tasa

tasa

1. hand

Borrowed from Spanish taza (“cup”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtasa/ [ˈta.sa]
• Hyphenation: ta‧sa

tása (Basahan spelling ᜆᜐ)

1. cup; mug

Borrowed from Spanish taza (“cup”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtasa/ [ˈt̪a.s̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: ta‧sa

tása (Badlit spelling ᜆᜐ)

1. a cup; a mug
2. (cooking, measurement) a cup

Borrowed from Spanish taza (“cup”).

tasa

1. cup; mug

• Hyphenation: ta‧sa

tasa f (plural tasi) (Modena)

1. cup

From Proto-Finnic *tasa. Cognate to Finnish tasan and Veps tazo. But compare also Tundra Nenets [script needed] (tasᵊ, “whole, evenly, in a pair”).

tasa (not comparable)

1. quietly
2. evenly, even

tasa (indeclinable)

1. of equal height, at the same level
2. without any debts; even

Used as an adjective, but does not inflect.

• tasu
• tasane
• tasapisi

From Proto-Finnic *tasa, perhaps from Proto-Uralic *taśa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑsɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝s̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑsɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ta‧sa
• Hyphenation^(key): ta‧sa

tasa (not comparable)

1. (archaic outside compounds) even, equal, equi-, homo-, flat, uniform

   tasa-arvo ― equality

   tasaerä ― equal instalment

   tasajakauma ― uniform distribution

   tasalämpöinen ― homothermic

   tasapaino ― balance

   tasapeli ― tie (sports)

   tasapuolinen ― evenhanded

   tasavero ― flat tax

   tasavälinen ― equidistant

• The word has fallen out of use in contemporary Finnish in its lemma form. Some cases are used as adverbs; see the table below.
• The word is very common as a modifier in compound terms; see the list of derived terms below.

tasa

1. (military) line defined by a distance from a specific point, site or target
2. synonym of taso (“level; distance relative to a given reference elevation”)

• -staa, Asta, saat, sata, taas

tasa ka

1. (Pulaar) brass

• M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

• IPA^(key): /táː.sàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [táː.sàː]

tāsā̀ f (plural tāsōshī, possessed form tāsàr̃)

1. metal bowl or basin
2. plate

• IPA^(key): /táː.sàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [táː.sàː]

tāsā̀ (grade 1)

1. to rise up; to grow up

From Proto-Finnic *tasa. Cognates include Finnish tasa and Estonian tasa.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑsɑ/, [ˈtɑs̠ɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑsɑ/, [ˈtɑʒ̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑsɑ
• Hyphenation: ta‧sa

tasa (comparative tasemp)

1. flat

Declension of tasa (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	tasa	tasat
genitive	tasan	tassoin
partitive	tassaa	tasoja
illative	tassaa	tassoi
inessive	tasas	tasois
elative	tasast	tasoist
allative	tasalle	tasoille
adessive	tasal	tasoil
ablative	tasalt	tasoilt
translative	tasaks	tasoiks
essive	tasanna, tassaan	tasoinna, tassoin
exessive1)	tasant	tasoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• latsu

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 576

Borrowed from Spanish taza (“cup”).

tasa

1. cup

Borrowed from German Tasse.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtasa/

tasa f (diminutive taska)

1. cup

   Synonym: bjachaŕ

• tascycka

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “tasa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “tasa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Borrowed from Hausa tāsā̀.

• IPA^(key): /tá.sā/

tása (plural tásazhì)

1. plate; dish; bowl

   Synonym: evo

tasa

1. movable
2. trembling

tasa

1. imperative active second-person singular of tasati (“to tremble”)

Borrowed from French tasser.

a tasa (third-person singular present tasează, past participle tasat) 1st conjugation

1. to compress vertically

• IPA^(key): /ˈtasa/ [ˈt̪a.sa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: ta‧sa
• Homophone: (Latin America) taza

Deverbal from tasar.

tasa f (plural tasas)

1. rate

   Synonyms: tipo, razón

   • 2025 May 30, David Goldman and Elisabeth Buchwald, “Trump anuncia que los aranceles al acero aumentarán a 50 %”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     El presidente Donald Trump anunció este viernes que establecerá aranceles del 50 % al acero importado a Estados Unidos, el doble de la tasa actual.

     President Donald Trump announced this Friday that he will impose 50% tariffs on imported steel to the United States, double the current rate.

   • 2025 August 6, Deidre McPhillips, “Un gran brote de sarampión en EE.UU. se desacelera, pero el inicio del año escolar trae un nuevo riesgo de propagación”, in CNN en Español‎^[2]:

     Datos del Departamento de Salud de Wyoming muestran que el condado de Carbon tuvo una de las tasas de vacunación infantil más bajas del estado en 2023, ocupando el puesto 21 de 23 condados, con solo el 66 % de los niños pequeños habiendo recibido al menos una dosis de la vacuna triple viral.

     Data from the Wyoming Department of Health show that Carbon County had one of the lowest rates of infant vaccination in the state in 2023, taking 21st place out of 23 counties, with only 66% of young children having received at least one dose of the triple viral vaccine.

2. tax

   Synonym: impuesto

tasa

1. inflection of tasar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “tasa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• Audio (Kenya):

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Borrowed from Arabic طَاس (ṭās).

tasa class IX (plural tasa class X)

1. metal bowl
2. a kind of gong

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

tasa (invariable)

1. sterile, infertile
2. odd (of a number)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-tasa (infinitive kutasa)

1. to complicate, perplex

Conjugation of -tasa
Positive present -natasa Subjunctive -tase Negative -tasi Imperative singular tasa
Infinitives
Positive kutasa Negative kutotasa
Imperatives
Singular tasa Plural taseni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutasa Positive past positive subject concord + -litasa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutasa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natasa) Singular Plural 1st person ninatasa/natasa tunatasa 2nd person unatasa mnatasa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatasa wanatasa other classes positive subject concord + -natasa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tasi) Singular Plural 1st person sitasi hatutasi 2nd person hutasi hamtasi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatasi hawatasi other classes negative subject concord + -tasi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatasa Negative future negative subject concord + -tatasa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tase) Singular Plural 1st person nitase tutase 2nd person utase mtase 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atase watase other classes positive subject concord + -tase
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitase Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetasa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetasa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitasa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitasa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atasa) Singular Plural 1st person natasa twatasa 2nd person watasa mwatasa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atasa watasa m-mi(III/IV) watasa yatasa ji-ma(V/VI) latasa yatasa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatasa vyatasa n(IX/X) yatasa zatasa u(XI) watasa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatasa pa(XVI) patasa mu(XVIII) mwatasa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metasa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatasa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatasa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitasa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotasa Consecutive katasa / positive subject concord + -katasa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katase
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitasa -tutasa 2nd person -kutasa -watasa/-kutaseni/-wataseni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtasa -watasa m-mi(III/IV) -utasa -itasa ji-ma(V/VI) -litasa -yatasa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitasa -vitasa n(IX/X) -itasa -zitasa u(XI) -utasa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutasa pa(XVI) -patasa mu(XVIII) -mutasa Reflexive -jitasa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tasa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tasaye -tasao m-mi(III/IV) -tasao -tasayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tasalo -tasayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tasacho -tasavyo n(IX/X) -tasayo -tasazo u(XI) -tasao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tasako pa(XVI) -tasapo mu(XVIII) -tasamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tasa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetasa -otasa m-mi(III/IV) -otasa -yotasa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotasa -yotasa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotasa -vyotasa n(IX/X) -yotasa -zotasa u(XI) -otasa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotasa pa(XVI) -potasa mu(XVIII) -motasa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Borrowed from Spanish taza (“cup”), from Andalusian Arabic طَاسَة (ṭāsa), from Arabic طَاس (ṭās), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtasa/ [ˈt̪aː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: ta‧sa

tasa (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜐ)

1. cup (especially with a holder)

   Synonym: demitas

2. (cooking) cup; cupful (unit of measurement)

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish tajar (“to cut”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈsa/ [t̪ɐˈsa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta‧sa

tasá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜐ)

1. act of sharpening (of something blunt, such as a blade, pencil, etc.)
2. sharpened point (of something previously blunt, such as a blade, pencil, etc.)

tasá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜐ)

1. sharpened (of a pointed object that has become blunt)

Borrowed from Spanish tasa.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtasa/ [ˈt̪aː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: ta‧sa

tasa (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜐ)

1. act of assessing or appraising (the value for taxation purposes)

   Synonyms: pagtasa, pagtatasa

2. assessed value of a property; assessment

   Synonym: tasasyon

3. act of limiting to the minimum (as of expenses, supplies, etc.)

   Synonyms: tipid, pagtitipid

4. act of dieting; self-control in eating

   Synonyms: diyeta, pagdidiyeta, pagtatasa

5. act of fixing the price of something

   Synonym: paghahalaga

6. price fixed (for a certain product, commodity, etc.)

   Synonyms: presyo, halaga

• “tasa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• asta, atas, saat, tsaa, taas

Inherited from Proto-Berber *taʔsa (“liver”).

Compare Zenaga taʔša (“liver”), Tarifit tsa (“liver”), Nefusa tusá (“liver”), Tuareg tăsa (“liver”), Ghadames tósa (“liver”), and Siwi tsa (“liver”).

• IPA^(key): /tasa/

tasa f (plural tasawin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⴰ, Arabic spelling تاسا)

1. (anatomy) liver

   ايغ نوفا تاسا، ييليح اغ تيرڭيت؛ ايغ نوفا تيرڭيت، ييليح اغ تاسا.

   iġ nufa tasa, yiliḥ aġ tirgit; iġ nufa tirgit, yiliḥ aġ tasa.

   if we have a slice of liver, we are missing the ember and if we have the ember, we are missing the slice of liver.

2. seat of emotions

   ايژوران ن تاسا، آفوس اغ لّان.

   iẓuṛan n tasa afus a ġ d llan

   the veins of the liver are found in the hand (i.e. love survives through the giving hand).

   آ تاسا نو، اور ام ياد روين ايسافارنِ.

   a tasa nu, ur am yad rwin isafarn-i

   Oh my love, what good are love potions to you anymore?

   تقّور تاسا نّس.

   tqquṛ tasa nns.

   he is cold-blooded (lit. his liver is firm, hard).

From earlier tansa (“hole”)

• IPA^(key): /tasa/

tasa f (plural taswin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⴰ, Arabic spelling تاسا)

1. hole

   آر نّ يتّڭرويل ورڭاز غ تاسا. ― ar nn ittgrwil urgaz x tasa. ― the man is looking at the hole.

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2533b
• Marijn van Putten (2019), “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica (in Spanish), Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN, page 277

From Arabic طَاسَة (ṭāsa), per Hayami-Allen.

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.sa]

tasa

1. a small gong

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.sa]

tasa

1. (stative) to be bald

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

From Persian تاسا (tâsâ). ^[1]

tasa (definite accusative tasayı, plural tasalar)

1. sorrow, worry, anxiety

• Benim ailemin tasası var.

• keder

Compare Italian tassa

tasa f (plural tase)

1. tax