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qas

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of Asha'ille with q as a placeholder.

Symbol

qas

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for reserved for local use.
  2. CLCR code for Asha'ille.

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ki(i)atśi-, from Proto-Indo-European *kei-(h2-) (to put, set in motion). Cognate to Ancient Greek κίατο ἐκινει̃το (kíato ekineĩto), Lithuanian kečiù, kėsti (to stretch).

Verb

qas (aorist qasa, participle qasur)

  1. to approach, draw near, receive (at home), go away
  2. to access

Conjugation

Further reading

  • qas”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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Maltese

Pronunciation

Adverb

qas

  1. (colloquial) contraction of lanqas: not even, nor

Northern Kurdish

Noun

qas m or f

  1. amount, quantity

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “qas”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 472

Somali

Verb

qas

  1. to mix

Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قاس (qās).

Pronunciation

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Verb

qas (Tifinagh spelling ⵇⴰⵙ)

  1. (transitive) to taste
  2. (transitive) to try, to compare

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • Verbal noun: aqasi (tasting)
  • Causative: sqas (to give to taste)
  • Passive: twaqqes (to be tasted)
  • aseqqas (unripe fig)
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