nas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nas"

Abenaki

Numeral

nas

  1. three

Big Nambas

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nas/

Noun

nas

  1. banana

References

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nas m (plural nassos)

  1. nose

Usage notes

  • In Algherese, the primary plural is nasos.

Derived terms

References

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɐs/

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.

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

Spatial inflection of nas
→○ illative nasse
inessive nas
○→ elative nast

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

References

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

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

nās

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of

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

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish nasz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnas]
  • Syllabification: nas

Pronoun

nas

  1. (possessive) first person plural possessive pronoun; our

Further reading

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “nasz”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 4, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 275

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nasus.

Noun

nas

  1. nose

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɑːs/

Adjective

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

  1. acquainted, familiar

Derived terms

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, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnas/

Noun

nas m

  1. nose

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

nas

  1. genitive/accusative/locative of my

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: nas

Contraction

nas f pl

  1. Contraction of em as (in the): feminine plural of no
    • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo, Rocco, page 71:
      Gosto de sentir uma brisa saudável nas minhas partes, obrigado.
      I like to feel a healthy breeze on my parts, thank you.
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

Pronoun

nas

  1. 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.

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -as
  • (file)

Noun

nas n (plural nasuri)

  1. nose

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Romansch

Alternative forms

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/

Particle

nas

  1. Precedes the comparative form of an adjective or an adverb.
    glic → nas glicewise → wiser
    mòr → nas mothabig → bigger

Usage notes

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nâːs/

Pronoun

nȃs (Cyrillic spelling на̑с)

  1. of us (genitive plural of (I))
  2. us (accusative plural of (I))

Declension

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *naŋᴮ (mouse, rat). Related to Proto-Mien *nauᴮ (id), though the difference in rime is unexplained.[1] Probably not related to Thai หนู (nǔu, id).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na˩/

Noun

nas (classifier: tus)

  1. rat
  2. (generally) rodent

Derived terms

  • nas ciav (zebra squirrel, chipmunk)
  • nas hooj twm (red-bellied squirrel)
  • nas kauv (a type of small mouse with light brown fur and white belly)
  • nas kos dej (beaver)
  • nas kos (groundhog, bamboo rat, gopher)
  • nas ncuav (squirrel)
  • nas tsuag (mouse)

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 136.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 58; 277.
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