pasu

See also: paŝu, pašu, and pášu

Asturian

Noun

pasu m (plural pasos)

1. pass
2. step
3. footstep
4. pace

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpasu]
• Rhymes: -asu
• Hyphenation: pa‧su

Verb

pasu

1. first-person singular present indicative of pást

Anagrams

• pusa

Esperanto

Verb

pasu

1. imperative of pasi

Guaraní

Numeral

pasu

1. ten thousand

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pasu (“vase; pot”), from Portuguese vaso (“vase; container”), from Old Galician-Portuguese vaso, from Latin vāsum (“vessel; vase”). Doublet of vas.

• The sense of rice measure is a semantic loan from Lawangan [Term?], most likely as loanword from Malay pasu above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpasu]
• Hyphenation: pa‧su

Noun

pasu (first-person possessive pasuku, second-person possessive pasumu, third-person possessive pasunya)

1. container
2. rice measure

Further reading

• “pasu” 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.

Japanese

Romanization

pasu

1. Rōmaji transcription of パス

Latvian

Noun

pasu f

1. genitive plural of pase

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpasu]

Noun

pasu

1. locative singular of pas

Malay

Etymology

From Portuguese vaso (“vase; vessel (container)”), from Old Galician-Portuguese vaso, from Latin vāsum (“vessel; vase”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u

Noun

pasu (informal 1st possessive pasuku, 2nd possessive pasumu, 3rd possessive pasunya)(Jawi spelling ڤاسو)

1. vase: an upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.
2. pot

Descendants

• Indonesian: pasu

Further reading

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀲𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• पसु (Devanagari script)
• পসু (Bengali script)
• පසු (Sinhalese script)
• ပသု (Burmese script)
• ปสุ or ปะสุ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩈᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ປສຸ or ປະສຸ (Lao script)
• បសុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄥𑄪 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पशु (paśu). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀧𑀲𑀼 (pasu).

Noun

pasu m

1. cattle

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “pasu”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

pasu (Cyrillic spelling пасу)

1. third-person plural present of pȃsti