rasta

rasta

See also: Rasta, rastā, and raşta

English

Etymology

Short for Rastafarian or Rastafari.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -æstə

Noun

rasta (plural rastas)

1. (informal) Rastafarian
2. (informal) Diminutive of rastaquouère

Translations

Rastafarian

Finnish: rasta (fi) French: rasta (fr) Hungarian: raszta (hu) Spanish: rasta m or f

Anagrams

• STAAR, astar, atars, ratas

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Finnish

Etymology

English rasta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑstɑ/, [ˈrɑs̠t̪ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑstɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ras‧ta

Noun

rasta

1. rasta, Rastafarian (person)
2. dreadlock (single strand of dreadlocks)

Declension

Inflection of rasta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		rasta	rastat
genitive		rastan	rastojen
partitive		rastaa	rastoja
illative		rastaan	rastoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rasta	rastat
accusative	nom.	rasta	rastat
	gen.	rastan
genitive		rastan	rastojen rastainrare
partitive		rastaa	rastoja
inessive		rastassa	rastoissa
elative		rastasta	rastoista
illative		rastaan	rastoihin
adessive		rastalla	rastoilla
ablative		rastalta	rastoilta
allative		rastalle	rastoille
essive		rastana	rastoina
translative		rastaksi	rastoiksi
instructive		—	rastoin
abessive		rastatta	rastoitta
comitative		—	rastoineen

Possessive forms of rasta (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	rastani	rastamme
2nd person	rastasi	rastanne
3rd person	rastansa

Synonyms

• (rasta): rastafari

Compounds

• rastatukka

Anagrams

• ratas, sarat, stara

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French

Noun

rasta m or f by sense (plural rastas)

1. rasta; Rastafarian

Further reading

• “rasta”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Gothic

Romanization

rasta

1. Romanization of 𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰

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Latvian

Participle

rasta

1. genitive singular masculine form of rasts
2. nominative singular feminine form of rasts

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rastō, whence also Old English ræst, Old Norse rǫst.

Noun

rasta f

1. rest

Descendants

• German: Rast

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

• grasta

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “belly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾast̪a/
• Hyphenation: ra‧sta

Noun

rasta f (plural rasti)

1. flower pot.

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Spanish

Etymology

English; shortened from Rastafarian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrasta/ [ˈras.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: ras‧ta

Adjective

rasta (plural rastas)

1. rasta

Noun

rasta m or f (plural rastas)

1. rasta, Rastafarian
2. dreadlocks (a hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings)

Further reading

• “rasta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English rasta.

Noun

rasta (n class, plural rasta)

1. dreadlock

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Swedish

Etymology

rast +‎ -a

Verb

rasta (present rastar, preterite rastade, supine rastat, imperative rasta)

1. to rest; to take a pause
2. to walk (a dog)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rasta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	rasta		rastas
Supine	rastat		rastats
Imperative	rasta		—
Imper. plural1	rasten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	rastar	rastade	rastas	rastades
Ind. plural1	rasta	rastade	rastas	rastades
Subjunctive2	raste	rastade	rastes	rastades
	Participles
Present participle	rastande
Past participle	rastad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• rastning

Anagrams

• rasat, trasa