tasis

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See also: tasíš, tāsis, and tāsīs

English

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Examples (prosody)

I love words that give me a chance
to tr-r-r-r-rill my "r"s

Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek τάσις (tásis, stretching, tension, intensity).

Noun

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tasis (uncountable)

  1. (prosody) Extending the sound of an utterance for the pleasure of saying or hearing it.
  2. (usually in combination, medicine) A stretching.

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Asturian

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Noun

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tasis

  1. plural of tasi