usuk
Afar
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya iso, Saho úsuk, Sidamo isi and Somali isaga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈusuk/
- Hyphenation: u‧suk
Pronoun
úsuk
- he
- Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language][1], Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 4:
- Usuk (Yalla kinnuk) cisab kee galtoh Ayró (Qhiyaamah Ayró kinnuk) yamlike Rabbi kinni.
- He (God) who possesses the Day of reckoning and reward (the Day of Qhiyaama) is God.
See also
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
m | f | ||||
subject | singular | anú | atú | úsuk | ís |
plural | nanú | isín | úsun | ||
object | singular | yó | kó | ká | tét |
plural | né | sín | kén |
References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *ucuɣ (“penis, vagina, vulva”), from Proto-Eskimo *ucuɣ (“penis, vulva”). Compare utsuk (“vagina”).
Pronunciation
Noun
usuk (plural usuit)
- penis
- 1992 August 21, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit, page 11:
- Qanittukkut aviisini eqqartorneqarpoq qallunaap usuni kipisimagaa nuliama itigartitsiuarnera naalliuutigingaaramiuk.
- Recently, there was a story in the papers about a Dane who cut off his penis because he was very pained by his wife's persistent rejections.
Declension
case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
absolutive | usuk | usuit |
ergative | usuup | |
allative | usummut | usunnut |
ablative | usummit | usunniit |
prolative | usukkut | usutsigut |
locative | usummi | usunni |
instrumental | usummik | usunnik |
equative | usuttut |
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦸꦱꦸꦏ꧀ (usuk), from Old Javanese usuk. Doublet of rusuk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈu.suk/, [ˈu.sʊk̚]
- Rhymes: -uk
- Hyphenation: u‧suk
Noun
usuk (plural usuk-usuk)
Further reading
- “usuk” 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.
Inuktitut
Noun
usuk
- Latin spelling of ᐅᓱᒃ (osok)
Inupiaq
Alternative forms
- usruk (Kobuk)
Noun
usuk
Javanese
Romanization
usuk
- romanization of ꦲꦸꦱꦸꦏ꧀
Old Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀusuk, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀusuk (“ribcage”).
Noun
usuk
Descendants
References
- "usuk" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Sundanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese usuk, from Old Javanese usuk.
Noun
usuk (Sundanese script ᮅᮞᮥᮊ᮪)
References
- "usuk" in Maman Sumantri, Atjep Djamaludin, Achmad Patoni, R.H. Moch. Koerdie, M.O. Koesman, Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
Tausug
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /ʔusuk/ [ʔʊˈsuk̚]
- Rhymes: -uk
- Syllabification: u‧suk
Noun
usuk (Sulat Sūg spelling اُسُكْ)