dusa

Borrowed from Malay dosa (“sin”), from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa, “deficiency, damage, harm”), through semantic change.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdusa/
• Hyphenation: du‧sa

dúsa (Basahan spelling ᜇᜓᜐ)

1. lament

   Synonyms: sambitan, panambitan

2. suffering, grief

   Synonyms: tios, penitensiya

From the same stem as dusēt, made into a feminine fourth declension noun (ending -a).

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dusa f (4th declension)

1. (poetic) sleep (the act of sleeping)

   saldu dusu! ― sleep well! (lit. sweet sleep)

   ar gaiļa dziesmu piecēlos no dusas ― with the cock's song (= at cockcrow) I woke up from sleep

   jutos gurdens un gāju taisni klētiņā uz dusu ― I felt weary and went directly to the little barn to sleep

2. (poetic) rest, piece

   mūsu paaudze dusas nezināja ― our generation knew no rest

   lieli tauriņi, kā dusas meklēdami, laižas pa stiebriem un grīšļiem ― large butterflies, as if looking for rest, fly through grass stalks and sedge leaves

3. (poetic, figuratively) death

   mūža dusa ― eternal sleep (= death)

   no beigu dusas nevar modināt! ― (one) cannot wake up (someone) from the final sleep (= death)

• miegs

• aizdusa
• dusēt

• rusa — dialectal, Rizal, informal

Borrowed from Malay dosa (“sin”), from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa, “deficiency, damage, harm”), through semantic change.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdusa/
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: du‧sa

dusa (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜐ)

1. suffering; affliction

   Synonyms: hirap, sakit, pagtitiis

2. grief; sorrow

   Synonyms: dalamhati, pighati, lungkot

3. penance; penitence

   Synonyms: pagpapakasakit, penitensiya

4. punishment

   Synonym: parusa

• “dusa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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dusa

1. sin
2. crime
3. guilt, fault

• baldusa (“sinner”)