Taos

See also: taos and t-aos

English

Etymology

From Taos tə̂o (“village”), as in tə̂otho (“in the village”) or tə̂obo (“to the village”), via Spanish Taos (“Taos”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taʊs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aʊs

Noun

Taos pl (plural only)

1. An indigenous, Tiwa-speaking people of New Mexico who inhabit a pueblo there.

Translations

ethnic group

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 叩頭／叩头 (zh) (kòutóu), 陶斯 (Táosī)

• Navajo: Tówołnii
• Swahili: Wataosi
• Taos: t’óynemą, ìałophàymųpʼȍhəothəltʼóynemą

Proper noun

Taos

1. The pueblo which they inhabit, which, being about one thousand years old, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the United States.
2. The Kiowa-Tanoan lect they speak, which is either closely related to or a dialect of northern Tiwa.

   Hypernyms: Tiwa, Tanoan

3. A town, the county seat of Taos County, New Mexico, south of Taos Pueblo.
4. A city and town in Missouri.

Derived terms

• Taos County

Translations

pueblo

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 叩頭／叩头 (zh) (kòutóu), 陶斯 (Táosī)

• Navajo: Tówoł
• Spanish: Taos, San Gerónimo de los Taos, San Miguel, Brada (1541), Valladolid (1541), Tayberon (1598), Tayberin (1598)
• Taos: ȉałopháybo, ȉałopháymųpʼȍhə́othə̀olbo, tə̂obo, tə̂otho,

town

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 叩頭／叩头 (zh) (kòutóu), 陶斯 (Táosī)

• Taos: kwę́ʼogą, plòsoʼóna

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Translations to be checked

• Russian: ^{(please verify)} та́ос (ru) m (táos)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Taos terms

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Taos, twf ⁠

Anagrams

• ASOT, Tsao, SOTA, Sota, oats, OTAs, toas, ATOs, stoa, tosa, as to, oast, Sato