aasta

== Estonian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *aigasta-aika, from *aigasta (“from time”), and *aika (“time”), possibly borrowed from either Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“long time, eternity”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu ~ *h₂yéws (“long time, lifetime”), from *h₂ey- (“vital force, age”), or from earlier *ajeka and borrowed from Proto-Germanic *ajuka- (“time, eternity”); see the Proto-Finnic entry for more. Cognate with Finnish ajastaika, Ingrian aastaika, Livonian āigast, Võro aastak, and Kukkuzi aastaika. Equivalent to ajast +‎ aeg. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑːstɑ/, [ˈɑːstɑ] Rhymes: -ɑːstɑ Hyphenation: aas‧ta === Noun === aasta (genitive aasta, partitive aastat) (time) a year (a solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun: between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference) Mis aastal sa oled sündinud? ― What year were you born? Head uut aastat! ― Happy New Year! Synonym: aastaring a year (a period of about 12 months, starting at any moment) Viimasest haigushoost on möödunud kaks aastat. ― Two years have passed since the last illness. (only in compounds, honorific) the best (something) of a calendar year aasta album ― album of the year aasta õpetaja ― teacher of the year (age) a year of one's lifetime; years old Poiss on juba seitse aastat vana. ― The boy is already seven years old. Kirikul on vanust üle 1000 aasta. ― The church is over 1000 years old. Välimuse järgi otsustades on ta umbes neljakümnendates aastates. ― Judging by his appearance, he is in his forties. Synonym: eluaasta (inessive, in the plural, aastates) aging, elderly Aastates papi vaarus kepi toel trepist üles. ― The elderly man climbed the stairs with the support of a cane. (This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes, then please add them!) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Compounds ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Finnish: aasta === References === aasta in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “aasta”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 “aasta”, in [SP] Eesti keele sõnapered [Estonian Word Families] (in Estonian) (online version, continuously updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012– == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑːstɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ːs̠tɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑːstɑ Syllabification(key): aas‧ta Hyphenation(key): aas‧ta === Etymology 1 === Probably borrowed from Estonian aasta (“year”). ==== Noun ==== aasta (dialectal) (Southwest Finnish) alternative form of ajastaika ==== References ==== “aasta”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN, retrieved 8 October 2022. === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== aasta elative singular of aa === Anagrams === saata, sataa, tasaa == Võro == === Noun === aasta (genitive aasta, partitive aastat) alternative form of aastak ==== Inflection ====