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Definitions and meaning of nas

nas

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Nasioi or abbreviation of English Naasioi.

Symbol

nas

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

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Nasioi terms

Abenaki

Numeral

nas

  1. three

Big Nambas

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nas/

Noun

nas

  1. banana

References

  • Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan nas, from Latin nāsus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnas]

Noun

nas m (plural nassos)

  1. nose

Usage notes

  • In Algherese, the primary plural is nasos.

Derived terms

References

  • “nas”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “nas”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “nas” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “nas” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona, 2003, →ISBN, page 25

Galician

Etymology 1

From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + feminine plural article as (“the”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɐːs̺/

Contraction

nas f pl (masculine sg no, feminine sg na, masculine plural nos)

  1. in the

Etymology 2

From a mutation of as.

Pronoun

nas f (accusative)

  1. alternative form of as (“them”, feminine plural)
Usage notes

The n- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -u or a diphthong, and are suffixed to the preceding word.

Related terms
  • as
  • las
  • nos

Etymology 3

From contraction of adverb non (“not”) + feminine plural article as (“the”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɐːs̺/

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English nurse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nâs/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [nâs]

Noun

nâs m or f (plural nâs-nâs)

  1. nurse

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English nurse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nas/

Noun

nas

  1. nurse

Ingrian

Etymology

Rebracketing of as preceded by the illative marker *-Vn.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈnɑsːɑ/, [ˈnɑs̠ː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈnɑs/, [ˈnɑʒ̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑsː, -ɑs
  • Hyphenation: nas
  • Homophone: nasse

Postposition

nas (+ illative or allative)

  1. (of time) up to, until
  2. (of distance or motion) all the way to

nas (+ elative or ablative)

  1. (of time) ever since
  2. (of distance or motion) all the way from

Synonyms

  • saa, nasse, nast, asse, as, ast

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 336

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnaːs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnas]

Verb

nās

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of nō

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian naso, from Latin nasus.

Noun

nas

  1. nose

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nas/

Pronoun

nas

  1. genitive/accusative/locative of my

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nasus.

Noun

nas

  1. nose

Middle High German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈnas̠/

Verb

nas

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of nësen

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɑːs/

Adjective

nas (comparative nastir, superlative herî nas or tewrî nas, Arabic spelling ناس)

  1. acquainted, familiar

Derived terms

Related terms

  • nasîn

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “nas”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 54

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnas/

Adverb

nas

  1. what about

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnas/

Noun

nas m

  1. nose

Related terms

  • nasal

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnas/
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: nas

Pronoun

nas

  1. genitive/accusative/locative of my

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: nas

Etymology 1

Contraction

nas f pl

  1. contraction of em as (“in the”): feminine plural of no
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

nas

  2. alternative form of as (third-person feminine plural objective pronoun) used as an enclitic following a verb form ending in a nasal vowel or diphthong
    Façam-nas. ― Make them.
    Farão-nas. ― They will make them.
Usage notes
  • This form is very rarely used in spoken Brazilian Portuguese, where nominative forms are preferred over third-person direct object pronouns (which, when used, are typically placed before verbs).
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

Prasuni

Alternative forms

  • nes (Pronz)

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *nā́s, altered from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHs, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nas/

Noun

nas (Pashki)

  1. nose

References

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nāsus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -as

Noun

nas n (plural nasuri)

  1. nose

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

  • năsut

See also

  • nară
  • nănău (slang)
  • bornău (slang)

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • nes (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin nāsus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Noun

nas m

  1. (anatomy, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) nose

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish níd as (“a thing that is”); compare Irish nios.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nəs̪/, /nas̪/

Particle

nas

  1. Precedes the comparative form of an adjective or an adverb.
    glic → nas glice ― wise → wiser
    mòr → nas motha ― big → bigger

Usage notes

  • Only used in the present and future tenses. In the past tense and the conditional mood, na bu and na b' are used.
  • Lenites initial f if followed by a vowel:
    fuar → nas fhuaire ― cold → colder

See also

  • as

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nâːs/

Pronoun

nȃs (Cyrillic spelling на̑с)

  1. of us (genitive plural of jȃ (“I”))
  2. us (accusative plural of jȃ (“I”))

Declension

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *naŋᴮ (“mouse, rat”). Related to Proto-Mien *nauᴮ (“id”), though the difference in rime is unexplained. Probably not related to Thai หนู (nǔu, “id”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na˩/

Noun

nas (classifier: tus)

  1. rat
  2. (generally) rodent

Derived terms

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 136.

Source: wiktionary.org