Latvian

Adverb

augšā

1. up, upward

   doties pa kāpnēm augšā‎ ― to go up the stairs

   skriet pa kāpnēm augšā un lejā‎ ― to run up and down the stairs

   zirgs velk ratus pa nogāzi augšā‎ ― the horse pulls the cart up the slope

   rokas augšā!‎ ― hands up! (order to give up)

   galvu augšā! mums ienaidnieks jāuzveic!‎ ― cheer (lit. head) up! we must defeat the enemy!

2. used to reinforce the sense of the prefix uz- on certain verbs

   uzkāpt augšā kalnā, tornī‎ ― to climb up the mountain, the tower

   kaķis uzlēca augšā uz galda‎ ― the cat jumped up on a table

   Klaudijs Vārpa uzgāja augšā balkonā‎ ― Klaudijs Vārpa went up to the balcony

3. used to replace the prefix uz- on certain verbs to mark imperfective aspect

   kāpt kokā augšā‎ ― to climb up (to the top) of the tree

   rāpties pa nogāzi augšā‎ ― to climb up (to the top) of the slope

   plānā ir: šogad uzcelt tauta namu... materiāli ir savesti... lūdzu, tagad cel augšā!‎ ― it is in the plan: to build up a house of the people (= community centeer) this year... the materials are gathered (already)... please, now build (it) up!

4. up, standing, on one's feet

   slieties augšā‎ ― to stand up

   lēkt augšā‎ ― to jump up

   Andris krita, bet jau nākošā acumirklī Andris bija augšā un dēvās tālāk‎ ― Andris fell, but the next moment Andris was already up and went further

5. up, awake

   tu vēl augšā?‎ ― you still up?

   celt augšā‎ ― to wake (someone) up

   celties augšā‎ ― to wake and get up

   pirmdienas rīts; vecmāmuļa pirmā augšā‎ ― Monday morning; granny is the first one up (= awake and up)

Synonyms

• (of "upward"):uz augšu, augšup, sauļup (poetic)
• (reinforcing uz- verbs): virsū
• (of "standing, on one's feet"): stāvus, kājās
• (of "awake"): nomodā

Antonyms

• (of "up", "upward"): lejā
• (of "upward"): lejup, uz leju, zemup (rare)

Noun

augšā f

1. locative singular form of augša