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taas

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

English

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Noun

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taas

  1. plural of taa

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Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ta‧as
  • IPA(key): /ˈtaʔas/ [ˈta.ʔas]

Adjective

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táas

  1. upstairs
    Antonym: baba
  2. upward
    Synonym: subida

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

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Adjective

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taas

  1. long
  2. tall
  3. high

Verb

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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

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Noun

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taas

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

Fiji Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English task.

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Noun

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taas

  1. task

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Finnish

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Etymology

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taka +‎ -s (s-lative singular)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑːs/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ːs̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːs
  • Hyphenation(key): taas

Adverb

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taas

  1. again, another time, once again
    Ei kai taas? ― Not again?
  2. on the other hand, for one
    Minä taas en pidä siitä.
    But I for one don't like it.

Inflection

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

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Derived terms

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compounds
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  • See the inflection table.

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Hiligaynon

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Etymology

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

Noun

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táas

  1. height

Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *taka-. Cognates include Finnish taas and Karelian tuas.

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Adverb

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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.
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References

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  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 136
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 579

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Mansaka

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Etymology

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

Adverb

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taas

  1. above

Middle English

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Etymology

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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

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taas (plural tases)

  1. heap
    To ransake in the taas of bodyes dede — Chaucer

Southeastern Tepehuan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish taza, from Andalusian Arabic طَاس, from Arabic طَاس (ṭās), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt). C.f. O'odham ta꞉sa.

Noun

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taas (plural tataas)

  1. cup

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  • 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)‎[3] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 158

Tagalog

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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taás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜀᜐ᜔)

  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

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Verb

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taás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜀᜐ᜔)

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

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Tausug

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *atas.

Pronunciation

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  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /taʔas/ [t̪aˈʔɑs]
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: ta‧as

Noun

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taas (Sulat Sūg spelling تَأَسْ)

  1. height; altitude; loftiness (of physical objects)
  2. height (of prices or fees, pitch of a voice, degree of education)
  3. top; upper part (of something such as upstairs)
  4. eminence; greatness

Derived terms

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