agas
Ambonese Malay
Bau Bidayuh
Etymology
From Malay agas, from Proto-Malayic *agas.
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧gas
Etymology 1
Compare awas.
Etymology 2
From Malay agas, from Proto-Malayic *agas.
Noun
agas
- a sandfly; any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:agas.
Cornish
Alternative forms
- gàs (Revived Late Cornish)
- 'gas (after certain words)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æɡəs/, /æɡəz/
Ibaloi
Ido
Ilocano
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay agas, from Classical Malay اڬس (agas), from Proto-Malayic *agas.
Kankanaey
Karao
Latin
Limos Kalinga
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *agas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡas/
- Rhymes: -aɡas, -ɡas, -as
Noun
agas (Jawi spelling اݢس, plural agas-agas, informal 1st possessive agasku, 2nd possessive agasmu, 3rd possessive agasnya)
- sandfly (fly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus)
Further reading
- “agas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Spanish
Swedish
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈʔaɡas/ [ˈʔa.ɣɐs] (noun)
- Rhymes: -aɡas
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈɡas/ [ʔɐˈɣas] (adjective)
- Rhymes: -as
- IPA(key): /ˈʔaɡas/ [ˈʔa.ɣɐs] (noun)
- Syllabification: a‧gas
Noun
agas (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜐ᜔)
- miscarriage; abortion
- Synonyms: hulog, pagkahulog, laglag, pagkalaglag
- hemorrhage
- Synonym: pagdurugo
Derived terms
- agasan
- maagas
- maagasan
- magpaagas
- pagpapaagas
- pampaagas
Adjective
agás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜐ᜔)
References
- “agas”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024
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