aas

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See also: ås, Aas, AAs, AAS, and áas

Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

aas

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

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aːs/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: aas
  • Rhymes: -aːs

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch âes, from Old Dutch ās, from Proto-Germanic *ēsaz.

Noun[edit]

aas n (uncountable)

  1. bait
  2. carrion
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: aas
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: asi
  • Negerhollands: aes
  • Papiamentu: as, aas, haas

Verb[edit]

aas

  1. inflection of azen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. imperative singular

Etymology 2[edit]

From earlier ase, from Middle Dutch aes, from Old French as, from Latin as.

Noun[edit]

aas m or n (plural azen, diminutive aasje n)

  1. ace (playing cards)
  2. ace (skilled pilot, esp. in the air force; skilled person)
  3. (obsolete) unit of mass corresponding to approximately 0.05 grams
  4. (obsolete) ace, any very small amount
Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: aas
  • Indonesian: as
  • Papiamentu: as
  • Sranan Tongo: asi

Anagrams[edit]

Estonian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *ansa, from a Baltic language. Compare Old Prussian ansis (“hook, latch”) and Latvian osa. Cognate to Finnish ansa and Votic aasa (Kattila, Mati).

Noun[edit]

aas (genitive aasa, partitive aasa)

  1. loop, noose, a simple knot
  2. a U-shaped fastener made of metal
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric [Term?]. Compare Hungarian aszó, aszik. Alternatively the same root as in etymology 1, with the word originally meaning "meander".

Noun[edit]

aas (genitive aasa, partitive aasa)

  1. lea, meadow
Declension[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

aas m

  1. plural of aa

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

aas

  1. singular imperative of aasen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of aasen

Portuguese[edit]

Contraction[edit]

aas f pl

  1. Obsolete spelling of às

Tetum[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Maybe from *taas. If so, then from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *atas. Compare Tagalog mataas and Malay atas.

Adjective[edit]

aas

  1. high

Tlingit[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ʔàːs/

Noun[edit]

aas

  1. tree