aasta

From Proto-Finnic *aigasta-aika, from *aigasta (“from time”), and *aika (“time”), 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”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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
• M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), “aasta”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language]‎ (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)

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

See the entry for the lemma form.

aasta

1. elative singular of aa

   Kerro minulle kaikki, aasta ööhön.

   Tell me everything, from A to Z.

Probably borrowed from Estonian aasta (“year”).

aasta (dialectal)

1. (Southwest Finnish) Alternative form of ajastaika

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

• saata, sataa, tasaa

aasta (genitive aasta, partitive aastat)

1. Alternative form of aastak