kasi

kasi

1. wild chicken

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

From kahdeksan.

kasi

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

• kahdeksainen, kahdeksikko

• kahdeksan (“eight”)

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

kasi

1. (dialectal, archaic) dew

• kastaa

Akin to Ingrian kasi, Karelian kasi, kaži, Ludian kaži, Veps kaži and possibly Estonian kass.

kasi

1. (dialectal, Eastern Finnish) cat

   Synonym: kissa

• -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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic 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 (Felis catus)

• 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”).

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

kasi

1. because

   Synonyms: uling, pauli, anya

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

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

kási

1. beloved; dear
2. relative; friendship

kasi

1. fortunately

kasi

1. parrot

• IPA^(key): /ka.si/

kasi

1. (nonstandard) To give.

Akin to Maguindanao kasih.

kasi

1. love

kasi

1. because

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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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)

Compare Paiwan kasi- (“from”).

• Hyphenation: ka‧si
• IPA^(key): /kaˈsi/, [kɐˈsi]
• IPA^(key): /kaˈsiʔ/, [kɐˈsiʔ]

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”).

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

kasi (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜒ)

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

• “kasi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 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