tetas

See also: tétas and têtas

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)

  1. (intransitive) to hatch (to emerge from an egg)
  2. (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

Portuguese

Noun

tetas

  1. plural of teta

Spanish

Noun

tetas f pl

  1. plural of teta
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