aas

aas

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

• IPA^(key): /aːs/

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• Hyphenation: aas
• Rhymes: -aːs

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

aas n (uncountable)

1. bait
2. carrion

• aaseter
• aasgier
• aaskever
• aasvlieg
• aasvogel
• lokaas

• Afrikaans: aas
• Berbice Creole Dutch: asi
• Negerhollands: aes
• → Papiamentu: as, aas, haas

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

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

• Afrikaans: aas
• → Indonesian: as
• → Papiamentu: as
• → Sranan Tongo: asi

• asa

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).

aas (genitive aasa, partitive aasa)

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

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

aas (genitive aasa, partitive aasa)

1. lea, meadow

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aas m

1. plural of aa

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• Rhymes: -aːs

aas

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

aas f pl

1. Obsolete spelling of às

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

aas

1. high

IPA^(key): /ʔàːs/

aas

1. tree