lasi

See also: lasī, läsi, laši, and łasi

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German lassen +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlasi/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: la‧si

Verb

lasi (present lasas, past lasis, future lasos, conditional lasus, volitive lasu)

1. to leave
   • 1905, Zamenhof, L. L., Fundamento de Esperanto, Antaŭparolo:

     Mi permesis al mi nur korekti la preserarojn; sed se ia vorto estis erare aŭ nelerte tradukita, mi ĝin lasis en tiu ĉi libro tute senŝanĝe

     I allowed myself only to correct the printing errors; but if any word was erroneously or unskillfully translated, I left it in this book entirely unchanged

2. to let

Conjugation

Conjugation of lasi present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense lasas lasis lasos active participle lasanta lasantaj lasinta lasintaj lasonta lasontaj acc. lasantan lasantajn lasintan lasintajn lasontan lasontajn passive participle lasata lasataj lasita lasitaj lasota lasotaj acc. lasatan lasatajn lasitan lasitajn lasotan lasotajn nominal active participle lasanto lasantoj lasinto lasintoj lasonto lasontoj acc. lasanton lasantojn lasinton lasintojn lasonton lasontojn nominal passive participle lasato lasatoj lasito lasitoj lasoto lasotoj acc. lasaton lasatojn lasiton lasitojn lasoton lasotojn adverbial active participle lasante lasinte lasonte adverbial passive participle lasate lasite lasote infinitive lasi imperative lasu conditional lasus

Derived terms

• allasi (“to admit”)
• delasi (“to abandon”)
• ellasi (“to let out”)
• forlasi (“to abandon”)

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Finnish

Etymology

From earlier klasi, from Swedish glas.

Noun

lasi

1. glass (material)

   laminoitu lasi ― laminated glass

   karkaistu lasi ― toughened glass

   lankavahvistettu lasi ― wire mesh glass

2. glass (vessel)
3. (nautical) bells, a mark given by the bells of a ship every half hour to mark the passing of time during a four-hour watch. There were eight bells per watch and then the counting started from beginning.

   • Toista lasia lyötäessä

4. (slang, drugs) ice (crystal form of methamphetamine)

Declension

Inflection of lasi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		lasi	lasit
genitive		lasin	lasien
partitive		lasia	laseja
illative		lasiin	laseihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lasi	lasit
accusative	nom.	lasi	lasit
	gen.	lasin
genitive		lasin	lasien
partitive		lasia	laseja
inessive		lasissa	laseissa
elative		lasista	laseista
illative		lasiin	laseihin
adessive		lasilla	laseilla
ablative		lasilta	laseilta
allative		lasille	laseille
essive		lasina	laseina
translative		lasiksi	laseiksi
instructive		—	lasein
abessive		lasitta	laseitta
comitative		—	laseineen

Compounds

• aurinkolasit
• cocktaillasi
• drinkkilasi
• flankenlasi
• grogilasi
• ikkunanlasi
• juomalasi
• keitinlasi
• kristallilasi
• kvartsilasi
• lasihelmi
• lasikaappi
• lasikivi
• lasikuula
• lasimaalaus
• lasimaljakko
• lasinleikkuri
• lasinpesuneste
• lasinpuhaltaja
• lasinsirpale
• lasinsiru
• lasinuudeli
• lasiohjaamo
• lasipurkki
• lasiuuni
• lasiveitsi
• liekkilasi
• maitolasi
• mittalasi
• myrskylasi
• olutlasi
• pullonpohjalasi
• ryyppylasi
• samppanjalasi
• snapsilasi
• suojalasit
• suurennuslasi
• tasolasi
• tiimalasi
• tuntilasi
• turvalasi
• tuulilasi
• vesilasi
• viinilasi

Derived terms

• lasikko
• lasillinen
• lasimainen
• lasite
• lasittaa
• lasittua

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish etymological dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Anagrams

• -lias, sali, sila

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Latvian

Noun

lasi m

1. vocative singular form of lasis
2. accusative singular form of lasis
3. instrumental singular form of lasis

Verb

lasi

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of lasīt
2. 2nd person singular imperative form of lasīt

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Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

lasi

1. thorn

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Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.si/

Etymology 1

From English loss, lost.

Verb

lasi

1. to lose
2. to disappear

Noun

lasi

1. loss

Etymology 2

From English arse.

Noun

lasi

1. arse, ass, buttocks