gusa

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See also: guša and gușă

Hausa

Pronunciation

Verb

gusā̀ (grade 1)

  1. to move aside

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gusa (to spurt), from Proto-Indo-European *gus-, from *ǵʰew- (to pour). Related to Icelandic gjósa, geysa, English gush and geyser.

Pronunciation

Noun

gusa f (genitive singular gusu, nominative plural gusur)

  1. splash
    Synonym: skvetta

Declension

References

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkusa/

Noun

gusa

  1. accusative/genitive singular of gussa

Nupe

Zà na è lá gusa lo na.

Pronunciation

Noun

gusa

  1. bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gu‧sa

Noun

gusa f (uncountable)

  1. Only used in ferro-gusa

Spanish

Noun

gusa f (plural gusas)

  1. (Spain, colloquial) hunger

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

-gusa (infinitive kugusa)

  1. to touch (feel with the body)
  2. to graze

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gusa
Positive present -nagusa
Subjunctive -guse
Negative -gusi
Imperative singular gusa
Infinitives
Positive kugusa
Negative kutogusa
Imperatives
Singular gusa
Plural guseni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugusa
Positive past positive subject concord + -ligusa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kugusa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagusa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninagusa/nagusa tunagusa
2nd person unagusa mnagusa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagusa wanagusa
other classes positive subject concord + -nagusa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gusi)
Singular Plural
1st person sigusi hatugusi
2nd person hugusi hamgusi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagusi hawagusi
other classes negative subject concord + -gusi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagusa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tagusa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -guse)
Singular Plural
1st person niguse tuguse
2nd person uguse mguse
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aguse waguse
other classes positive subject concord + -guse
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siguse
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegusa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegusa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligusa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligusa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agusa)
Singular Plural
1st person nagusa twagusa
2nd person wagusa mwagusa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agusa wagusa
m-mi(III/IV) wagusa yagusa
ji-ma(V/VI) lagusa yagusa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagusa vyagusa
n(IX/X) yagusa zagusa
u(XI) wagusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwagusa
pa(XVI) pagusa
mu(XVIII) mwagusa
Perfect positive subject concord + -megusa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshagusa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagusa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kigusa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipogusa
Consecutive kagusa / positive subject concord + -kagusa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaguse
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nigusa -tugusa
2nd person -kugusa -wagusa/-kuguseni/-waguseni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgusa -wagusa
m-mi(III/IV) -ugusa -igusa
ji-ma(V/VI) -ligusa -yagusa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigusa -vigusa
n(IX/X) -igusa -zigusa
u(XI) -ugusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kugusa
pa(XVI) -pagusa
mu(XVIII) -mugusa
Reflexive -jigusa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gusa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -gusaye -gusao
m-mi(III/IV) -gusao -gusayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -gusalo -gusayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gusacho -gusavyo
n(IX/X) -gusayo -gusazo
u(XI) -gusao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -gusako
pa(XVI) -gusapo
mu(XVIII) -gusamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gusa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yegusa -ogusa
m-mi(III/IV) -ogusa -yogusa
ji-ma(V/VI) -logusa -yogusa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogusa -vyogusa
n(IX/X) -yogusa -zogusa
u(XI) -ogusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kogusa
pa(XVI) -pogusa
mu(XVIII) -mogusa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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