different between alas vs amas

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English alas, from Old French a las (French hélas), from a (“ah”) + las, from Latin lassus (“weary”). Compare Dutch helaas, North Frisian ielas, West Frisian eilaas.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??læs/, /??l??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??læs/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /??l?s/
• Rhymes: -æs

Interjection

alas

1. Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion or grief.

   Synonym: alack

   • c. 1521, John Skelton, “Speke Parott”:

     Helas I lamente the dull abu?yd brayne
     The enfatuate fanta?ies the wytles wylfulnes
     Of on and hothyr at me that haue dy?dayne

   • Act V, Scene I

     Alas, Poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that.

Derived terms

• alack and alas
• alas and alack
• alas the day, alas the while

Translations

Etymology 2

From Yakut ????? (alaas).

Noun

alas (plural alases or alasses)

1. A type of depression which occurs in Yakutia, formed by the subsidence of permafrost.

Translations

Anagrams

• AALS, ALSA, LAAS, Lasa, aals, sala

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• alasu, las, lasu

Etymology

From Latin lax?. Compare Romanian l?sa, las.

Verb

alas (past participle alãsatã)

1. I let, allow.
2. I leave (something), drop.

Derived terms

• paralas
• alãsãtonj

Related terms

• alãsari / alãsare
• alãsat
• alãsãturã

Balinese

Romanization

alas

1. Romanization of ????.

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Blend of a +? las. From Spanish a las.

Adverb

alas

1. o'clock

Etymology 2

From Spanish as

Noun

alas

1. (card games) an ace; a card sith a single spot
2. a trump card

Estonian

Noun

alas

1. inessive singular of ala

Finnish

Alternative forms

• alaha (dialectal)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *alas, from Proto-Uralic *ëla. Equivalent to a lative singular ala- +? -s. Cognates include Estonian all and Hungarian alatt (the lative singular of ala-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?s/, [??l?s?]
• Rhymes: -?l?s
• Syllabification: a?las

Adverb

alas (comparative alemmaksi or alemmas, superlative alimmaksi or alimmas)

1. down
2. downward

Inflection

Synonyms

• alhaalle

Antonyms

• (down; downward): ylös

Interjection

alas

1. (followed by a nominative) down with (e.g. in demonstrations)

Verb

alas

1. Second-person singular imperative present form of alkaa + the suffix -s.

Anagrams

• sala, sala-

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.las/
• Hyphenation: a?las

Etymology 1

From Malay alas (“base, layer”).

Noun

alas (first-person possessive alasku, second-person possessive alasmu, third-person possessive alasnya)

1. base, foundation
2. layer, lining, covering

Synonyms

• dasar
• basis
• lapik

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Javanese alas (????, “forest”), from Old Javanese alas (“forest”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *halas (“forest, wilderness, woods, jungle”), from Proto-Austronesian *Salas (“forest, wilderness, woods”). Cognate to Balinese ???? (alas, “forest”).

Noun

alas (first-person possessive alasku, second-person possessive alasmu, third-person possessive alasnya)

1. forest

   Synonyms: hutan, rimba, wana

Etymology 3

From Javanese [Term?].

Noun

alas (first-person possessive alasku, second-person possessive alasmu, third-person possessive alasnya)

1. rope on a small boat balancer

Further reading

• “alas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ????

Etymology

From Old Javanese alas (“forest”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *halas (“forest, wilderness, woods, jungle”), from Proto-Austronesian *Salas (“forest, wilderness, woods”). Cognate to Balinese ???? (alas, “forest”).

Noun

alas (ngoko alas, krama wana)

1. forest
2. fields outside a village

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: alas

References

• "alas" in Tim Balai Bahasa Yogyakarta, Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa). Kanisius, Yogyakarta

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a?.la?s/, [?ä???ä?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.las/, [???l?s]

Noun

?l?s

1. accusative plural of ?la

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.la?s/, [?ä??ä?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.las/, [???l?s]

Verb

al?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of al?

References

• alas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.las/

Noun

alas f

1. genitive singular form of ala
2. nominative plural form of ala
3. vocative plural form of ala
4. accusative plural form of ala

Malay

Noun

alas (Jawi spelling ????, plural alas-alas, informal 1st possessive alasku, impolite 2nd possessive alasmu, 3rd possessive alasnya)

1. base, framework, layer, pad, foundation

Middle English

Etymology

from Old French a las.

Interjection

alas

1. alas

Descendants

• English: alas

Mirandese

Noun

alas

1. plural of ala

Occitan

Noun

alas

1. plural of ala

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *halas (“forest, wilderness, woods, jungle”), from Proto-Austronesian *Salas (“forest, wilderness, woods”).

Noun

alas

1. wood, forest
2. quantity of flowers or plants growing in a thick cluster

Descendants

• Javanese: alas

Portuguese

Noun

alas

1. plural of ala

Verb

alas

1. second-person singular (tu) present indicative of alar

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

àl?s m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. alternative form of hàl?s

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?alas/, [?a.las]

Noun

alas f pl

1. plural of ala
2. flip, wings (hairstyle)

Sundanese

Noun

alas

1. forest

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /???.m?z/
• (Singapore English) IPA^(key): /???.m?z/

Noun

amas

1. plural of ama

Anagrams

• -sama, AAMS, AAMs, AMSA, Maas, Sama, aams, maas, masa

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Cognate with Malay emas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amas/
• Hyphenation: a?mas

Noun

amas

1. gold (element)

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Verb

amas

1. present of ami

French

Etymology

A deverbal noun derived from amasser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.m?/

Noun

amas m (plural amas)

1. pile, heap
2. (astronomy) cluster

Derived terms

Further reading

• “amas” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Verb

amas

1. second-person singular present indicative of amar

Ido

Verb

amas

1. present of amar

Irish

Alternative forms

• (opening, opportunity, for attack): amús

Etymology

From Old Irish ammus m (“attempt, effort; act of attacking, attack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?am??s?]

Noun

amas m (genitive singular amais, nominative plural amais)

1. attack
2. opening, opportunity, for attack
3. aim
4. dart, grab
5. attempt
6. guess
7. (golf) putt

Declension

Mutation

References

• "amas" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ammus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.ma?s/, [?ämä?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.mas/, [???m?s]

Etymology 1

See hama.

Noun

am?s f (genitive amae); first declension

1. medieval spelling of hama

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -?s).

References

• AMAS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Etymology 2

A regularly conjugated form of am? (“I love”, verb).

Verb

am?s

1. second-person singular present active indicative of am?

Lithuanian

Etymology

Attestations with the meaning “power, consciousness” support a connection with Sanskrit ?? (áma-, “strength”), Avestan ????????????? (??ma, “attacking power, strength, potence”); From Proto-Indo-European *h?emh?- (“take hold of; be strong”). This root has been connected with Ancient Greek ?????? (ómnumi, “swear”), Sanskrit ?????? (amánti, “take hold of, swear”), and most likely Latin am? (“love”).

Must be separated from ãmalioti (“talk nonsense”), of onomatopoeic origin. See am?s?ti (“yap, yelp”).

Noun

ãmas m (plural ama?) stress pattern 4

1. (Western Aukštaitian) speech, voice

Declension

References

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

amas f (uncountable)

1. (Guernsey) a lot

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ëmës.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?amas/

Adjective

amas (comparative apmasit, superlative apmaseamos)

1. unknown, unfamiliar
2. strange, odd, peculiar
3. foreign

Inflection

Derived terms

• amastit

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Portuguese

Noun

amas

1. plural of ama

Verb

amas

1. Second-person singular (tu) present indicative of amar

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ammus m (“attempt, effort; act of attacking, attack”).

Noun

amas m (genitive singular amais, plural amasan)

1. verbal noun of amais
2. aim, objective

Derived terms

• clàr-amais

Spanish

Verb

amas

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of amar.

Tagalog

Noun

amás

1. a grain of gold

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English how much.

Pronoun

amas

1. (interrogative) how much