asin

See also: ASIN, as in, and A-sin

Languages (41)

Aklanon • Alangan • Bikol Central • Buhi'non Bikol • Cebuano • Dibabawon Manobo • Higaonon • Hiligaynon • Ilocano • Indonesian • Iriga Bicolano • Javanese • Kankanaey • Karao • Libon Bikol • Limos Kalinga • Lubuagan Kalinga • Malay • Mansaka • Maranao • Masbate Sorsogon • Masbatenyo • Miraya Bikol • Northern Catanduanes Bicolano • Northern Kurdish • Ojibwe • Quechua • Ratagnon • Romanian • Sambali • Southern Catanduanes Bicolano • Sranan Tongo • Tagalog • Tausug • Waray Sorsogon • Waray-Waray • West Albay Bikol • Yakan • Yami • Yogad • Yoruba

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Aklanon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asin

1. salt

Alangan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

1. salt

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsin/ [ʔaˈsin̪]
• Hyphenation: a‧sin

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín (Basahan spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

1. salt (sodium chloride)
2. preservation by salting

   Synonym: hiram

Derived terms

• asinon
• mag-asin

See also

• asgad

Etymology 2

Conjunction

asín (Basahan spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

1. (formal, literary) and

   Synonyms: saka, buda, at, sagkod, nan, pagkan

Buhi'non Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

1. salt

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧sin
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsin/ [ʔɐˈs̪in̪]
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

asín (Badlit spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

1. salt

Verb

asín (Badlit spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

1. to season with salt

Derived terms

• asin-asin

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asin

1. salt

Higaonon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asin

1. salt

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧sin
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsin/ [ʔaˈsin]

Noun

asín

1. salt (sodium chloride)

Verb

asín

1. to salt (add salt to)

Derived terms

• maasin

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsin/ [ʔɐˈsin]
• Hyphenation: a‧sin

Noun

asín

1. salt

Derived terms

• asinan
• inasinan
• mangasin
• naasin

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay asin, from Proto-Malayic *(mA-)hasin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qasin, from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈasin/ [ˈa.sɪn]

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• Rhymes: -asin
• Syllabification: a‧sin

Adjective

asin

1. salty (tasting of salt)

Alternative forms

• masin
• masin (Johor-Riau)

Derived terms

• asinan
• keasinan
• mengasini
• mengasinkan
• pengasinan
• seasin

Further reading

• “asin” 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.

Iriga Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

1. salt

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese hasin.

Adjective

asin

1. salty

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsin/ [ʔʌˈsi̞n]
• (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈhin/ [ʔʌˈhi̞n]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: a‧sin

Noun

asín

1. salt

Karao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asin

1. salt

Libon Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

1. salt

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

1. salt

Lubuagan Kalinga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asin

1. salt

Malay

Alternative forms

• masin / ماسين

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *(mA-)hasin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qasin, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)qasiN.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ˈasən/ [ˈa.sən]
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈasɪn/ [ˈa.sɪn]
• Rhymes: -asen, -sen, -en

Adjective

asin (Jawi spelling اسين)

1. salty (tasting of salt)

Further reading

• “asin” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mansaka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asin

1. salt

Maranao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asin

1. salt

Derived terms

• asinan

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Masbate Sorsogon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

1. salt

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

1. salt

Miraya Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

1. salt

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

1. salt

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈsɪn/

Noun

asin m (Arabic spelling ئاسن)

1. Alternative form of hesin

Declension

Declension of asin

definite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	asin	asin
construct	asinê	asinên
oblique	asinî	asinan
demonstrative oblique	wî asinî	wan asinan
vocative	asino	asinino
indefinite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	asinek	asinin
construct	asinekî	asinine
oblique	asinekî	asininan

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “asin”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 14

Ojibwe

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *aʔsenya.

Noun

asin (plural asiniig)

1. stone

Quechua

Verb

asin

1. third-person singular present indicative of asiy

Ratagnon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

1. salt

Romanian

Alternative forms

• asen, asîn, asân — obsolete

Etymology

From alteration of the earlier variant asîn or asân (used from the 16th to 18th centuries), itself from Latin asinus. Some writers in the 19th century attempted to revive it under a more Latinized form.

Noun

asin m (plural asini, feminine equivalent asină)

1. (regional, chiefly Transylvania) ass, donkey

   Synonym: măgar

Declension

Declension of asin

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	asin	asinul		asini	asinii
genitive-dative	asin	asinului		asini	asinilor
vocative	asinule			asinilor

Sambali

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

1. salt

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

1. salt

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch azijn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈsiŋ/, /aˈsin/, [a̠ˈsiŋ], [ɑ̟ˈsiŋ]

Noun

asin

1. vinegar

References

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “asin”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasiN. Compare Bikol Central asin, Cebuano asin, Fijian masima, Ilocano asin, Malay asin, and Tetum masin, Tongan māsima.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsin/ [ʔɐˈsin̪]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: a‧sin
• Homophone: Asin

Noun

asín (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

1. salt
2. salting; applying of salt (especially to preserve food)
3. (colloquial) taste of salt (in cooked food)

   Synonym: alat

Derived terms

• asinan
• asindero
• asnan
• inasnan
• maasin
• mag-aasin
• mag-asin
• maghidhid-asin
• tagaasin
• tagapag-asin

Related terms

• Asin

See also

• iras

Further reading

• “asin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qasiN”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• nais, sina, anis, Sina

Tausug

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔasin/ [ʔɑˈsin̪]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: a‧sin

Noun

asin (Sulat Sūg spelling اَسِنْ)

1. salt

Derived terms

• maasin (“salty”)

Waray Sorsogon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

1. salt

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

1. salt

West Albay Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

1. salt

Yakan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asin

1. salt

Yami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asin

1. salt

Yogad

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN.

Noun

asín

1. salt

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• asẹ́n (Ọwọ)
• asị́n (Ekiti)

Etymology

Cognate Igala áhí, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-sĩ́

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.sĩ́/

Noun

asín

1. shrew; (in particular) Nigerian shrew

   Synonym: eku asín

Notes

• While widely considered to be a rodent or type of rat and usually considered as such by Yoruba sources, a shrew is not a rodent