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Borrowed from Old East Slavicусъ(usŭ, “moustache, beard”) (compare Russianусы́(usý, “moustache”)). The word apparently entered the language in the 18th century, at first mostly in more Eastern dialects: at the beginning of the 19th century, it was still little known in northern Vidzeme. By the mid-19th century, however, it had become more widely known, albeit with variations (ūse, ūsi, ūsas). The form ūsas became stable only at the end of the 19th century.[1]
sams sāka peldēt: liela galva, garās ūsas, tumša mugura ― the catfish started swimming: big head, long barbels, dark back
ja prusakiem tiek zaudēta kāja vai ūsa, kukainis to spēj ataudzēt ― if cockroaches lose a leg or an antenna, the insect can regenerate it, grow it again
Usage notes
Even though the singular forms do exist and are occasionally found (especially in the “insect antenna” sense), the plural forms are much more frequent.
