different between taos vs duoplural

English

Noun

taos

1. plural of tao

Anagrams

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

Finnish

Etymology

takoa (“to forge”) +? -os

Noun

taos

1. That which has been forged, any product of the work of a blacksmith.

Declension

Anagrams

• Atso, osat, osta, otsa, sato, sota, stoa, taso, tosa

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t??e?s?/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /t??i?s?/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish táes, from Old Irish taís, from Proto-Celtic *taistos.

Noun

taos m (genitive singular taois)

1. dough
2. paste

   Synonym: leafaos

Declension

Derived terms

• taos fiacla
• taos géar

Etymology 2

A rebracketing of t-aos.

Noun

taos m (genitive singular taosa)

1. Alternative form of aos

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "taos" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “taos” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “taos” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

References

English

Etymology

duo- +? plural

Adjective

duoplural (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Pertaining to grammatical number (as in singular and plural), referring to two or more of something; nonsingular.

Noun

duoplural (plural duoplurals)

1. (linguistics, grammar) Duoplural number; the grammatical number of a noun marking two or more of something.

   Languages that employ the duoplural include Navajo and Taos, where the verb shows singular, dual, and plural numbers, but the nouns are marked only as singular or nonsingular (duoplural).

See also

• dual
• paucal
• plural
• quadral
• singular
• singulative
• trial
• unal

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