# pos
## Translingual
### Symbol

pos
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sayula Popoluca.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Sayula Popoluca terms

## English
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɒz/
* (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /pɔz/
* (General American) IPA: /pɑz/
* Audio (US):(file)

#### Adjective

pos (comparative more pos, superlative most pos)
* (UK, slang) Clipping of positive.
    I'm not absolutely pos on that, sir.
* Alternative spelling of poz (“HIV positive”).
* Clipping of possessive.

##### Derived terms

* pos pron

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pəʊz/
* (General American) IPA: /poʊz/

#### Noun

pos
* plural of po

### Anagrams

* sop, ops, Ops, SPO, OPS+, -spo, OPS, PSO, OPs, SOP, S.O.P.

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* pues

### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pos, from Latin post.

### Conjunction

pos
* so, then

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch posch, from Old Dutch *posc, of unknown descent. Compare West Frisian poask.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: pos
* Rhymes: -ɔs

### Noun

pos f (plural possen, diminutive posje n)
* ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua)

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔs/ [ˈpɔs̺]
* Rhymes: -ɔs

### Noun

pos
* plural of po

### Verb

pos
* second-person singular present indicative of poñer

### Verb

pos
* second-person singular present indicative of pór

### References

* “pos”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

pos
* singular imperative of posen

## Iban
### Etymology

Borrowed from English post.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʊs/

### Noun

pos
* mail
* post, station

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin post (with the t dropped so not to interfere with posto (“postal service, post, mail”)), Russian после (posle).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pos/, /pɔs/

### Preposition

pos
* after
    Ni drinkis kelka biri pos la ludo.We had a few beers after the game.

#### Derived terms

* posa (“after”)
* pose (“then, afterwards”)
* depos (“since, afterward”)
** depose (“since, from that time”)
* pos-

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch post (“post”), from Middle French poste, from Italian posta, posto, from Latin postus, from positus. Cognate to Malay pos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɔs]
* Hyphenation: pos

### Noun

pos (plural)
* mail
* post, station
* (colloquial) meeting place
* (accounting) budget

#### Derived terms

* mengepos
* mengeposkan
* pengeposan
* pos ekspres
* pos elektronik
* pos kilat
* pos kilat khusus
* pos laut
* pos paket
* pos suara
* pos udara
* pos wesel
* kantor pos

### Further reading

* “pos” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Malay
### Etymology

From English post. Cognate to Indonesian pos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpos/ [ˈpos]

### Noun

pos (Jawi spelling ڤوس, plural pos-pos, informal 1st possessive posku, 2nd possessive posmu, 3rd possessive posnya)
* mail
    Synonym: (uncommon, only in compounds) mel
* post (assigned station or appointed position in an organization)

#### Derived terms

* kantor pos
* pejabat pos

#### Related terms

* poskod
* posmen

### Further reading

* “pos” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Portuguese
### Verb

pos
* Obsolete spelling of pôs.

## Spanish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpos/ [ˈpos]
* Rhymes: -os
* Syllabification: pos

### Conjunction

pos
* (Latin America) Alternative spelling of pues

### Preposition

pos
* (archaic) after, behind

### Noun

pos m (uncountable)
* Only used in en pos de (“in pursuit of”)

### Further reading

* “pos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Upper Sorbian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pь̀sъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔs/
* Rhymes: -ɔs
* Hyphenation: pos
* Syllabification: pos

### Noun

pos m animal
* (zoology) dog
    Synonym: psyk

#### Declension
### References

* “pos” in Soblex

## Volapük
### Preposition

pos
* after, behind

## White Hmong
### Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *-boᴮ (“thorn”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɒ˩/

### Noun

pos
* thorn

#### Derived terms

* pos nphuab

### References

* Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 233.
* Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, 2004)
* ↑ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 280.