kusa

See also: kusą, kuša, kuşa, and куса

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰuːsa/
    Rhymes: -uːsa

Noun

kusa f (genitive singular kusu, plural kusur)

  1. (rare) udder, breast
  2. (endearing) cow
  3. (vulgar) pussy

Declension

Declension of kusa
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kusa kusan kusur kusurnar
accusative kusu kusuna kusur kusurnar
dative kusu kusuni kusum kusunum
genitive kusu kusunnar kusa kusanna

Synonyms

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kú.sá/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kʷʊ́.sə́]

Adverb

kusa

  1. near, nearby

Icelandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse kussa (cow), related to Swedish kossa, Old Norse kussi (bull calf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰʏːsa/
    Rhymes: -ʏːsa

Noun

kusa f (genitive singular kusu, nominative plural kusur)

  1. (endearing) cow

Declension

Synonyms

  • kus-kus, kusa-kus
  • kusi, kussi

Japanese

Romanization

kusa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of くさ

Kituba

Verb

kusa

  1. to rub
  2. to paint

Latvian

Verb

kusa

  1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of kust

Limos Kalinga

Noun

kusa

  1. cat

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkusa/

Verb

kusa

  1. third-person singular present of kusaś

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

kusa

  1. cat

Malay

Etymology 1

Clipping of angkusa from Sanskrit अङ्कुश (aṅkuśa).

Noun

kusa (Jawi spelling کوسا, plural kusa-kusa, informal 1st possessive kusaku, 2nd possessive kusamu, 3rd possessive kusanya)

  1. (Kedah) an elephant goad, ankus.
    Synonyms: kosa, angkus, angkusa

Etymology 2

Ungliding of kuasa.

Noun

kusa (plural kusa-kusa, informal 1st possessive kusaku, 2nd possessive kusamu, 3rd possessive kusanya)

  1. (rare, archaic) power

References

  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کوس kosa or kusa”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 547
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kosa”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 613

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.sa/
  • Rhymes: -usa
  • Syllabification: ku‧sa

Adjective

kusa

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of kusy

Swazi

Etymology

From ku- + -sa.

Noun

kûsá class 15

  1. infinitive of -sa
  2. dawn

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology

Compare Danish kusse.

Noun

kusa c

  1. (dialectal) the female genitalia

Declension

Declension of kusa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kusa kusan kusor kusorna
Genitive kusas kusans kusors kusornas

Derived terms

References

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkusaʔ/, [ˈku.sɐʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ku‧sa

Noun

kusà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜐ)

  1. initiative; volition; voluntary act
    Synonyms: boluntad, inisyatiba, sariling-palo

Derived terms

  • kusain
  • kusang-abuloy
  • kusang-gawa
  • kusang-loob
  • kusang-palo
  • magkusa
  • pagkukusa
  • pagkusaan

Adjective

kusà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜐ)

  1. voluntary
    Synonyms: boluntaryo, sadya, sinadya

Adverb

kusà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜐ)

  1. voluntarily
    Synonym: boluntaryo

References

Anagrams

Yogad

Noun

kusá

  1. cat

Yoruba

Etymology

Noun sense derives from ideophone sense

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kù.sà/

Ideophone

kùsà

  1. (of an entity) being dug up frantically

Noun

kùsà

  1. (geology) mineral
    Synonym: àlùmọ́nì

Derived terms

  • awakùsà (miner)
  • iṣẹ́-òwò ajẹmọ́-ìwakùsà (mining industry)
  • wakùsà (to mine)
  • àṣẹ lórí kùsà (mineral right)
  • ìwakùsà (mining)
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