kasi

kasi

1. wild chicken

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑsi/, [ˈkɑ̝s̠i]
• Rhymes: -ɑsi
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧si

From kahdeksan.

kasi (colloquial)

1. the digit eight
2. (counting) the number eight
3. number eight (anything that is eighth or with the number eight)

• kahdeksainen, kahdeksikko

• kahdeksan (“eight”)

• “kasi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Akin to Ingrian kasi, Karelian kasi, kaži, Ludian kaži, Veps kaži and possibly Estonian kass. Often assumed to be derived from East Slavic (specifically Russian) due to the distribution, but no convincing source word has been found.

kasi (dialectal)

1. (Eastern Finnish) cat

   Synonym: kissa

From Proto-Finnic *kasi, from Proto-Uralic *käsä.

kasi (dialectal, archaic)

1. Synonym of kaste (“dew”)

• -ksia, Sika, aski, kisa, sika, sika-

kasi

1. plural of kaso

• IPA^(key): [ˈka.si]
• Hyphenation: ka‧si

kasi

1. (colloquial) Apocopic form of kasih

Blend of kepala (“head”) +‎ seksi (“section”).

kasi

1. head of section

kasi

1. Alternative spelling of khasi (“eunuch”).

• “kasi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From an East Slavic language. Cognates include dialectal Finnish kasi and Veps kaži.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑsi/, [ˈkɑs̠i]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑsi/, [ˈkɑʒ̥i]
• Rhymes: -ɑsi
• Hyphenation: ka‧si

kasi

1. cat

• kissa

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

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑsi/, [ˈkɑs̠i]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑsi/, [ˈkɑʒ̥i]
• Rhymes: -ɑsi
• Hyphenation: ka‧si

kasi

1. (folk poetic) Synonym of kasse (“dew”)
   • 1915, Volmari Porkka, quoting Kati-akka, “1139. Soikkola, Väärnoja, III1”, in Väinö Salminen, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot‎, volume III1, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 3-4:

     Ei kasva kasessakaa, // Eikä noise notossakaa,

     It doesn't even grow in the dew, nor does it shoot up in the glen,

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 141

• casi (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

Compare Tagalog kasi (“because”).

• IPA^(key): /kəˈsi/, [kəˈsi]
• Hyphenation: ka‧si

kasi

1. because

   Synonyms: uling, pauli, anya

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-qasiq (“mercy, pity, affection”), compare Indonesian kasih, Malay kasih.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkasi/, [ˈkäː.si]
• Hyphenation: ka‧si

kási

1. beloved; dear
2. relative; friendship

From an East Slavic language. Cognates include dialectal Finnish kasi and Veps kaži.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑsʲi/
• Hyphenation: ka‧si

kasi (genitive kasin, partitive kasie)

1. (North Karelian, dialectal) cat

• kišša (North Karelian or dialectal)

• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “kasi”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

kasi

1. fortunately

kasi

1. parrot

Related to kasih.

• IPA^(key): /ka.si/

kasi (Jawi spelling کاسي)

1. (nonstandard) to give.

   Synonyms: kasih, beri, bagi

2. (nonstandard) to let.

   Synonyms: biar, bagi

   Wei, kasi aku rasa kentang goreng kau sikit? ― Oi, can you let me have a taste of your fries?

Akin to Maguindanao kasih.

kasi

1. love

kasi

1. because

From Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, like the variant chāsi.

kāsi m

1. cheese

From Spanish casi and Portuguese quase and Kabuverdianu kuázi.

kasi

1. almost
2. nearly

Borrowed from Dutch kast.

kasi

1. closet, cupboard

Borrowed from Dutch kaas.

kasi

1. cheese

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Borrowed from Arabic قَاسٍ (qāsin).

kasi (n class, plural kasi)

1. speed (rapidity)

   Synonyms: mbio, haraka

2. force (strength or energy of body or mind)

kasi

1. quickly (very fast)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kasi

1. plural of ukasi

Compare Paiwan kasi- (“from”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈsi/ [kɐˈsi], /kaˈsiʔ/ [kɐˈsiʔ]
• Rhymes: -i, -iʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧si

kasí or kasî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜒ)

1. because

   Synonyms: dahil, at, sapagkat, palibhasa

• kase — colloquial
• kc — text messaging slang

Borrowed from Malay kasih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-qasiq (“mercy, pity, affection”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkasi/, [ˈka.sɪ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧si

kasi (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜒ)

1. beloved; dear
2. grace; favor; protection

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

kasi

1. Placed either at the beginning or at the end of a sentence to indicate a question.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.s̪i/

kasi

1. Alternative form of gasi (“house post”)

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics