pusa

• Hyphenation: pu‧sa

pusa

1. (of young animals) to emerge from an egg
2. (of eggs) to break open when a young animal emerges from it
3. to crush; to be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force

Borrowed from German Buss of uncertain origin. Compare English buss, Persian بوس (bus, “kiss”) and Latin basium (“kiss”). Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bu.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpusa]

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• Rhymes: -usa
• Hyphenation: pu‧sa

pusa f

1. mouth

   Synonym: ústa

2. kiss

   Synonym: polibek

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

• pasu

Onomatopoeic. False cognate of Malayalam പൂച്ച (pūcca).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpusa/ [ˈpu.sa]
• Hyphenation: pu‧sa

pusa (plural puspusa, Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜓᜐ)

1. cat; feline (animal)
2. (Abra, slang) familiar term used to refer to female or gay friends

   ob-obraem 'toy, pusa?

   What are you doing here, girl?

• Sense 2 is usually used by females and gays to their friends, sometimes in a joking and/or sarcastic context.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpusa]
• Hyphenation: pu‧sa

pusa (comparative lebih pusa, superlative paling pusa)

1. alternative form of puso

Inherited from Malay pusa (“urge, impuls”). The sense of physical momentum is a semantic loan from Dutch impuls. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

pusa (plural pusa-pusa)

1. urge, impulse

   Synonyms: desakan, dorongan, keinginan

2. (mechanics) momentum: of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity

   Synonyms: impuls, momentum

From Minangkabau [Term?].

pusa (plural pusa-pusa)

1. (dialect) rattan basket for salt

• “pusa” 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠʊsˠə/

pusa m pl

1. nominative/dative plural of pus

pusa

1. romanization of ꦥꦸꦱ

• IPA^(key): /ˈpusəʔ/ [ˈpuː.səʔ]
• Hyphenation: pu‧sa

púsâ

1. cat

• Lanlan Li, Kapampangan locative constructions: synchronic and diachronic connections (2018)

From Malay pusar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.sa/
• Rhymes: -usa
• Hyphenation: pu‧sa

pusa

1. (anatomy) navel, belly button

• posa

From Proto-Germanic *pusô (“bag, wallet, scrip”). Akin to Old High German pfosa (“purse”), Old Norse posi (“bag, purse”), púss (“pocket, pouch”). More at pussy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.sɑ/, [ˈpu.zɑ]

pusa m (nominative plural pusan)

1. purse, bag, scrip
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"

     Sē rīċa and sē þearfa sind weġfērende on þisse weorolde. Sē rīċa birþ māre þonne hē behōfiġe tō his formetum, sē ōðer birþ ǣmtiġne pusan.

     The rich and the poor are both wayfarers in this world. The rich carry more than they need for the journey, while the poor hold an empty sack.

Weak:

• English: purse (not a direct descendant, but from burse, but the initial p- is due to interference from pusa)

From Proto-Polynesian *pusa (cognate of Tongan pusa);^[1] proposed as a borrowing of Dutch bus from Tongan contact with Jacob Le Maire's and Willem Schouten's ships during exploration for the Dutch East India Company in April 1616.^[2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

pusa

1. box

Borrowed from German Busserl.

• IPA^(key): /pûsa/
• Hyphenation: pu‧sa

pȕsa f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏са)

1. (colloquial) kiss

Derived from Austrian German Puss.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpusa]

pusa f (diminutive pusinka)

1. kiss

   Synonym: bozk

• “pusa”, 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

Compare Isnag kusa, Kankanaey posa, Kapampangan pusa, Ilocano pusa, Ibatan pusak, Tetum busa, Sarawak Malay pusak and Malagasy fosa; all likely once referred to the Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes).^[1] False cognate of Malayalam പൂച്ച (pūcca). See also puss#Etymology_1.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpusaʔ/ [ˈpuː.sɐʔ]

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• Rhymes: -usaʔ
• Syllabification: pu‧sa

pusà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ)

1. cat; feline (animal)
2. (figurative) a betrayer

   Synonym: manloloko

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puˈsaʔ/ [pʊˈsaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: pu‧sa

pusâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ) (obsolete)

1. affront

   Synonym: mura

• “pusa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “pusa”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[4] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[5], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 215: “Darſe) Puſa (pp) T. prieſa en [lo que] haçe mal o biẽ”
  • page 330: “Gato) Puſa (pp) animal caſero, puſang babayi, gata, [y al] muy caçador le llaman, ganir na puſa.”
  • page 496: “Prieſa) Puſa (pp) queſe dan a haçer”

• puas, usap, upas

From Proto-Polynesian *pusa;^[1] proposed as a borrowing of Dutch bus from contact with Jacob Le Maire's and Willem Schouten's ships during exploration for the Dutch East India Company in April 1616.^[2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

pusa

1. box