different between tass vs tavs

English

Alternative forms

• tas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæs/

Etymology 1

Partly from Middle English tas (“heap”), from Old French tas (“heap”), from Frankish *tas (“mass, pile”); and partly from Middle English taas (“heap, mow of corn”), from Old English tas (“heap, mow of grain”); both from Proto-Germanic *tasaz, *tassaz (“heap, mow, stack”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh?y- (“to divide, split, section, part, separate”). Related to Middle Dutch tas, tasse (“heap, pile”, Dutch tas), Middle Low German tas (“mow of hay or wheat”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (ungatass, “disorganised, irregular”); and possibly also to Old High German zetten (“to straw, fertilise”), Old Norse tað (“spread dung”). See tath.

Noun

tass (plural tasses)

1. (rare or obsolete) A heap, pile.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *tasse, from Old French tasse (Modern French tasse (“cup, cupful”)). Cognate with Dutch tas (“cup”), German Tasse (“mug”). Doublet of tazza.

Noun

tass (plural tasses)

1. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A cup or cupful.

Etymology 3

From Middle English tasse, tache, from Old French tasse, tasche (“purse; pouch”), from Frankish *taska (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *task?, cognate with Old High German tasca (“pouch”), German Tasche (“pocket; pouch”).

Alternative forms

• tasse

Noun

tass (plural tasses)

1. Synonym of tasse

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Etymology 4

From Hindi [Term?].

Alternative forms

• tash

Noun

tass

1. An Oriental silk fabric, with gold or silver thread.

Anagrams

• Ass't, Asst, SATs, STAS, asst., sats

Swedish

Etymology

Possibly from Ancient Greek ?????? (tarsós) or more likely from German Tatze.

Noun

tass c

1. a paw (animal's foot)

2. (colloquial) a hand

Declension

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Finnish: tassu

References

• tass in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• sats

English

Noun

tavs

1. plural of tav

Anagrams

• ATVs, VAST, VSAT, vast, vats

Danish

Etymology

Derived from the verb tie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tav?s/, [?t??w?s]

Adjective

tavs (neuter tavst, plural and definite singular attributive tavse)

1. silent (usually in the sense "not speaking")

Inflection

Descendants

• ? Norwegian Bokmål: taus
• ? Norwegian Nynorsk: taus

Latvian

Pronoun

tavs (possessive, 2nd person singular)

1. your, yours

Declension