kas

Clipping of English Kashmiri, from Hindustani कश्मीर / کشمیر (kaśmīr, “Kashmir”), from Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra).

kas

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kashmiri.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kashmiri terms

Borrowed from Dutch kas (“cupboard, chest, case”), from Middle Dutch kasse, casse, from Old French casse, from Latin capsa (“box, chest, case”).

• kaas

kas (plural kases)

1. A kind of large cupboard or wardrobe of Dutch origin, popular in the Netherlands and America in the 17th and 18th centuries.

kas

1. plural of ka

• AKs, ASK, Ask, KSA, SAK, SKA, aks, ask, ska

• IPA^(key): /ˈkas/ [ˈkʌs]
• Hyphenation: kas

kás m

1. advise
2. mind
3. wisdom
4. intelligence

Declension of kás
absolutive	kás
predicative	kása
subjective	kás
genitive	kastí
Postpositioned forms l-case kásal k-case kásak t-case kásat h-case kásah

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “kas”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

From Dutch kast.

• IPA^(key): /kas/

kas (plural kaste)

1. A cupboard.

From Middle Breton cas, from Proto-Brythonic *kas, from Proto-Celtic *kassis.

kas m

1. hatred

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kas

1. to send

Shortening of kalas.

kas

1. to squander

kas

1. wasteful

From Middle Cornish cas, from Proto-Brythonic *kad, from Proto-Celtic *katus, Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus. Cognate with Breton kad, Irish and Scottish Gaelic cath, Manx cah, and Welsh cad.

kas f (plural kasow)

1. battle, war, armed conflict

From Middle Cornish cas, from Proto-Brythonic *kas, from Proto-Celtic *kassis, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂dtis. Doublet of keudh (“grief”). Cognate with Breton kas and Welsh cas.

kas m

1. hate, hatred, dislike

kas

1. inflection of kasa (“to hate”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from English case.

kas m (plural kasys)

1. case, instance, circumstance

• IPA^(key): [ˈkas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Homophone: kaz

kas f

1. genitive plural of kasa

From Middle Dutch casse, from Old French casse, from Italian cassa, from Latin capsa. Doublet of cash.

• IPA^(key): /kɑs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kas
• Rhymes: -ɑs

kas f (plural kassen, diminutive kasje n)

1. (Netherlands) a greenhouse

   Synonyms: broeikas, kweekhuis, serre (Belgium)

2. a public or private entity, mainly concerned with managing funds for a certain purpose, after which it is often named
3. a counter, room etc. where cash payments are made and/or received
4. a protective casing
5. (dated) cash

   geld in kas - cash in hand

6. archaic form of kassa

• Negerhollands: kas
• → Indonesian: kas
• → Caribbean Javanese: kas
• → Sranan Tongo: kasi
  • → Caribbean Javanese: kasi, kas

Derived from kaasas.

kas

1. Used to introduce a yes-or-no question.

   Kas ta on saabunud?

   Has (s)he arrived?

• kas või, kasvõi

• kah, ka (dialectal)

From the imperative katso! (“look!”), from katsoa (“to look”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑs/, [ˈkɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑs
• Syllabification^(key): kas
• Hyphenation^(key): kas

kas

1. look!, oh!, my!, behold! (used as expression of surprise, often accompanied with -pa -suffix in the verb used to explain the reason for astonishment)

   Kas, onpa sinulla suuret hampaat!

   My, what big teeth you have!

   Kas vain, onpa poika kasvanut!

   Look at that, how the boy has grown up!

2. look (used to start an explanation)

   Kas, asia on niin, että...

   Look, the thing is that...

The use of kas is getting out of fashion as opening of an explanation and it is largely replaced in speech by kato.

• kas kummaa
• kas niin
• kas vain
• kas tässä

• “kas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• -ska, SAK

kas m

1. plural of ka

kas

1. romanization of 𐌺𐌰𐍃

From a Slavic language. Compare Czech koš.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒʃ]
• Hyphenation: kas
• Rhymes: -ɒʃ

kas (plural kasok)

1. A skep (a beehive made of straw or wicker)
2. (dialectal) A basket (a tub-shaped larger container made of straw or wicker)
3. (mining) A cage (a lift in the mine shaft, used for hoisting personnel and materials).

• kas in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Potentially connected to Basque ikasi (“to learn, to study”).

kas

1. knowledge
2. experience

   kas e ebeŕ e ik e

   resulting from their own experience

• Villamor, Fernando (2020) A basic dictionary and grammar of the Iberian language

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkas/ [ˈkas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: kas

Borrowed from Dutch kas, from Old French casse, from Italian cassa, from Old Italian cassa, from Latin capsa (“box, case”), from capiō (“I take, I seize, I receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to grasp”).

kas (plural kas-kas)

1. cash:
   1. money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions

      Synonyms: tunai, kes

   2. (accounting) liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged

      Synonym: tunai (Malay)

• kes (colloquial)

Borrowed from Dutch kast (“cupboard, closet, wardrobe”).

kas (plural kas-kas)

1. a box
   1. a cashbox
   2. a watch-box

• → Ternate: kas (“cupboard”)

Borrowed from Kalabra [Term?].

kas (plural kas-kas)

1. leaves used as a natural red dye

• “kas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From the imperative katso! (“look!”). Akin to Finnish kas.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑs/, [ˈkɑz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑs/, [ˈkɑʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑs
• Hyphenation: kas

kas

1. look! behold!

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 140

kas

1. romanization of ꦏꦱ꧀

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas. Cognates include Latvian kas and Lithuanian kas.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkas]
• Hyphenation: kas

kas

1. who? what?
2. who, what, that

• Nicole Nau (2011), A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 38

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas.

kas (interrogative)

1. who, what

   kas ir šis cilvēks? ― who is this person?

   kas tā par grāmatu? ― what kind of book is it?

kas (relative)

1. that
2. which
3. who

kas (indefinite)

1. something

   Synonym: kaut kas

   kad gribas ko īpašu ― when you want something special

• nekas

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos.

kàs

1. who

   Kàs yrà tàs žmogùs? ― Who is that person?

2. what

   Kàs Lietuvõs sóstinė? ― What is Lithuania's capital?

3. every^[1]

   Synonym: kiekvienas

   • 1922, Šatrijos Ragana (Marija Pečkauskaitė), Sename dvare:

     Iš pradžių, mamai mirus, sapnuodavau ją kas naktį, o dabar tik prieš kokį nors sielvartą, rūpestį, nelaimę.

     At first, when my mother died, I used to dream of her every night, but now I only dream of her when there is some grief, worry or disaster.

4. used for emphasis

   Synonyms: koks, kaip

   Kàs tõ vai̇̃ko gabùmas!^[1] ― What talent this boy has!

• kasdien
• kasmet

• “kas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026

Probably borrowed from Estonian kas.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑs/, [ˈkɑsː]

kas

1. Marks polar (yes-no) questions.

   Synonym: või

Used as the first word in a sentence or (for indirect questions) clause.

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kas”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[3] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

• IPA^(key): /kas/, /kaʃ/

From English cash.

kas

1. money

   Synonyms: larzan, paisa

2. cash

From French casser, casse.

kas

1. Medial form of kase

From Middle High German kæse, from Old High German chāsi, kāsi, from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, from Latin cāseus (“cheese”). Cognate with German Käse, English cheese.

kas m

1. cheese

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

kas (indefinite kasmen)

1. cat

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəʀas (“hard”).

• IPA^(key): /kas/
• Rhymes: -kas

kas

1. hardness
2. inflexibility

• akas
• kas-kas

• >? Javanese: ꦏꦱ꧀ (kas)

• "kas" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos.

kas

1. who (interrogative)

	Singular			Plural
	m	f	n
Nom.	kas	quai, quoi	ka, kai	quai, quoi
Acc.			kan, ka, kai	kans
Dat.	kasmu		kasmu
Gen.
Inst.			ku

From Portuguese casa and Spanish casa and Kabuverdianu kása.

kas

1. A house
2. A home.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkas/
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: kas

kas

1. genitive plural of kasa

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kasъ.

• IPA^(key): /kâːs/

kȃs m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̑с)

1. A trot (gait of a horse).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkas/ [ˈkas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: kas

kas

1. plural of ka

kas c

1. alternative form of kase

• kas in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kas in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kas in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From Indonesian kas (“box”), from Dutch kast (“cupboard”), from Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old Dutch *kasto, from Frankish *kastō.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkas]

kas

1. A cupboard.

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh, page 29

From kasmak (“to tighten, stretch”).

• IPA^(key): [kɑs]

• Audio:

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kas

1. A muscle.

   Synonym: adale

• kaslı
• kaslılık
• kassız
• kassızlık