taas
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
- Hyphenation: ta‧as
- (General Cebuano)
- IPA(key): /taˈʔas/, [t̪ʌˈʔas̪]
- Rhymes: -aʔs
Verb
taas
Pronunciation 2
- Hyphenation: ta‧as
- (General Cebuano)
- IPA(key): /ˈtaʔas/, [ˈt̪a.ʔʌs̪]
- Rhymes: -aʔs
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑːs/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ːs̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑːs
- Syllabification(key): taas
Inflection
Declension of taka-
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Synonyms
Further reading
- “taas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *atas, from Proto-Austronesian *aCas (compare Aklanon taas, Cebuano taas, Indonesian atas, Malay atas, and Tagalog taas).
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *taka-. Cognates include Finnish taas and Karelian tuas.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːs/, [ˈtɑːz̠]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːs/, [ˈtɑːʒ̥]
- Rhymes: -ɑːs
- Hyphenation: taas
Adverb
taas
- 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.
- Again I went for a walk.
Related terms
- See taka-
References
Anagrams
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”).
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.
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
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈʔas/ [tɐˈʔas]
- Rhymes: -as
- (now dialectal, Southern Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtaʔas/ [ˈta.ʔɐs]
- Rhymes: -aʔas
- Syllabification: ta‧as
Noun
taás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜀᜐ᜔)
- height (distance from the base of something to the top)
- altitude; elevation above a given level
- height; stature (of a standing person, animal, etc.)
- level; amount (of prices)
- Synonyms: kamahalan, kataasan
- promotion (in one's position or office)
- Synonyms: asenso, pag-asenso
- (figurative) aloftness; highness (of a person when dealing with others)
- Synonyms: kataasan, kahambugan, kapalaluan
- (figurative) eminence; nobility
- Synonyms: kadakilaan, kabunyian, kamahalan
- (colloquial) Alternative form of itaas
- Nasa taas pa siya.
- He/she is still upstairs.
Derived terms
- itaas
- kaitaasan
- kasintaas
- kataas-taasan
- Kataas-taasang Hukuman
- kataasan
- magkasintaas
- magmataas
- magpaitaas
- magpataas
- magsintaas
- magtaas
- magtaas ng boses
- makataas
- mapagmataas
- mataas
- mataas ang ihi
- mataasan
- naitataas
- nakatataas
- napakataas
- pagkakataas
- pagmamataas
- pagmataasan
- pagpapataas
- pagtaas
- pagtataas
- paitaas
- pampataas
- pataas
- pataasan
- pataasin
- sa itaas
- taas ng isip
- taas ng loob
- taas-baba
- taas-noo
- taas-presyo
- taas-taasan
- taasan
- taasan ng boses
- tumaas