laas

See also: LAAS, Laas, lås, lås', and lääs

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch laatste.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

laas

1. last; last time

   Ek het jou laas twee jaar terug gesien!

   Last time I saw you was two years ago!

2. ago; in the past

   Ek het jou twee jaar laas gesien!

   I saw you two years ago! / I haven't seen in you two years!

Related terms

• laaste

Belizean Creole

Etymology 1

Adjective

laas

1. last

Determiner

laas

1. last

Etymology 2

Verb

laas

1. lose

References

• Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 206.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /laˈʔas/ [lɐˈʔas] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -as
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔas/ [ˈla.ʔɐs] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -aʔas
• Syllabification: la‧as

Adjective

laás (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜀᜐ᜔)

1. cracked; split (of wood)

Noun

laas (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜀᜐ᜔)

1. small crack; small split (in wood)

Further reading

• “laas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English lawe, from Old English lagu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔːz/

Noun

laas

1. laws
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 16-18:

     y'ast, bie ractzom o'honde, ee-delt t'ouz ye laas ee-mate var ercha vassale, ne'er dwythen na dicke waie nar dicka.

     you have with impartial hand ministered the laws made for every subject, without regard to this party or that.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114

Yurok

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laːʂ/

Noun

laas

1. road