alsa
Afar
Etymology
Cognates include Saho alsa (“moon, month”), alsä (“moonlight”).
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /ˈalsa/ [ˈʔʌlsʌ]Category:Afar terms with IPA pronunciation#ALSA
- Hyphenation: al‧sa
Noun
álsa m (plural alsitté f or aloosá f)Category:Afar lemmas#ALSACategory:Afar nouns#ALSACategory:Afar entries with incorrect language header#ALSACategory:Afar masculine nouns#ALSACategory:Pages with entries#ALSACategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALSA
Declension
| Declension of álsa | |||||||||||
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| absolutive | álsa | ||||||||||
| predicative | álsa | ||||||||||
| subjective | alsí | ||||||||||
| genitive | alsí | ||||||||||
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Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /alˈsa/ [ʔʌlˈsʌ]Category:Afar terms with IPA pronunciation#ALSA
- Hyphenation: al‧sa
Noun

alsá f (plural alsoosí f or alsáli m)Category:Afar lemmas#ALSACategory:Afar nouns#ALSACategory:Afar entries with incorrect language header#ALSACategory:Afar feminine nouns#ALSACategory:Pages with entries#ALSACategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALSA
Declension
| Declension of alsá | |||||||||||
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| absolutive | alsá | ||||||||||
| predicative | alsá | ||||||||||
| subjective | alsá | ||||||||||
| genitive | alsá | ||||||||||
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References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 39
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004), Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 39
Asturian
Etymology
From ALSA (a bus company). The company name is an acronym of Automóviles Luarca, S.A..
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalsa/ [ˈal.sa]Category:Asturian terms with IPA pronunciation#ALSA
- Rhymes: -alsaCategory:Rhymes:Asturian/alsa#ALSACategory:Rhymes:Asturian/alsa/2 syllables#ALSA
- Syllabification: al‧sa
Noun
alsa m (plural alses)Category:Asturian lemmas#ALSACategory:Asturian nouns#ALSACategory:Asturian nouns with red links in their headword lines#ALSACategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#ALSACategory:Asturian masculine nouns#ALSACategory:Pages with entries#ALSACategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALSA
- (colloquialCategory:Asturian colloquialisms#ALSA) bus
- 1991, José Horacio Serrano, Como tu quieras:
- en cuantes baxabes del alsa entrábate la fameCategory:Asturian terms with quotations#ALSA
- the moment you step off the bus, hunger kicked in
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Cebuano terms borrowed from Spanish#ALSACategory:Cebuano terms derived from Spanish#ALSA alzar.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: al‧sa
- IPA(key): /ˈʔalsa/ [ˈʔal̪.s̪ɐ]Category:Cebuano terms with IPA pronunciation#ALSA
Verb
alsaCategory:Cebuano lemmas#ALSACategory:Cebuano verbs#ALSACategory:Cebuano terms without Badlit script#ALSACategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#ALSACategory:Pages with entries#ALSACategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALSA
Synonyms
- (to carry by hand): bitbit
- (to carry someone on the back): ba, baba
- (to carry by tucking under one's arm): sip-it
- (to carry over one's shoulder): pas-an
- (to carry together): bayong, yayong
- (to carry with one's arms): kugos
- (to carry on one’s head): lukdo
- (to carry on one's shoulders): sung-ay
- (to carry with one's mouth): paak
Central Bikol
Etymology
Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Central Bikol terms borrowed from Spanish#ALSACategory:Central Bikol terms derived from Spanish#ALSA alza (“raise”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔalsa/ [ˈʔal̪.sa]Category:Central Bikol terms with IPA pronunciation#ALSA
- IPA(key): /ʔalˈsa/ [ʔal̪ˈsa]Category:Central Bikol terms with IPA pronunciation#ALSA
- Hyphenation: al‧sa
Noun
álsa or alsá (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜐ)Category:Central Bikol lemmas#ALSACategory:Central Bikol nouns#ALSACategory:Central Bikol terms with missing Basahan script entries#ALSACategory:Central Bikol terms with Basahan script#ALSACategory:Central Bikol entries with incorrect language header#ALSACategory:Pages with entries#ALSACategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALSA
Derived terms
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#ALSACategory:Old Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#ALSA *allswā
Conjunction
alsaCategory:Old Frisian lemmas#ALSACategory:Old Frisian conjunctions#ALSACategory:Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header#ALSACategory:Pages with entries#ALSACategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALSA
Spanish
Etymology
From ALSA (a bus company). The company name is an acronym of Automóviles Luarca, S.A..
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalsa/ [ˈal.sa]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#ALSACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ALSA
- Rhymes: -alsaCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/alsa#ALSACategory:Rhymes:Spanish/alsa/2 syllables#ALSA
- Syllabification: al‧sa
Noun
alsa m (plural alsas)Category:Spanish lemmas#ALSACategory:Spanish nouns#ALSACategory:Spanish countable nouns#ALSACategory:Spanish nouns with irregular gender#ALSACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ALSACategory:Spanish masculine nouns#ALSACategory:Pages with entries#ALSACategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALSA
- (AsturiasCategory:Asturian Spanish#ALSA, CantabriaCategory:Cantabrian Spanish#ALSA, LeónCategory:Leonese Spanish#ALSA) bus
- Cogimos el alsa para ir a Gijón.
- We took the bus to Gijón.
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish#ALSACategory:Tagalog terms derived from Spanish#ALSA alzar, from Vulgar LatinCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Vulgar Latin#ALSA *altiāre, derived from LatinCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Latin#ALSA altus (“high”).
Pronunciation
Noun
alsá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜐ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#ALSACategory:Tagalog nouns#ALSACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#ALSACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#ALSACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#ALSACategory:Pages with entries#ALSACategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALSA
- rising (as of dough)
- raising; lifting
- uprising; revolt; rebellion
- Synonyms: rebelyon, himagsik, alsamyento
- strong or violent protest
- tantrums (of children, babies, etc.)
- act of cutting a deck of cards
- appearance on the surface of one's skin (of rashes, etc.)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “alsa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018