gusi

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡu.si/
  • Hyphenation: gu‧si
  • Rhymes: -si, -i

Etymology 1

From Malay gusi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gusi (“gums”), from Proto-Austronesian *gusi (“gums”).

Noun

gusi (plural gusi-gusi)

  1. (anatomy) gum: the flesh around the teeth.

Etymology 2

From Malay gusi, probably from Persian گشا (gošâ, “opening, loosening, solving”).[1]

Noun

gusi (plural gusi-gusi)

  1. mizzen sail; gaff mainsail.

References

  1. ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gusi (“gums”), from Proto-Austronesian *gusi (“gums”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -i
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Noun

gusi (Jawi spelling ݢوسي, plural gusi-gusi, informal 1st possessive gusiku, 2nd possessive gusimu, 3rd possessive gusinya)

  1. (anatomy) gum

Descendants

  • Indonesian: gusi

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Interjection

gusi

  1. (Kuyavia) used to call geese

Further reading

  • Józef Bliziński (1860) “gusi”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 623
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “gusi”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay guci (“jar”), from possibly Chinese.

Pronunciation

Noun

gusì (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜐᜒ)

  1. large burial jar
  2. large vase of buried treasure (supposedly left by Hakka Chinese who migrated to pre-colonial Philippines)

See also

Further reading

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

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