Derived terms

• asteburu

Estonian

Noun

aste ‎(genitive astme, partitive astet)

1. grade, step

aste ‎(genitive aste, partitive astet)

1. a step

Declension

Derived terms

• astmevaheldus

Finnish

Etymology

From the verb astua.

Pronunciation

Noun

aste

1. grade
2. degree
3. (everyday usage) degree, degree Celsius (short for celsiusaste)
4. order

Declension

Derived terms

• astevaihtelu

Anagrams

• tase

Gothic

Romanization

astē

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌴

Italian

Noun

aste f

1. plural of asta

Anagrams

• seta
• tesa

Karelian

Etymology

Compare Finnish aste.

Noun

aste ‎(genitive astien, partitive astettu)

1. grade
2. degree
3. order

Latvian

Zirgs un zirga aste (1)

Lidmašīnas aste (2)

Etymology

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) *aḱ-sti-, from *aḱ- “sharp, pointy, edgy; stone” (whence also ass “sharp”, q.v.), with the meaning changes being “sharp, pointy (object)” > “stinger” > “tail”; and (b) *ost(h)- < *Host(H)-, *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 ‎(osót, “thorny plant”), Bulgarian осът ‎(ósǎt), Czech, Polish oset. In the (b) case, cognates would include Hittite *ḫaštai, Sanskrit अस्थि ‎(अस्थि), 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 Proto-Indo-European *Host(H)-, *h₃ésth₁-.^[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

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)

Declension

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• ļipa

Derived terms

• astains

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “aste”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Northern Sami

Verb

aste

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

Swahili

Adjective

aste

1. slow (not quick in motion)