taas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "taas"

English

Noun

taas

1. plural of taa

Anagrams

• ASAT, SATA, atas

Ahtna

Etymology

According to Kari, from ta- (“water”) + a reduced form of zeł (“hot”). Leer identifies is as a descendant of Proto-Athabaskan *taˑ-zəɬ (“hot water, soup, broth”), in which case its construction is identical to that proposed by Kari.

Noun

taas

1. soup, stew

   kʼuunʼ taas ― fish egg stew

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 324
• Leer, Jeff (1996), Comparative Athabaskan Lexicon‎^[1], volume s_za-s_zE, Alaska Native Language Archive, page 43

Cebuano

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aCas

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *atas

Cebuano taas

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *atas, from Proto-Austronesian *aCas. Compare Aklanon taas, Hiligaynon taas, Indonesian atas, Malay atas, and Tagalog taas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano)
  • IPA^(key): /taˈʔas/ [t̪aˈʔas̪] (adjective, verb)
    • Rhymes: -as
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔas/ [ˈt̪aː.ʔas̪] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -aʔas
• Syllabification: ta‧as

Adjective

taás (Badlit spelling ᜆᜀᜐ᜔)

1. long
2. tall
3. high

Verb

taás

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

Noun

taas

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

Central Bikol

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aCas

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *atas

Central Bikol taas

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *atas, from Proto-Austronesian *aCas.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

táas (Basahan spelling ᜆᜀᜐ᜔)

1. upstairs

   Antonym: baba

2. upward

   Synonym: subida

Derived terms

• itaas

Estonian

Etymology

From taga. Related to Finnish taas, Veps tagaz, and Votic taaz.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

taas (not comparable)

1. again (another time)

   Synonyms: jälle, jällegi, uuesti, taaskord

   Muuseum avab uksed taas aprillis.

   The museum will open its doors again in April.

Derived terms

verbs

• taastama

phrases

• taas kord

Compounds

• taasaktiveerima
• taasaktiveeruma
• taasalustama
• taasasustama
• taasavaldama
• taasavama
• taasavamine
• taasavastama
• taaseksport
• taaselustama
• taaselustuma
• taaserastama
• taasesitama
• taasesitus
• taasgaasistama
• taasgaasistamine
• taasiseseisvuma
• taasiseseisvumine
• taasiseseisvuspäev
• taaskasutama
• taaskasutamine
• taaskasutatav
• taaskasutus
• taaskasv
• taaskehastuma
• taaskehastumine
• taaskehastus
• taaskehtestama
• taaskohtumine
• taaskord
• taaskordne
• taaskordselt
• taaskäivitama
• taaskäivitamine
• taaskäivituma
• taaskäivitus
• taasleid
• taasleidma
• taasliituma
• taaslooma
• taasmetsastama
• taasmetsastamine
• taasnakatuma
• taasnakatumine
• taaspuhkema
• taaspüük
• taasriigistama
• taasristija
• taassissevedu
• taassuletav
• taassünd
• taassündima
• taassünnitama
• taasteke
• taastekitama
• taastekkima
• taastootma
• taastootmine
• taastrükk
• taastulek
• taastöötlema
• taastöötlus
• taasviljuv
• taasvill
• taasväljavedu
• taasõieline
• taasõli
• taasühendama
• taasühinema
• taasühinemine
• taasühiskonnastamine

References

• taas in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “taas”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English task.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑːs/

Noun

taas

1. task

References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary

Finnish

Etymology

taka (“back, rear”) +‎ -s (s-lative singular); the original sense was apparently “to the back, back(wards)” (still found in edestaas, eestaas).

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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

Declension of taka- noun case singular plural adverbial 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 – –

Synonyms

• taasen

Derived terms

• taaskaan
• taaskin

compounds

• edes-taas
• ees-taas
• eestaas

Related terms

• See the inflection table.

• taata
• taempi
• takimmainen
• tausta

Further reading

• “taas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• -staa, Asta, saat, sata, tasa

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

Ingrian

Etymology

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

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^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 136
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 579

Anagrams

• sata

Mansaka

Etymology

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

Adverb

taas

1. above

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)‎^[4] (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, Maranao tas, Tondano natas, Ivatan tohos and Malay atas), from Proto-Austronesian *aCas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈʔas/ [t̪ɐˈʔas]
  • Rhymes: -as
• (now dialectal, Southern Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔas/ [ˈt̪aː.ʔɐs]
  • Rhymes: -aʔas
• Syllabification: ta‧as

Noun

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

   Synonyms: altitud, altura, elebasyon

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

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

Verb

taás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜀᜐ᜔)

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

Further reading

• “taas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*aCas”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• asta, atas, saat, tsaa, tasa

Tausug

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aCas

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *atas

Tausug taas

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *atas.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

• magtaas
• magtaas-taas
• mataas
• mataas atay
• pataasun
• taas atay
• taasan
• taasun
• tumaas

See also

• haba'
• lanjang