tetas

See also: tétas and têtas

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *tastas (“sever, cut through, rip out stitches”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tətas/
• Rhymes: -ətas, -tas, -as

Verb

tetas (Jawi spelling تتس)

1. (intransitive) to hatch (to emerge from an egg)
2. (transitive, sewing) to unstitch; to rip out (the seams of a garment)

   Synonym: retas

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penetas [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penetasan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• menetas [agent focus] (meN-)
• menetaskan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• ditetaskan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tetas

Further reading

• “tetas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Portuguese

Noun

tetas

1. plural of teta

Spanish

Noun

tetas f pl

1. plural of teta