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English
Noun
talas
- plural of tala
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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *talas, probably of the same origin as *taloi (which see for more).
Pronunciation
Noun
talas
- boat shed (simple shelter for boats, nets and other fishing gear)
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French
Verb
talas
- second-person singular past historic of taler
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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay talas, from Proto-Malayic *taləs, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs. Doublet of taro, a borrowing from Maori via English.
Pronunciation
Noun
talas (plural talas-talas, first-person possessive talasku, second-person possessive talasmu, third-person possessive talasnya)
- taro
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Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *taləs, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.
Pronunciation
Noun
talas (Jawi spelling تالس, informal 1st possessive talasku, 2nd possessive talasmu, 3rd possessive talasnya)
- taro
- Hypernym: keladi
Ada ubi ada talas, ada budi ada balas.- Good deeds will be returned with gratitude someday.
- (literally, “Taro and tubers, kindness will return favors.”)
Membungkus tulang dengan daun talas.- To be not careful in keeping secrets.
- (literally, “Wrapping a bone with a taro leaf.”)
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Portuguese
Etymology 1
Noun
talas
- plural of tala
Etymology 2
Verb
talas
- second-person singular present indicative of talar
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طلاس (talas), طالاز (talaz), تالاز (talaz), from Ancient Greek θάλασσα (thálassa, “sea”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tâlaːs/
- Hyphenation: ta‧las
Noun
tȁlās m (Cyrillic spelling та̏ла̄с)
- (Bosnia, Serbia, regional Croatia) wave
- Synonym: (Croatia) vȃl
Usage notes
In Croatian the term is chiefly used expressively in the language of literature, and vȃl is the standard term.
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtalas/
- Rhymes: -alas
- Syllabification: ta‧las
Noun
talas f pl
- plural of tala
Verb
talas
- second-person singular present indicative of talar
Swedish
Verb
talas
- passive infinitive of tala
- present passive of tala
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Tagalog
Etymology
Compare tulis and tilos.
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /ˈtalas/,
- Hyphenation: ta‧las
Noun
talas (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜐ᜔)
- sharpness (of blades, points, etc.)
- Synonyms: talim, kataliman, hayap, kahayapan
- perceptiveness; keenness; sharpness (of one's sight, hearing, etc.)
- sharp-wittedness
- Synonyms: talisik, katalisikan
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Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /taˈlas/,
- Hyphenation: ta‧las
Noun
talás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜐ᜔)
- cutting off of palm leaves from the palm rib, fronds from the palm leaf, or thorns or small twigs from a branch
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Adjective
talás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜐ᜔)
- removed; cut off (of fronds, thorns, twigs, etc.)
Tetum
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.
Noun
talas
- (botany) an aroid plant with highly-prized edible tubers