aas

Symbol

aas

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

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Aasax terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: aas
• Rhymes: -aːs

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Anagrams

• asa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːs/, [ˈɑːs]
• Rhymes: -ɑːs
• Hyphenation: aas

Etymology 1

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).

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

aas m

1. plural of aa

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːs

Verb

aas

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

Contraction

aas f pl

1. Obsolete spelling of às.

Etymology

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

Adjective

aas

1. high

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔàːs/

Noun

aas

1. tree