agas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "agas"

Languages (20)

English

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English

Noun

agas

1. plural of aga

Anagrams

• GAAs, Saga, saag, saga

Ambonese Malay

Noun

agas

1. sandfly

Bau Bidayuh

Etymology

From Malay agas, from Proto-Malayic *agas.

Noun

agas

1. sandfly (fly of the genus Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus)

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧gas

Etymology 1

Compare awas.

Noun

agas

1. flow; movement of a real or figurative fluid

Verb

agas

1. to flow

Adjective

agas

1. leaky

Etymology 2

From Malay agas, from Proto-Malayic *agas.

Noun

agas

1. a sandfly; any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis

Cornish

Alternative forms

• gàs (Revived Late Cornish)
• 'gas (after certain words)

Etymology

Cognate with Welsh eich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡəs/, /aɡəz/

Determiner

agas

1. your (belonging to you; plural or formal)

Derived terms

• a'gas (“you”)
• agas gweles (“see you”)
• agas honan, agas honen (“yourselves”)
• agas re (“yours”)
• dh'agas (“to your (pl)”)
• y'gas (“in your”)
• y'gas mysk (“among you”)

See also

Cornish personal pronouns

number	person		independent (subject)	suffixed			infixed	possessive (dependent)
				enclitic	emphatic	reduced
singular	first		my	vy	evy	ma, a	'm	owA
	second		ty	jy, sy1	tejy	ta, a	'thM	dhaS
	third2	m	ev	ev	eev	va, a	'n	yS
		f	hi	hi	hyhi	—	's	hyA
plural	first		ni	ni	nyni		'gan, 'n	agan, 'gan
	second3		hwi	hwi	hwyhwi		'gas, 's	agas, 'gas
	third		i	i	ynsi		's	agaA, 'gaA

¹ Uncommon.
² hun and ins have been suggested as non-binary 3rd person singular pronouns, though these have not yet officially adopted.
³ Infrequently used as a formal alternative to the singular.

^S Triggers soft mutation ^A Triggers aspirate mutation ^M Triggers mixed mutation

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡas/

• Audio 1:

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• Rhymes: -aɡas
• Syllabification: a‧gas

Verb

agas

1. present of agi

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

agas m

1. plural of aga

Anagrams

• saga

Hanunoo

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡas/ [ˈʔa.ɡɐs]
• Rhymes: -aɡas
• Syllabification: a‧gas

Noun

agas (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜤᜰ᜴)

1. quality of being sealed or closed

Usage notes

• This definition is not directly attested as a standalone word.

Derived terms

• agasan
• sihi agasan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish gas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈɡas/ [ʔaˈɡɐs]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: a‧gas

Noun

agás (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜤᜰ᜴)

1. petroleum or kerosene of a lamp

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 20

Ibaloi

Noun

agas

1. medicine

Ido

Verb

agas

1. present of agar

Ilocano

Noun

agas

1. medicine

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay agas, from Classical Malay اڬس (agas), from Proto-Malayic *agas.

Noun

agas (plural agas-agas)

1. sandfly (fly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus)

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡas/ [ˈʔaː.ɡʌs]
  • Rhymes: -aɡas
• (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡah/ [ˈʔaː.ɡʌh]
  • Rhymes: -aɡah
• Syllabification: a‧gas

Noun

agas

1. medicine

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of agas

Southern / Central
Mt. Province	Tadian	agas, (Lubon) agah, (Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) agah
	Bauko	agas, (Banao, Bila, Otucan) agah
	Sabangan	agas, (Tambingan, Supang, Data, Lagan, Losad, Poblacion) agas, (Bun-ayan, Pingad, Bao-angan, Camatagan, Napua, Gayang, Capinitan, Busa, Namatec) agah
Northern / Applai
Mt. Province	Sagada	agas, (Pidlisan) akhas

Derived terms

• man-agas

Karao

Noun

agas

1. medicine

Latin

Verb

agās

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of agō

Limos Kalinga

Noun

agas

1. medicine

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *agas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡas/
• Rhymes: -aɡas, -ɡas, -as

Noun

agas (Jawi spelling اݢس, plural agas-agas or agas²)

1. sandfly (fly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus)

Further reading

• "agas" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Spanish

Noun

agas m pl

1. plural of aga

Swedish

Noun

agas

1. indefinite genitive singular of aga

Verb

agas

1. passive infinitive of aga
2. present passive of aga

Anagrams

• Saga, saga

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡas/ [ˈʔaː.ɣɐs] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -aɡas
  • IPA^(key): /ʔaˈɡas/ [ʔɐˈɣas] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: a‧gas

Noun

agas (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜐ᜔)

1. miscarriage; abortion

   Synonyms: hulog, pagkahulog, laglag, pagkalaglag

2. hemorrhage

   Synonyms: pagdurugo, emorahiya

Derived terms

• agasan
• ipaagas
• maagas
• maagasan
• magpaagas
• pagpapaagas
• pampaagas

Adjective

agás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜐ᜔)

1. slightly raspy (of voice)
2. softly and gently blowing (of wind)

   Synonyms: maagas-as, palaypalay, maagaas

References

• “agas”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.

Anagrams

• gasa, saga, gaas