kus

Clipping of English Kusaal.

kus

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kusaal.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kusaal terms

• IPA^(key): /kœs/

From Dutch kust, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French coste, from Latin costa (“rib, side”).

kus (plural kuste)

1. coast, shoreline, seashore
   • 1986, Die Noordweste. Die stoflike kultuuruitinge van die streek se bewoners, page 31:

     In 1862 word 'n pad vanaf die kopermyne na Hondeklipbaai aan die kus gebou.

     In 1862 a path from the copper mines to Hondeklip Bay at the coast is built.

2. coastal region

From Dutch kussen, from Middle Dutch cussen, from Old Dutch kussen, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną. Cognate with English kiss, German küssen, and Danish kysse.

kus (present kus, present participle kussende, past participle gekus)

1. to kiss
   • 2012, Pieter Aspe, Vierkant van die wraak, LAPA:

     Sy steek 'n hand na hom uit, en vir 'n oomblik oorweeg hy om dit galant te kus.

     She holds a hand in front of him, and for a moment he considers kissing it gallantly.

The use of kus as an alternative for soen is rarely used in speech but is more commonly found in literature, often being used poetically.

• soen

From Dutch kus, from Middle Dutch kos, from Old Dutch *kos, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz. Cognate with English kiss, German Kuss, and Danish kys.

kus (plural kusse)

1. kiss
   • 1984, Eugène Nielen Marais, Versamelde werke, Leon Rousseau (ed.), Van Schaik (publ.), page 930.

     Sy vou haar armpies om die ou man se nek maar in plaas van haar geheimpie te hoor, bedek hy die gesiggie met kusse.

     She wraps her short arms around the old man's neck, but instead of listening to her secret he covers her little face with kisses.

As with the noun.

• soen

From the same root as kusa (“standing”), because the stalks stand upright.

kus

1. corn, maize

The initial consonant is sometimes voiced: gus.

• kus suk (“corncob”, literally “corn house”)
• kus sarak (“wheat”, literally “corn grass”)

• 1900, Albert S. Gatschet, Grammatic Sketch of the Catawba Language (published in the American Anthropologist)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkus]

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kus m inan

1. piece (either "part" or as a counter word)

   Máte více kusů? ― Do you have more pieces? or Do you have more of these?

2. chunk

• část f

• “kus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /kʏs/

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• Hyphenation: kus
• Rhymes: -ʏs

From Middle Dutch kos, kus, from Old Dutch *kos, *kus, from Proto-West Germanic *koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.

The older Dutch forms with -u- are taken from the verb, those with -o- derive directly from the noun. Compare German Kuss, English kiss, Danish kys.

kus m (plural kussen, diminutive kusje n)

1. kiss
   1. kiss of peace (Christian greeting)
   2. socialist fraternal kiss

• (dialectal) kos

• zoen

• afscheidskus
• wangkus

• Afrikaans: kus
• Berbice Creole Dutch: kosi
• Negerhollands: kus

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kus

1. inflection of kussen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

From Proto-Finnic *ku.

kus (not comparable)

1. (interrogative) where (in which place)
2. (relative) where (in which place)

kus m

1. plural of ku

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkusːɑ/, [ˈkus̠ː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkus/, [ˈkuʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -usː, -us
• Hyphenation: kus
• Homophone: kussa

kus

1. inessive of kuka; where
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 33:

     Kus ono suuret ikkunat, seel ono paljo luhtia, paljo valkeutta.

     Where there are big windows, there is a lot of air, a lot of brightness.

   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Paljo uutta ja interesnoita töö saatta tiitä maast, kus möö elämmä.

     You will get to know a lot of new and interesting things about the earth, where we live.

• mis

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 31

kus

1. where

Perso-Arabic		کُس

Borrowed from Persian کس (kos).

• IPA^(key): /kus/

kus (definite accusative kusı, plural kuslar)

1. vagina

   Synonyms: hâm, tılâq

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN

kus

1. where

From Arabic كُوز (kūz), from Middle Persian.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːs/

kus m (plural kwies or kusien, diminutive kwejjes)

1. jug, pitcher

   Synonym: buqar

From Proto-West Germanic *koss, see also Old Saxon kus, Old English coss, Old Norse koss.

kus m

1. kiss

• Middle High German: kus, kos
  • Cimbrian: khüss (vowel influenced by verb)
  • German: Kuss
  • Hunsrik: Kuss
  • Luxembourgish: Kuss

From Proto-West Germanic *koss. Compare Old English coss, Old Frisian koss, Old High German kus, Old Norse koss.

kus m

1. a kiss

• kussian

• Middle Low German: kus, kuss
  • German Low German: Kuß
  • Plautdietsch: Kuss

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ.

• IPA^(key): /kûːs/

kȗs m inan (Cyrillic spelling ку̑с)

1. (rare) piece, part

   Synonyms: komad, parče, deo/dio

kȗs (Cyrillic spelling ку̑с, definite kȗsī) (rare)

1. tailless
2. too short
3. incomplete

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ, cognate with Russian кус (kus) and кусок (kusok), Slovene kos, Serbo-Croatian кус, kus, Bulgarian къс (kǎs). Non-Slavic cognates include Sanskrit खादति (khādati, “he chews”), Persian خاییدن (xâyidan, “to chew”).

• IPA^(key): [kus]

kus m inan (relational adjective kusový, diminutive kúštik or kúsoček or kúštiček, augmentative kusisko)

1. piece

• “kus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

From Proto-Tocharian *kuse, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷusó from *kʷos, *kʷís. Compare Tocharian B kᵤse.

kus (accusative kuc)

1. who, what (interrogative)

• kusne (relative pronoun)

kus

1. cough, coughing
   • 2010, anonymous author, Kirap!‎^[2]:

     Na sampela i kisim pen long bodi, skin i skrap, tuhat, kus, les kwik, belhat, o bel hevi.

     They may also experience aching, itching, sweating, and coughing, as well as mood changes demonstrated by impatience, a proneness to anger, or even depression.

kus

1. to cough
   • 1998, anonymous author, Kirap!‎^[3]:

     Jem i kamap long win taim sikman i kus long maus o nus.

     The germ spreads in the air when a patient coughs through the mouth or nose.

• Kus

kus

1. second-person singular imperative of kusmak

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

kus

1. where, in what place (interrogative)

• miš

• kus-ni
• kus-se
• koje-kus
• nikus

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “где”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika