maas

See also: Maas, mås, maaş, and māas

English

Etymology 1

From Zulu.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mäs, IPA^(key): /mɑːs/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːs

Noun

maas (uncountable)

1. (South Africa) sour milk

Alternative forms

• amasi (South Africa)

Etymology 2

From the verb to maa.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mäz, IPA^(key): /mɑːz/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːz

Verb

maas

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of maa

See also

• laal maas (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• -sama, AAMS, AAMs, AMSA, Masa, Sama, aams, amas, masa

Cebuano

Adjective

maas

1. old, aged

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch maesche, from Old Dutch *maska, from Proto-West Germanic *maskā, from Proto-Germanic *maskwǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: maas
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

maas f (plural mazen, diminutive maasje n)

1. the basic element constituting a mesh or net

   Hij glipte door de mazen van het net.

   He escaped through the holes in the net.

Derived terms

• fijnmazig
• grofmazig

Estonian

Noun

maas

1. inessive singular of maa

Kalkoti

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mems-

Proto-Indo-European *mḗmsder.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *māmsám

Sanskrit मां॒स (māṃsá)

Kalkoti maas

Inherited from Sanskrit मां॒स (māṃsá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *māmsám, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms, from *mems-. Cognate with Palula mhaás.

Noun

maas

1. meat

References

• Hultman, David (2023) Topics in the grammar of Kalkoti (Thesis)‎^[1], Stockholm University, page 18

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

maas

1. alternative form of mace (“mace”)

Etymology 2

Noun

maas

1. alternative form of macys

Tetum

Verb

maas

1. to yawn