# takas
## English
### Noun

takas
* plural of taka

### Anagrams

* Sakta, katas

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑkɑs/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝kɑ̝s̠]
* Rhymes: -ɑkɑs
* Hyphenation: ta‧kas

### Adverb

takas (colloquial)
* Alternative form of takaisin

### Anagrams

* kasat, kasta, sakat, taksa

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *taka-. Akin to Finnish takaisin and Estonian tagasi.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈtɑkɑs/, [ˈtɑkɑz̠]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈtɑkɑs/, [ˈtɑɡ̊ɑʒ̥]
* Rhymes: -ɑkɑs
* Hyphenation: ta‧kas

### Adverb

takas
* (of motion) backward
* (of motion) back
** 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 22:A keväeel höö tulloot omille maille takas.And in the summer they come back to their own lands.
* (of time) ago

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “backward”): etes, etespäin
* (antonym(s) of “back”): etes, etespäin

#### Derived terms

* etes takas

#### Related terms

* See taka-

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 566

## Latvian
### Noun

takas f
* inflection of taka:
** genitive singular
** nominative/vocative/accusative plural

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtǎːkɐs/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *takas, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ-. Cognate with Polish tok (“process”) and Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬐𐬀 (taka, “course”). See also tekė́ti.

#### Noun

tãkas m (plural takaĩ) stress pattern 4
* footpath, path
* (sports) track, lane
* (figuratively) way
    gyvenimo takas - way to live
* narrow carpet
* gullet (interval between teeth of a saw blade)
* channel, tube (for air or liquid)

##### Synonyms

* (path): kelelis
* (lane): ruožas
* (narrow carpet): patiesalas
* (channel): kanalas, vamzdis

##### Hypernyms

* (path): kelias

#### References

* 1 2 3 4 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 494-495. →ISBN
* 1 2 Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “tok”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 573
* 1 2 “takas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
* 1 2 “takas” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish taco.

#### Alternative forms

* taco, taco'as, tako, taka

#### Noun

tãkas m (plural tãkai) stress pattern 2
* (neologism) taco
    Gaminam šiandien takus?Are we making tacos today?

##### Declension
#### See also

* tortilija

#### References

* “takas”, in Lietuvių kalbos naujažodžių duomenynas [Database of Lithuanian neologisms], ekalba.lt, 2011–2025

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Verb

takas (present tense teks, past tense toks, supine tekes or tekis)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of takast

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtakas/ [ˈt̪aː.xɐs]
* Rhymes: -akas
* Syllabification: ta‧kas

### Noun

takas (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜐ᜔)
* escape; fleeing; running away
    Synonyms: puga, tanan, pagpuga, pagtanan, pagtatanan, eskapo
* escapee; runaway prisoner
    Synonym: pugante
* person fleeing for refuge or safety
    Synonym: likas

#### Derived terms

* itakas
* magpatakas
* magtakas
* magtakasan
* pagtakas
* pagtatakas
* takasan
* tumakas

### Adjective

takas (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜐ᜔)
* escaped (from prison, confinement, etc.)
    Pinaalahanan ang nga tao na mag-ingat sa mga takas na preso.The people are notified to be beware of the escaped prisoners.
* runaway

### Anagrams

* katas, katsa, tsaka, 'tsaka, kasat

## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تقاص (taḳaṣ, “a mutually setting off claims against each other, to clear of indebtedness”), from Arabic تَقَاصّ (taqāṣṣ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈkas/
* Hyphenation: ta‧kas

### Noun

takas (definite accusative takası, plural takaslar)
* trade, barter, swap
    Synonyms: değiş tokuş, değişim, mübadele

#### Derived terms

* takas etmek

### References

* ↑ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تقاص”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 575
* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “takas”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* “takas”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “takas¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4548