal”)
  • stail asail (“jackass”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
asal n-asal hasal t-asal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Javanese

Noun

asal

  1. origin

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic أَصْل‎ (ʔaṣl). Sense of interrogation also from overlap with elision of apa pasal or apasal from apa (“what”) +‎ pasal (“cause, subject”).

Noun

asal (Jawi spelling اصل‎, plural asal-asal, informal 1st possessive asalku, 2nd possessive asalmu, 3rd possessive asalnya)

  1. origin, source
  2. genealogy, descent, ancestry
  3. (colloquial) why
    Asal kau makan makanan aku?
    Why did you eat my food?

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Indonesian: asal
  • → Ternate: asal

Further reading

Mansaka

Noun

asal

  1. ancestry; lineage

Romani

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑀲𑀤𑀺 (hasadi), from Sanskrit हसति (hasati).[1][2] Cognate with Hindi हँसना (hãsnā).

Verb

asal

  1. (intransitive) to laugh[1][2][3][4]
    Sosqe asan manθar? ― Why are they laughing at me?

References
  1. Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “asál¹”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 11a
  2. Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 27, 36, 40
  3. Marcel Courthiade (2009), “as/al, -àndilo¹ ÷ -àndilǎs¹ ≈ àjas²³”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 65b
  4. Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “asal (asanilǎs / asandǎs)”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 146b

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish asal, from Latin asellus (“small or young donkey”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈas̪al̪ˠ/

Noun

asal m (genitive singular asail, plural asalan)

  1. donkey, ass

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
asaln-asalh-asalt-asal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit आचार (ācāra, “conduct; custom; practice”). Compare Malay cara.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: a‧sal
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔasal/, [ˈʔa.sɐl]

Noun

asal (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜎ᜔)

  1. conduct; behavior
    Synonyms: gawi, kilos, ugali, asta
  2. (obsolete) custom
    Synonyms: gawi, kaugalian
  3. (obsolete) ancient rites and ceremonies
  4. (obsolete) skill that one has in something that he does
  5. (obsolete) maternal status
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Early borrowing from Spanish asar (“roast”). Possible doublet of asar.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: a‧sal
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈsal/, [ʔɐˈsal]

Noun

asál (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜎ᜔)

  1. (dialectal, uncommon) roasting (of food, etc.)
    Synonyms: ihaw, letson, (Batangas) bangi
Derived terms

Further reading
  • “asal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
    • page 80: “Aſar) Aſal (pc) coſa [espetada] en algo”
    • page 197: “Coſtumbre) Aſal (pp) buena o mala”
    • page 407: “Maña) Aſal (pp) que tiene vno en algo que haze.”
    • page 533: “Ritos) Aſal (pp) y çeremonias antiguas”
    • page 604: “Vſo) Aſal (pp) y coſtumbre”

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay asal, from Arabic أَصْل‎ (ʔaṣl).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [a.ˈsal]

Noun

asal

  1. origin

References
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Adjective

asal

  1. (chemistry) noble (gas)
  2. (linguistics) cardinal
  3. (mathematics) prime (number)

Synonyms
  • esasi

Uzbek

Etymology

From Arabic عَسَل‎ (ʕasal).

Noun

asal (plural asallar)

  1. honey

West Makian

Etymology

From Indonesian asal, from Arabic أَصْل‎ (ʔaṣl).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈa.s̪al̪/

Noun

asal

  1. the contents or topic (of something)

References
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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