taas

taas

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

English

Noun

taas

1. plural of taa

Anagrams

• ASAT, SATA, atas

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

táas

1. upstairs

   Antonym: baba

Derived terms

• itaas

 

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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

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

• Hyphenation: ta‧as
• (General Cebuano)
• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔas/, [ˈt̪a.ʔʌs̪]
• Rhymes: -aʔs

Noun

taas

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

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Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English task.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑːs/

Noun

taas

1. task

References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary

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Finnish

Etymology

From the lative singular taka +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːs/, [ˈt̪ɑːs̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑːs
• Syllabification^(key): taas

Adverb

taas

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

Inflection

Declension of taas noun case singular plural adverbial 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 – – instructive – – abessive – – comitative – –

Synonyms

• taasen

Compounds

• edes-taas
• ees-taas

Related terms

• See the inflection table.

• taata
• taempi
• takimmainen
• tausta

 

Anagrams

• -staa, Asta, saat, sata, tasa

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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

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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

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

• See taka-

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

• sata

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Mansaka

Etymology

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

Adverb

taas

1. above

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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

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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

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Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧as
• IPA^(key): /taˈʔas/, [tɐˈʔas]
• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔas/, [ˈta.ʔɐs] (dialectal, southern Tagalog, also archaic)

Noun

taás

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

• itaas
• kaitaasan
• kasintaas
• kataasan
• kataas-taasan
• Kataas-taasang Hukuman
• magkasintaas
• magmataas
• magpaitaas
• magpataas
• magsintaas
• magtaas
• makataas
• mapagmataas
• mataas
• mataasan
• mataas ang ihi
• naitataas
• nakatataas
• napakataas
• pagkakataas
• pagmamataas
• pagmataasan
• pagpapataas
• pagtaas
• pagtataas
• paitaas
• pampataas
• pataas
• pataasan
• pataasin
• sa itaas
• taas-baba
• taas ng isip
• taas ng loob
• taas-presyo
• taas-taasan
• tumaas

 

Verb

taás

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