taas

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See also: tås, tas, Tas, TAS, tās, tAS, taş, t'as, and Tas.

English

Noun

taas

  1. plural of taa

Anagrams

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧as
  • IPA(key): /ˈtaʔas/,

Adjective

táas

  1. upstairs
    Antonym: baba
  2. upward
    Synonym: subida

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *atas, from Proto-Austronesian *aCas (compare Aklanon taas, Hiligaynon taas, Indonesian atas, Malay atas, and Tagalog taas).

Pronunciation 1

Adjective

taas

  1. long
  2. tall
  3. high

Verb

taas

  1. to make something long or tall
  2. to grow taller; increase in height
  3. to raise something higher
    1. for (one's) temperature, pressure, or other quantities to rise

Pronunciation 2

Noun

taas

  1. the upper floors of a building
  2. one's superior; a higher-up
  3. (Christianity) heaven

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English task.

Pronunciation

Noun

taas

  1. task

References

Finnish

Etymology

taka +‎ -s (s-lative singular)

Pronunciation

Adverb

taas

  1. again, another time, once again
  2. on the other hand, for one

Inflection

Declension of taka-
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative taka- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive takaa –sublative – –
accusative – –lative (taas) –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive – –distributive – –
ablative – –temp. dist. – takaisin
allative – –prolative taitse –
essive takana –situative – –
translative taa
taakse		 –oppositive – –
abessive – –
instructive – –
comitative – –

Synonyms

Derived terms

compounds

Related terms

  • See the inflection table.

Further reading

Anagrams

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *atas, from Proto-Austronesian *aCas (compare Aklanon taas, Cebuano taas, Indonesian atas, Malay atas, and Tagalog taas).

Noun

táas

  1. height

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *taka-. Cognates include Finnish taas and Karelian tuas.

Pronunciation

Adverb

taas

  1. again
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 56:
      Timo, miks siä makkaat taas?
      Timo, why are you sleeping again?
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
      Taas läksin mänomää.
      Taas paukkaa jää.
      Again I went for a walk.
      Again the ice crackles.

Related terms

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 136
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 579

Anagrams

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *atas, compare Malay atas.

Adverb

taas

  1. above

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English tas (“mow of corn or hay”), from Proto-Germanic *tassaz (“heap, mass”). Cognate with Middle Low German tas (“stack of hay or wheat”), Middle Dutch tas, tasse (“heap, pile”).

Noun

taas (plural tases)

  1. heap
    To ransake in the taas of bodyes dede — Chaucer

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish taza, from Andalusian Arabic طَاس, from Arabic طَاس (ṭās), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt). C.f. O'odham ta꞉sa.

Noun

taas (plural tataas)

  1. cup

References

  • R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎ (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 158

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *atas (compare Aklanon taas, Cebuano taas, Hiligaynon taas, and Malay atas), from Proto-Austronesian *aCas.

Pronunciation

Noun

taás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜀᜐ᜔)

  1. height (distance from the base of something to the top)
    Synonyms: tayog, layog
  2. altitude; elevation above a given level
  3. height; stature (of a standing person, animal, etc.)
    Synonyms: tangkad, hagway
  4. level; amount (of prices)
    Synonyms: kamahalan, kataasan
  5. promotion (in one's position or office)
    Synonyms: asenso, pag-asenso
  6. (figurative) aloftness; highness (of a person when dealing with others)
    Synonyms: kataasan, kahambugan, kapalaluan
  7. (figurative) eminence; nobility
    Synonyms: kadakilaan, kabunyian, kamahalan
  8. (colloquial) Alternative form of itaas
    Nasa taas pa siya.
    He/she is still upstairs.

Derived terms

Verb

taás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜀᜐ᜔)

  1. immediate imperative mood of itaas
  2. immediate imperative mood of magtaas
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