tusa

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See also: Tusa, tusá, tușa, and tușă

Ambonese Malay

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Etymology

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Unknown.

Noun

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tusa

  1. cat
    Synonym: pus
    Tutu pintu jang sampe tusa masu.
    The door is closed so that the cat does not enter.

References

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  • D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia[1], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Galician

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Verb

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tusa

  1. inflection of tusir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /túː.sàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [túː.sàː]

Noun

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tūsā̀ f (possessed form tūsàr̃)

  1. fart

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtuʃɒ]
  • Hyphenation: tu‧sa
  • Rhymes: -ʃɒ

Etymology 1

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Back-formation from tusakodik (to struggle, fight). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Noun

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tusa (plural tusák)

  1. struggle, fight, combat
Declension
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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative tusa tusák
accusative tusát tusákat
dative tusának tusáknak
instrumental tusával tusákkal
causal-final tusáért tusákért
translative tusává tusákká
terminative tusáig tusákig
essive-formal tusaként tusákként
essive-modal
inessive tusában tusákban
superessive tusán tusákon
adessive tusánál tusáknál
illative tusába tusákba
sublative tusára tusákra
allative tusához tusákhoz
elative tusából tusákból
delative tusáról tusákról
ablative tusától tusáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
tusáé tusáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
tusáéi tusákéi
Possessive forms of tusa
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tusám tusáim
2nd person sing. tusád tusáid
3rd person sing. tusája tusái
1st person plural tusánk tusáink
2nd person plural tusátok tusáitok
3rd person plural tusájuk tusáik
Derived terms
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Compound words

Etymology 2

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tus (Indian ink) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Noun

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tusa

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of tus
Declension
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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative tusa
accusative tusát
dative tusának
instrumental tusával
causal-final tusáért
translative tusává
terminative tusáig
essive-formal tusaként
essive-modal tusául
inessive tusában
superessive tusán
adessive tusánál
illative tusába
sublative tusára
allative tusához
elative tusából
delative tusáról
ablative tusától
non-attributive
possessive - singular
tusáé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
tusáéi

References

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  1. ^ tusa in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • (struggle, combat): tusa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • ([folksy] butt of a rifle, cf. tus): tusa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish tussu. By surface analysis, +‎ -sa.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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tusa (conjunctive)

  1. emphatic form of
    you (singular), thou

Usage notes

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  • Also used as the vocative: Haigh tusa! — "Hey you!"
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Further reading

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Manado Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ternate tusa

Noun

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tusa

  1. cat (Felis catus)

Portuguese

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Noun

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tusa f (plural tusas)

  1. (vulgar slang) wood; erection
    Synonym: tesão

Sakizaya

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tu.ˈsa/, [tu.ˈsa]

Numeral

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tusa

  1. two

Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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tusa

  1. (emphatic) Form of thusa (thou, you) used after verb forms ending in -n, -s or -dh.

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Further reading

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtusa/ [ˈt̪u.sa]
  • Rhymes: -usa
  • Syllabification: tu‧sa

Etymology 1

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From tuso (docked, cropped).

Noun

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tusa f (plural tusas)

  1. (Latin America) stripped corncob
  2. (Latin America) cigar rolled in a corn husk
  3. (Chile) cornsilk
  4. (Chile) mane (of a horse)
  5. (Colombia) pockmark
  6. (Colombia) spite, resentment
  7. (Central America, Cuba) trollop, bitch (woman)

Adjective

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tusa

  1. feminine singular of tuso

Etymology 2

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Noun

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tusa f (plural tusas)

  1. female equivalent of tuso (dog)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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tusa

  1. inflection of tusar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Ternate

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Etymology

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Cognate with Ambonese Malay tusa (cat).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tusa

  1. cat
    tusa malakocat's eye

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

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Etymology

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Cognate with (if not from) Ternate tusa (cat).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tusa

  1. cat

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics