tas

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Translingual

Symbol

tas

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tây Bồi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tây Bồi terms

English

Noun

tas (plural tasses)

1. Alternative spelling of tass.

Anagrams

• S.A.T., Sta., ats, ast, Sat., Sta, sta, S. A. T., AST, sat, Ast, ATs, sat., ATS, Sat, at's, TSA, SAT, T(S/A), as't, -ast, STA

Ahtna

Etymology 1

Compare Lower Tanana twsr.

Noun

tas

1. blunt-headed arrow for small game

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 327

Etymology 2

See the etymologies of the corresponding lemma forms/

Stem

tas

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Momentaneous			taatsʼ (turn) tatsʼ (poke)
Progressive	taatsʼ (turn)
Reversative	taatsʼ (turn) tatsʼ (poke)		taatsʼ (turn) tatsʼ (poke)	taatsʼ (turn) tatsʼ (poke)
Semelfactive	tatsʼ (poke)	tatsʼ (poke)	tatsʼ (poke)	tatsʼ (poke)
Customary	taatsʼ (turn) tatsʼ (poke)	taatsʼ (turn) tatsʼ (poke)	taatsʼ (turn) tatsʼ (poke)	taatsʼ (turn) tatsʼ (poke)

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtas/ [ˈt̪as]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: tas

Verb

tas

1. second-person singular present indicative of tar

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		тас
Arabic		طاس

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɑs]

• Audio (Baku):

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Etymology 1

From Arabic طَاس (ṭās), ultimately from Middle Persian tšt'. Doublet of teşt.

Noun

tas (definite accusative tası, plural taslar)

1. a small tub or bason
2. basin (a wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall)

Derived terms

• tasa düşmək

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Middle Persian tʾs (tās)

Persian طاس (tâs)bor.

Azerbaijani tas

Borrowed from Persian طاس (tâs), from Middle Persian tʾs (tās, “die, dice”).

Noun

tas (definite accusative tası, plural taslar)

1. (backgammon) match (a series of games, played until one player reaches three points, for example by winning three single games (oyuns), or a single game and a gammon (mars).)

Declension

Declension of tas

	singular	plural
nominative	tas	taslar
definite accusative	tası	tasları
dative	tasa	taslara
locative	tasda	taslarda
ablative	tasdan	taslardan
definite genitive	tasın	tasların

Possessive forms of tas

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tasım	taslarım
sənin (“your”)	tasın	tasların
onun (“his/her/its”)	tası	tasları
bizim (“our”)	tasımız	taslarımız
sizin (“your”)	tasınız	taslarınız
onların (“their”)	tası or tasları	tasları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tasımı	taslarımı
sənin (“your”)	tasını	taslarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	tasını	taslarını
bizim (“our”)	tasımızı	taslarımızı
sizin (“your”)	tasınızı	taslarınızı
onların (“their”)	tasını or taslarını	taslarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tasıma	taslarıma
sənin (“your”)	tasına	taslarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	tasına	taslarına
bizim (“our”)	tasımıza	taslarımıza
sizin (“your”)	tasınıza	taslarınıza
onların (“their”)	tasına or taslarına	taslarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tasımda	taslarımda
sənin (“your”)	tasında	taslarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	tasında	taslarında
bizim (“our”)	tasımızda	taslarımızda
sizin (“your”)	tasınızda	taslarınızda
onların (“their”)	tasında or taslarında	taslarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tasımdan	taslarımdan
sənin (“your”)	tasından	taslarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	tasından	taslarından
bizim (“our”)	tasımızdan	taslarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	tasınızdan	taslarınızdan
onların (“their”)	tasından or taslarından	taslarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tasımın	taslarımın
sənin (“your”)	tasının	taslarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	tasının	taslarının
bizim (“our”)	tasımızın	taslarımızın
sizin (“your”)	tasınızın	taslarınızın
onların (“their”)	tasının or taslarının	taslarının

Further reading

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “tas”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[2] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 4, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, pages 271-272

Chono

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Numeral

tas

1. three

   Dios Sap, Dios Cot, Dios Espiritu Santo, tas persona, cayca Dios üeñec. (18th century catechism)

   Dios Padre, Dios Hijo, Dios Espíritu Santo. Tres personas, pero un solo Dios nomás. (translation by Bausami, 1975)

   God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. Three persons but only one God.

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish tat, from Proto-Brythonic *tad, from Proto-Celtic *tatos. Cognate with Breton and Welsh tad.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [taːz]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [tæːz]

• Audio (Revived Late Cornish):

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Noun

tas m (plural tasow)

1. father, dad

   Synonym: sira

Coordinate terms

family members: teyluedit

• broder
• ewnter
• flogh
• flogh gwynn
• gour
• gwreg
• hwor
• kenderow
• keniterow
• kesflogh
• kosin
• mab
• mab wynn
• mamm
• mamm wynn
• modrep
• myrgh
• myrgh wynn
• nith
• noy
• tas
• tas gwynn

Derived terms

• tas besydh (“godfather”)
• tas gwynn (“grandfather”)
• tas kuv (“great-grandfather”)
• Tas Nadelik (“Father Christmas”)
• tas sans (“patron saint”)
• tasegi (“patronise”, verb)
• tasegus (“patronising, condescending”)
• tasek (“patron”)
• tasekter, tasogeth (“fatherhood, paternity”)
• tasik (“dad, daddy”)
• tasogedh (“patronage, affiliation”)
• tasrewl (“patriarchy”)
• tasveth (“foster father”)

Mutation

Mutation of tas

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
tas	das	thas	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtas]

Verb

tas

1. second-person singular imperative of tasit

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: tas
• Rhymes: -ɑs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tassche, tasche, from Old Dutch *taska, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *taska, from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ. Compare Old High German tasca (modern German Tasche), Middle Low German taske, English tasse.

Noun

tas f (plural tassen, diminutive tasje n)

1. bag

   Synonym: zak

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) tasch

Derived terms

• aktetas
• boekentas
• boodschappentas
• buideltas
• fietstas
• geldtas
• gymtas
• handtas
• herderstasje
• kwarktassen
• reistas
• rugtas
• schooltas
• schoudertas
• sporttas
• toilettas
• winkeltas
• zadeltas

Related terms

• tassen
• TVTAS

Descendants

• Jersey Dutch: tās, tos
• → Aukan: tasi
• → Caribbean Hindustani: tás
• → Kari'na: tasy
• → Indonesian: tas
  • → Ternate: tas

Etymology 2

From French tasse, from Arabic طَاس (ṭās) (a shortening of طَسْت (ṭast)), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt).

Noun

tas f (plural tassen, diminutive tasje n)

1. (Belgium) cup (like a cup of coffee or tea)

Synonyms

• (cup): kop, kopje, mok, jat

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch tas, tasse, from Old Dutch *tas, *tasso, compare Old English tas and English tass (from Frankish), from Proto-Germanic *tassaz (“pile, heap”), Proto-Indo-European *dāy- (“to divide, split, section, part, separate”).

Noun

tas m

1. (dialectal) heap

Anagrams

• sta

Estonian

Pronoun

tas

1. inessive singular of ta

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French tas (“heap, mass”), from Frankish *tas (“mass”), from Proto-Germanic *tassaz (“heap, mow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dāy- (“to divide, split, section, part, separate”).

Akin to Middle Dutch tas, tasse (“heap, pile”) (Dutch tas), Middle Low German tas (“heap, stack of wheat or other grain, mow”), Old English tas (“heap, mow of corn or hay”). Compare also Scottish Gaelic dais (“heap”), Scots dass, Welsh dâs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/ ~ /tɑ/

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Noun

tas m (invariable)

1. heap, pile, a great many
   • 1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, chapter I, in Le petit prince [The Little Prince], New York: Reynal & Hitchcock:

     J'ai ainsi eu, au cours de ma vie, des tas de contacts avec des tas de gens sérieux. J'ai beaucoup vécu chez les grandes personnes. Je les ai vues de très près. Ça n'a pas trop amélioré mon opinion.

     In the course of this life I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn't much improved my opinion of them.

   • 1964, “Sacré Charlemagne”, Robert Gall (lyrics), Georges Liferman (music)‎^[3]:

     Il faut apprendre à compter et faire des tas de dictées.

     One has to learn to calculate and do heaps of dictations.

   • 2001, Alain Souchon, “La vie ne vaut rien”:

     Il a demandé leur avis à des tas de gens ravis / Ravis, de donner leur avis sur la vie

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (colloquial, dialectal) thing

Derived terms

• sur le tas
• tas de ferraille

Related terms

• tasser

Further reading

• “tas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• STA

Guianese Creole

Etymology

From French tasse.

Noun

tas

1. cup (drinking vessel)

References

• Barthelemi, Georges (1995), Dictionnaire pratique créole guyanais - français [Practical Guianese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Cayenne: Ibis Rouge Éditions, →ISBN, page 188

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French tasse (“cup”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tas/

Noun

tas

1. cup (drinking vessel)

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[4], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 188

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtas/ [ˈt̪as]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: tas

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch tas, from Middle Dutch tassche, tasche, from Old Dutch *taska, from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ. Compare Old High German tasca (modern German Tasche), Middle Low German taske, English tasse.

Noun

tas (plural tas-tas)

1. bag

Derived terms

• bertas

• tas bahu
• tas bekal
• tas belanja
• tas boneka
• tas buket
• tas dafel
• tas gendong
• tas hobo
• tas jinjing
• tas kantor
• tas kepit
• tas kerja
• tas kosmetik
• tas kotak
• tas kulit kayu
• tas kurir
• tas pakaian
• tas pinggang
• tas pria
• tas punggung
• tas ransel
• tas rias
• tas selempang
• tas serbaguna
• tas serut
• tas siaga bencana
• tas simpul
• tas tali tarik
• tas tangan
• tas tote
• tas tukang pos

Related terms

• aktentas

Descendants

• → Ternate: tas

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

tas (plural tas-tas)

1. imitation of shooting sounds (guns and so on)

   Synonyms: das, detas

2. very soft sound

Etymology 3

Adverb

tas

1. apheretic form of lantas

Etymology 4

Noun

tas (plural tas-tas)

1. (botany) Any of species Bhesa indica and Bhesa paniculata) of trees of tropical Asia

Further reading

• “tas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kangean

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch tas, from Middle Dutch tassche, tasche, from Old Dutch *taska, from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tas

Noun

tas

1. bag; backpack

   Synonym: ransel

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas, from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“that”), part of the paradigm of *só, *séh₂, *tód (“this, that”).

Cognates include Lithuanian tàs, Old Prussian stas (< *sa + *tas), Sudovian tas, Old Church Slavonic тъ (tŭ), Ukrainian and Russian тот (tot), Bulgarian тъй (tăj), Czech ten and Polish ten, Sanskrit तद् (tad), Ancient Greek τό (tó), Latin iste (< *is-te, with te from *to-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtas]

Pronoun

tas (demonstrative, distal) (proximal: šis)

1. (used as a determiner) that

   kur ir tas zirgs? ― where is that horse?

   kur ir tā vista? ― where is that chicken?

   kur ir tas vecais koks? ― where is that old tree?

   to dienu es ļoti labi atceros ― that day I remember very well

   tai vietā mēs esam jau bijuši ― to that place we have already been

   ko tu lasi tajās jaunajās grāmatās? ― what are you reading in those new books?

2. (used as a pronoun) that, that one

   tas ir zirgs ― that is a horse

   tā ir vista ― that is a chicken

   tas ir mans tēvs ― that (one) is my father

   tā ir mana māte ― that (one) is my mother

   tie ir mani bērni ― those (ones) are my children

   tās ir manas meitas ― those (ones) are my daughters

Declension

Declension of tas

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	tas	tie		tā	tās
genitive	tā	to		tās	to
dative	tam	tiem		tai	tām
accusative	to	tos		to	tās
instrumental	to	tiem		to	tām
locative	tajā, tai, tanī	tajos, tais, tanīs		tajā, tai, tanī	tajās, tais, tanīs
vocative	—	—		—	—

Related terms

• tā
• tāds

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɐs]
• Rhymes: -ɐs
• Syllabification: tàs

Pronoun

tàs m sg (feminine tà, plural tiẽ, feminine plural tõs)

1. (used as a determiner) that

   kur̃ yrà tàs arklỹs? ― where is that horse?

   kur̃ yrà tà vištà? ― where is that chicken?

   tą̃ diẽną àš prisi̇̀menu labai̇̃ gerai̇̃ ― that day I remember very well

   tojè viẽtoje mẽs jaũ bùvome ― that place we have already been (to)

   ką̃ tù skaitai̇̃ tosè naujosè knỹgose? ― what are you reading in those new books?

Declension

declension of tas

	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative (vardininkas)	tàs	tiẽ		tà	tõs
genitive (kilmininkas)	tõ	tų̃		tõs	tų̃
dative (naudininkas)	tám	ti̇́ems		tái	tóms
accusative (galininkas)	tą̃	tuõs		tą̃	tàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	tuõ	tai̇̃s		tà	tomi̇̀s
locative (vietininkas)	tamè	tuosè		tojè	tosè

Livonian

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Latvian tase. Ultimately from French tasse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑs/, [ˈtɑsː]

Noun

tas

1. cup, teacup
2. a serving of tea or coffee

Usage notes

Likely to be used with daintier styles of dishware, heavier cups or mugs are likely to be called krūz.

Declension

Declension of tas (136)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	tas	tassõd
genitive (genitīv)	tas	tassõd
partitive (partitīv)	tassõ	tassidi
dative (datīv)	tassõn	tassõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	tassõks	tassõdõks
illative (illatīv)	tassõ	tassiž
inessive (inesīv)	tassõs	tassis
elative (elatīv)	tassõst	tassist

See also

• alīztas
• allitas
• kaffetas

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “tas”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[5] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Maranao

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *aCas

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *atas

Maranao tas

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *atas.

Noun

tas

1. height

Mauritian Creole

Etymology 1

From French tasse.

Noun

tas

1. cup (drinking vessel)

Etymology 2

From French tache.

Noun

tas

1. stain, blemish

Related terms

• tase

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 312
• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 1023

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tas

1. passive of ta

Palula

Etymology

From Sanskrit त (ta, “base of nom.sg.n., all obl.sg and all pl. forms of pron. and pronom. adj”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tas/

Pronoun

tas (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling تس)

1. him
2. her
3. it (rem acc)

Alternative forms

• tes (Biori)

References

• Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “tas”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[6], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Roria

Noun

tas

1. sea

References

• Tryon, D. T. (1976), New Hebrides languages: An internal classification (Pacific Linguistics; C-50)‎^[7], Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طاس (tas) (whence Turkish tas), from Arabic طَاس (ṭās, “bowl, cup”), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt). Doublet of tàcna.

Noun

tȁs m inan (Cyrillic spelling та̏с)

1. cymbal
2. the plate part of a traditional balance or scale
3. (Eastern Orthodoxy) collection plate

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

See also

• cìmbal
• cimbalo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtas/ [ˈt̪as]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: tas

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French tas.

Noun

tas m (plural tases or tas)

1. small anvil

   Hypernym: yunque

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• tás

Verb

tas

1. (colloquial) apheretic form of estás

Further reading

• “tas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “tas”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Swedish

Verb

tas

1. passive infinitive of ta
2. present passive of ta

Anagrams

• -ast

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtas/ [ˈt̪as]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: tas

Adverb

tas (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜐ᜔) (informal)

1. alternative spelling of ta's

Anagrams

• tsa, Sta.

Tarifit

Verb

tas (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙ)

1. third-person feminine singular aorist of as

Ternate

Etymology

From Indonesian tas, from Dutch tas, from Middle Dutch tasche, Old Dutch *taska, from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtas]

Noun

tas

1. a bag

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طاس (tas), which borrowed this from Arabic طَاس (ṭās, “bowl”) (a shortening of طَسْت (ṭast)), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt), ultimately from the past participle of Proto-Iranian *taš- (“to make, construct; to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ-. Cognate with French tasse.

Noun

tas (definite accusative tası, plural taslar)

1. a bowl, typically made of metal.
   • 2005, Saffet Ulusoy, Aklımda kalanlar, page 66:

     Meğer bu tas ve içindeki su, yemek yedikten sonra içine ellerini sokup yıkamaya yarıyormuş.

     Apparently this bowl and the water in it served to dip your hands in and wash them after the meal.

Declension

Declension of tas

singular plural nominative tas taslar definite accusative tası tasları dative tasa taslara locative tasta taslarda ablative tastan taslardan genitive tasın tasların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular tasım taslarım 2nd singular tasın tasların 3rd singular tası tasları 1st plural tasımız taslarımız 2nd plural tasınız taslarınız 3rd plural tasları tasları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular tasımı taslarımı 2nd singular tasını taslarını 3rd singular tasını taslarını 1st plural tasımızı taslarımızı 2nd plural tasınızı taslarınızı 3rd plural taslarını taslarını dative singular plural 1st singular tasıma taslarıma 2nd singular tasına taslarına 3rd singular tasına taslarına 1st plural tasımıza taslarımıza 2nd plural tasınıza taslarınıza 3rd plural taslarına taslarına locative singular plural 1st singular tasımda taslarımda 2nd singular tasında taslarında 3rd singular tasında taslarında 1st plural tasımızda taslarımızda 2nd plural tasınızda taslarınızda 3rd plural taslarında taslarında ablative singular plural 1st singular tasımdan taslarımdan 2nd singular tasından taslarından 3rd singular tasından taslarından 1st plural tasımızdan taslarımızdan 2nd plural tasınızdan taslarınızdan 3rd plural taslarından taslarından genitive singular plural 1st singular tasımın taslarımın 2nd singular tasının taslarının 3rd singular tasının taslarının 1st plural tasımızın taslarımızın 2nd plural tasınızın taslarınızın 3rd plural taslarının taslarının

Derived terms

• hamam tası

References

• “tas”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay tas, from Dutch tas, possibly through Ternate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪as̪/

Noun

tas

1. bag
2. handbag

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[8], Pacific linguistics

White Hmong

Alternative forms

• tag

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta˩/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *N-dam(X) (“half (of day)”).

Noun

tas

1. (in compounds) segments (of days)

Derived terms

• ib tag hmo (“midnight”)
• tag kis (“tomorrow”)
• tag kis no (“this morning”)

Etymology 2

Particle

tas

1. particle used to indicate completion of an action: done, finished, completed

   Noj tas lawm. ― Finished eating.

2. an unrestricted post-verbal intensifier commonly duplicated when used

   zoo tas tas ― very very good

Verb

tas

1. to finish

Derived terms

• tag los (“in the past”)
• tas nrho (“all, everything”)

Usage notes

In practice, the variant pronunciation tag is more commonly used in both speech and writing.

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[9], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 304-5.