adsa Variant. atsa noun English. An adze, prim. used for chopping a depression in timber and for splitting firewood. Example sentence: Subanen. Su gadsa ni Ama', misibang kali' peniak gayu, masi' metegas gupiai sebu nen. English. As for Father's axe, it chipped when chopping wood, what do you know it's temper was too hard. c.f. wasay Generic. himan