ꦏꦱ꧀

• IPA^(key): /kas/
• Rhymes: -kas
• Hyphenation: kas

Borrowed from Dutch kas, from Old French casse, from Italian cassa from Old Italian cassa, from Latin capsa (“box, case”), from capiō (“I take, I seize, I receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).

ꦏꦱ꧀ (kas)

1. cash:
   1. money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks or electronic transactions.
   2. liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged.
   3. cash register, or the counter in a business where the cash register is located.
   4. money box: place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out.
2. (dialect) box

Unknown, probably inherited from Old Javanese kas (“hardness, inflexibility”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ꦏꦱ꧀ (kas)

1. (archaic) earnest
2. just finished

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

ꦏꦱ꧀ (kas)

1. agile, dexterous, swift

• “kas” in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia], Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.