puas

English edit

Noun edit

puas

plural of pua

Anagrams edit

APUs, AUPs, Apsu, Apus, SPUA, UAPs, paus, upas

Dalmatian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin passus.

Noun edit

puas m

step

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Audio (file)

Verb edit

puas

second-person singular past historic of puer

Anagrams edit

supa

Iban edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayic *puhas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqas.

Adjective edit

puas

satisfied (in a state of satisfaction)

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay puas, from Proto-Malayic *puhas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqas.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈpuas/
Hyphenation: pu‧as
Rhymes: -as, -s

Adjective edit

puas

satisfied (in a state of satisfaction)

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

“puas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayic *puhas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqas.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /puas/
Rhymes: -uas, -was, -as

Adjective edit

puas (Jawi spelling ڤواس)

satisfied (in a state of satisfaction)

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

“puas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog edit

Noun edit

puás (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏᜐ᜔)

Obsolete spelling of puwas

West Makian edit

Etymology edit

From East Makian poas (“paddle”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈpu.as̪/

Noun edit

puas

paddle

References edit

Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

White Hmong edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /puə̯˩/

Etymology 1 edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Closest-sounding interrogative particle in the area is Chinese 嗎／吗 (ma) - though this is most likely coincidence, as Hmongic "p" and "b" don't correspond to Sinitic "m". Perhaps an ad hoc formation to fulfill the interrogative function?”

Particle edit

puas

interrogative particle, inserted in front of a verb to turn a declarative sentence into a question
Koj puas xav noj? ― Do you want to eat?

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Hmong *bu̯aᴮ (“bad, spoiled”), likely borrowed from Middle Chinese 腐 (MC bjuX, “to spoil, rot”).^[1]^[2]

Adjective edit

puas

to destroy, to spoil, to make or become useless
puas lawm ― spoiled, useless

Etymology 3 edit

Tone change from pua.

Numeral edit

puas

Alternative form of pua (“hundred”)

References edit

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[2], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 238.

^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

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