different between camas vs cabas

English

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Chinook Jargon qamaš, qawaš (“camas”), from Nootka qawaš (“camas”), or perhaps from Nez Perce qém?es (“camas”).

Noun

camas (plural camases or camas)

1. Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia.
   • 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "James' Bay and Dallas Road," [1]

     There were stretches of fine, soft grass on the cliffs and great patches of camass and buttercups.

Alternative forms

• cammas, camass, quamash

Derived terms

• Camas County
• death camas

Translations

Etymology 2

cama +? -s

Noun

camas

1. plural of cama

Anagrams

• AACSM

French

Verb

camas

1. second-person singular past historic of camer

Latin

Noun

cam?s

1. accusative plural of cama

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

camas m (uncountable)

1. (Guernsey) noise

Portuguese

Noun

camas

1. plural of cama

Spanish

Noun

camas f pl

1. plural of cama

English

Alternative forms

• caba

Etymology

French cabas

Noun

cabas

1. A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.
2. A lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag.
   • a. 1847, Charlotte Brontë, The Professor, published 1857

     I looked at Frances, she was putting her books into her cabas […]

Anagrams

• AACSB, ASBCA, BCAAs, Bacas, abacs

French

Etymology

From Old Occitan cabas, a word of Iberian origin (compare Catalan cabàs, Old Portuguese cabaz, Spanish copazo and cabás).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.b?/, /ka.ba/

Noun

cabas m (plural cabas)

1. shopping basket

Descendants

• ? English: cabas

Further reading

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