puas

See also: PUAs and púas

English

Noun

puas

1. plural of pua

Anagrams

• APUs, AUPs, Apsu, Apus, SPUA, UAPs, paus, upas

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin passus.

Noun

puas m

1. step

French

Verb

puas

1. second-person singular past historic of puer

Anagrams

• supa

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *puhas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqas.

Adjective

puas

1. satisfied (in a state of satisfaction)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay puas, from Proto-Malayic *puhas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuas/
• Hyphenation: pu‧as
• Rhymes: -as, -s

Adjective

puas

1. satisfied (in a state of satisfaction)

Derived terms

• berpuas
• dipuaskan
• kepuasan
• ketidakpuasan
• memuaskan
• pemuas
• pemuasan
• sepuas-puasnya
• terpuaskan

 

Further reading

• “puas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *puhas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puas/
• Rhymes: -uas, -was, -as

Adjective

puas (Jawi spelling ڤواس‎)

1. satisfied (in a state of satisfaction)

Derived terms

• kepuasan
• memuaskan

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Noun

puás (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜀᜐ᜔)

1. Obsolete spelling of puwas.

West Makian

Etymology

From East Makian poas (“paddle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.as̪/

Noun

puas

1. paddle

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

White Hmong

Etymology

Tone change from pua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu̯ə˩/

Numeral

puas

1. hundred