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Balinese
Romanization
dusta
- Romanization of ᬤᬸᬱ᭄ᬝ.
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay dusta (“lie”), from Sanskrit दुष्ट (duṣṭa, “wicked, evil, corrupt”), from दुस्- (dus-, “evil, bad, difficult”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdusta/,
- Hyphenation: dus‧ta
Adjective
dusta
- lie, untruth, intentionally false.
- Synonym: bohong
Derived terms
Further reading
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English dust, from Middle English dust, doust, from Old English dūst (“dust”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠʊsˠt̪ˠə/
- (Ceantar na nOileán) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɪsˠt̪ˠə/
Noun
dusta m (genitive singular dusta)
- dust
- 1977, Tomás de Bhaldraithe, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 407 (page 221):
- sin é an ceann a mbíonn an dusta ag imtheacht as, seans
- That’s the one the dust is coming out of, perhaps.
Declension
Synonyms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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dusta
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dhusta
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ndusta
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 652
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 407 (p. 221)
Tagalog
Etymology
From Sanskrit दूषित (dūṣita).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dusˈtaʔ/,
- Hyphenation: dus‧ta
Adjective
dustâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)
- oppressed; maltreated
- Synonyms: inaapi, inaalipin
- humiliating; ignominious; disgraceful
- Synonyms: hamak, nakahihiya
- despicable
- Synonym: kalait-lait
Derived terms
Noun
dustâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)
- insulting speech or action
- Synonyms: pagdusta, pag-alipusta, paghamak, paglait
- ignominy; infamy; shame and dishonor
- miserable condition of livelihood
See also
Further reading
- “dusta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018