paspas
English: Translation
swift; fast; speedy; rapid
English: Definition
\ Moving, proceeding, or operating at a high rate of speed; covering distance or carrying out an action in comparatively little time. Used of vehicles and other moving entities, and potentially of actions or processes completed rapidly.
Part of Speech
adjective
Semantic Domain
Physical Actions
Motion
States and Characteristics
Notes
Semantic Domain
Motion; Speed; States and characteristics
Example Sentence
Paspas yo awto.
“The car is fast.”
Mari’gen a paspas nya awto.
“That car is very fast.”
Notes
Near-synonymous with kaskas and tolin. The supplied automobile examples show that paspas and kaskas can substitute for one another when describing a fast-moving vehicle.
Further examples are needed to determine whether paspas has a special preference for:
- swift bodily or vehicular movement;
- hurried performance of an action;
- rapid completion rather than inherent speed.
Evidence status: cognacy verified; internal segmentation as pas + pas not established.
Related Entries
kaskas; tolin
Linguistic History
Inherited from Proto-Philippine paspas, reconstructed with the meaning “do something quickly or in a hurry.” Cognates occur in several Philippine languages, including Cebuano, Ibaloy, and Central Bikol. The form should be treated historically as a complete reduplicative-looking root. There is no sufficient comparative evidence for analyzing its final syllable -pas as an independent Austronesian morpheme meaning “swift movement.”