unsa

See also: unsã and únsa

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *qunuh + *-sa "rapport particle", from Proto-Central Philippine *qanuh, *qunuh, from Proto-Philippine *anu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anu, from Proto-Austronesian *(na-)nu.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: un‧sa
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔunsa/ [ˈʔun̪.s̪ɐ]

Pronoun

únsa (Badlit spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜐ)

  1. (interrogative) what
    Nag-unsa ka? ― What are you doing?
    Unsa ang imong kinahanglan? ― What do you need?
  2. (interrogative) which
    Unsa nga eskwelahan ka nanggikan? ― Which school do you came from?

Interjection

únsa? (Badlit spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜐ)

  1. said in surprise or disbelief: what?

Derived terms

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish onza.

Noun

únsa

  1. ounce

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“1/12 part”). Doublet of uinge.

Pronunciation

Noun

unsa m (genitive singular unsa, nominative plural unsaí)

  1. ounce (1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, 28.350 g)

Declension

Declension of unsa (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative unsa unsaí
vocative a unsa a unsaí
genitive unsa unsaí
dative unsa unsaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-unsa na hunsaí
genitive an unsa na n-unsaí
dative leis an unsa
don unsa 		leis na hunsaí

Derived terms

  • unsa leachtach (“fluid ounce”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of unsa
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
unsa n-unsa hunsa t-unsa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 238, page 87

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

unsa f (definite singular unsa, indefinite plural unser or unsor, definite plural unsene or unsone)

  1. definite singular of unse
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of unse
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