aasta

From Proto-Finnic *aigasta-aika, from *aigasta (“from time”), and *aika (“time”), possibly borrowed from either Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“long time, eternity”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu ~ *h₂yéws (“long time, lifetime”), from *h₂ey- (“vital force, age”), or from earlier *ajeka and borrowed from Proto-Germanic *ajuka- (“time, eternity”); see the Proto-Finnic entry for more.

Cognate with Finnish ajastaika, Ingrian aastaika, Livonian āigast, Võro aastak, and Kukkuzi aastaika. Equivalent to ajast +‎ aeg.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːstɑ/, [ˈɑːstɑ]

• Rhymes: -ɑːstɑ
• Hyphenation: aas‧ta

aasta (genitive aasta, partitive aastat)

1. (time) a year (a solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun: between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference)

   mis aastal sa oled sündinud? ― what year were you born?

   head uut aastat! ― happy New Year!

   Synonym: aastaring

   1. a year (a period of about 12 months, starting at any moment)

      viimasest haigushoost on möödunud kaks aastat ― two years have passed since the last illness

   2. (compound, honorific) the best (something) of a calendar year

      aasta album ― album of the year

      aasta õpetaja ― teacher of the year

2. (age) a year of one's lifetime; years old

   poiss on juba seitse aastat vana ― the boy is already seven years old

   kirikul on vanust üle 1000 aasta ― the church is over 1000 years old

   välimuse järgi otsustades on ta umbes neljakümnendates aastates ― judging by his appearance, he is in his forties

   Synonym: eluaasta

   1. (inessive, in the plural, aastates) for years

      astates papi vaarus kepi toel trepist üles ― for years papi climbed the stairs with the support of a cane

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• eluaasta (“year of life”), poolaasta (“semester”), õppeaasta (“academic year”)
• head vana aasta lõppu (“Happy New Year”)

• → Finnish: aasta

• aasta in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “aasta”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːstɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ːs̠tɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑːstɑ
• Syllabification^(key): aas‧ta

Probably borrowed from Estonian aasta (“year”).

aasta (dialectal)

1. (Southwest Finnish) Alternative form of ajastaika

• “aasta”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN, retrieved 2022-10-08.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

aasta

1. elative singular of aa

   Kerro minulle kaikki, aasta ööhön.

   Tell me everything, from A to Z.

• saata, sataa, tasaa

aasta (genitive aasta, partitive aastat)

1. Alternative form of aastak