astām

== Livonian == === Etymology === astõ (“to step”) +‎ -m. Compare Estonian aste, Finnish aste. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑstɑːm/, [ˈɑstɑˑm] === Noun === astām step (on a staircase, etc.) stirrup level; grade; rank ==== Declension ==== === References === Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “astām”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra