taas

See also: tås

English

Noun

taas

  1. plural of taa

Anagrams

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
  • (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /t̪aʔˈas̪/
  • Rhymes: -aʔs
  • Hyphenation: ta‧as

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
  • (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˈt̪aʔas̪/
  • Rhymes: -aʔs

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
  • IPA(key): /tɑːs/

Noun

taas

  1. task

References

Finnish

(index ta)

Etymology

From the lative singular taka +‎ -s.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: taas

Adverb

taas

  1. again
  2. on the other hand, for one

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

Synonyms

Compounds
  • edes-taas
  • ees-taas

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

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, from Proto-Austronesian *aCas (compare Aklanon taas, Cebuano taas, Hiligaynon taas, Indonesian atas, and Malay atas)

Noun

taás

  1. height

Adverb

taás

  1. above
  2. upstairs
    Nasa taas pa siya.
    He/she is still upstairs.

Antonyms
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