tusa

See also: Tusa, tusá, tușa, and tușă

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

tusa

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

References

  • D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia[2], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Baltic Romani

Pronoun

tusa

  1. (Litovska) instrumental of tu

Declension

Galician

Verb

tusa

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

Hausa

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tūsā̀ f (possessed form tūsàr̃)

  1. fart

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

tusa (plural tusák)

  1. struggle, fight, combat
Declension
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
  • tusázik
Compound words

Etymology 2

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

Noun

tusa

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of tus
Declension
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

  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

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

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠʊsˠə/

Pronoun

tusa (conjunctive)

  1. emphatic form of
    you (singular), thou

Usage notes

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

See also

Irish personal pronouns
person conjunctive
(emphatic)
disjunctive
(emphatic)
possessive
determiner
singular first
(mise)
mo L
m' before vowel sounds
second
(tusa)1
thú
(thusa)
do L
d' before vowel sounds
third m
(seisean)
é
(eisean)
a L
f
(sise)
í
(ise)
a H
n ea
plural first muid, sinn
(muidne, muide), (sinne)
ár E
second sibh
(sibhse)1
bhur E
third siad
(siadsan)
iad
(iadsan)
a E

L Triggers lenition   E Triggers eclipsis   H Triggers h-prothesis

1 Also used as the vocative

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun.
For instance, "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

Further reading

Manado Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Ternate tusa

Noun

tusa

  1. cat (Felis catus)

Portuguese

Noun

tusa f (plural tusas)

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

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tu.ˈsa/, [tu.ˈsa]

Numeral

tusa

  1. two

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Pronoun

tusa

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

See also

Scottish Gaelic personal pronouns
simple emphatic
singular plural singular plural
first person mi sinn mise sinne
second person thu, tu1 sibh2 thusa, tusa1 sibhse2
third
person
m e iad esan iadsan
f i ise

1 Used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh.
2 sibh and sibhse also act as the polite singular pronouns.
To mark a direct object of a verbal noun, the derivatives of gam are used.

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From tuso (docked, cropped).

Noun

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

tusa

  1. feminine singular of tuso

Etymology 2

Noun

tusa f (plural tusas)

  1. female equivalent of tuso (dog)

Etymology 3

Verb

tusa

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

Further reading

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with Ambonese Malay tusa (cat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtu.sa/

Noun

tusa

  1. cat
    tusa malakocat's eye

References

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

West Makian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪u.s̪a/

Noun

tusa

  1. cat

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[3], Pacific linguistics