tetas
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *tastas (“sever, cut through, rip out stitches”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tətas/
- Rhymes: -ətas, -tas, -as
Verb
tetas (Jawi spelling تتس)
- (intransitive) to hatch (to emerge from an egg)
- (transitive, sewing) to unstitch; to rip out (the seams of a garment)
- Synonym: retas
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- penetas [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- penetasan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- menetas [agent focus] (meN-)
- menetaskan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- ditetaskan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
Descendants
- Indonesian: tetas
Further reading
- “tetas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese
Noun
tetas
- plural of teta
Spanish
Adjective
tetas f pl
- feminine plural of teto
Noun
tetas f pl
- plural of teta