kaus

See also: Kaus

Icelandic

Verb

kaus

  1. first-person singular past indicative of kjósa
  2. third-person singular past indicative of kjósa

Indonesian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈka.ʊs/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧us

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch kous (“stocking”), from Middle Dutch couse, from Picard Old French cauce, from Vulgar Latin calcea, from Latin calceus.

Noun

kaus (first-person possessive kausku, second-person possessive kausmu, third-person possessive kausnya)

  1. stocking (covering garment).
    Synonym: sarung
  2. shirt.
  3. the material used for those garments.
Derived terms
  • berkaus
  • kaus kaki
  • kaus kutang
  • kaus lampu
  • kaus oblong
  • kaus pendek
  • kaus polo
  • kaus potong
  • mengausi

Etymology 2

From Malay kaus, from Classical Malay kaus, from Classical Persian کوش (kawš, “shoe, slipper”), an alternative form of کفش (kafš).

Noun

kaus (first-person possessive kausku, second-person possessive kausmu, third-person possessive kausnya)

  1. (obsolete) footwear.
    Synonyms: kasut, setiwel
Alternative forms
  • kaoes (pre-1947)

Etymology 3

From Malay kaus, from Classical Malay kaus, from Arabic قَوْس (qaws, “bow”).

Noun

kaus (first-person possessive kausku, second-person possessive kausmu, third-person possessive kausnya)

  1. (obsolete) bow.
    Synonym: busur
Alternative forms
  • kaoes (pre-1947)

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kauci. Cognates include Finnish kausi.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯s/, [ˈkɑu̯z̠]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯s/, [ˈkɑu̯ʒ̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯s
  • Hyphenation: kaus

Noun

kaus

  1. (in compounds) period

Declension
Declension of kaus (type 5/vesi, aut-avv gradation)
singular plural
nominative kaus kavvet
genitive kavven kausiin, kausiloin
partitive kautta kausia, kausiloja
illative kautee kausii, kausiloihe
inessive kavvees kausiis, kausilois
elative kavvest kausist, kausiloist
allative kavvelle kausille, kausiloille
adessive kavveel kausiil, kausiloil
ablative kavvelt kausilt, kausiloilt
translative kavveks kausiks, kausiloiks
essive kautenna, kauteen kausinna, kausiloinna, kausiin, kausiloin
exessive1) kautent kausint, kausiloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 146

White Hmong

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kau̯˩/

Noun

kaus (classifier: tus)

  1. a fang, tusk, beak
Derived terms
  • hniav kaus dev (“the canines (teeth)”)
  • kaus ncauj (“the beak of a bird”)
  • kaus ntxhw (“elephant tusk; ivory”)

Classifier

kaus

  1. classifier for bites or bitefuls
    Dev tom nws ib kaug. ― The dog bit him once.
    rau kaus mov ― six bitefuls of rice

Noun

kaus (classifier: tus)

  1. a sprout or young shoot from a plant
    kaus nplej ― a rice shoot
    kaus pob kws ― a corn shoot

Noun

kaus (classifier: lub)

  1. umbrella, parasol
    Nws nqa ib lub kaus mus teb. ― He carried an umbrella to the fields.

Verb

kaus

  1. to gouge out, scrape with a gouging motion
    kaus av ― to gouge the earth, scrape up earth
    kaus qhov muag ― gouge the eye

Etymology 4

From Proto-Hmong *kuwᴰ (“bamboo hat”).[2]

Noun

kaus

  1. used in kaus mom (“hat, cap”)

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 78.
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
  2. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 275.
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