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

  1. 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

Afar personal pronouns
1st person 2nd person 3rd person
m f
subject singular anú atú úsuk ís
plural nanú isín úsun
object singular tét
plural 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)

  1. 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

Declension of usuk
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)

  1. rafter
    Synonym: kasau

Further reading

Inuktitut

Noun

usuk

  1. Latin spelling of ᐅᓱᒃ (osok)

Inupiaq

Alternative forms

Noun

usuk

  1. penis
    Usuk aŋutim timaani ittuq.
    The penis is part of a man's body.

Javanese

Romanization

usuk

  1. romanization of ꦲꦸꦱꦸꦏ꧀

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀusuk, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀusuk (ribcage).

Noun

usuk

  1. rafter

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦲꦸꦱꦸꦏ꧀ (usuk)
    • Indonesian: usuk
    • Sundanese: usuk

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)

  1. rafter
    Synonyms: kaso, layeus

References

Tausug

Etymology

Akin to Cebuano usok.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /ʔusuk/ [ʔʊˈsuk̚]
  • Rhymes: -uk
  • Syllabification: u‧suk

Noun

usuk (Sulat Sūg spelling اُسُكْ)

  1. pole
  2. post
  3. stake