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See also: Kus, kuś, kūs, Kūs, kuş, kú·s, and Kuś

Afrikaans

FWOTD – 27 January 2019

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Dutch kust, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French coste, from Latin costa (“rib, side”).

Noun

kus (plural kuste)

  1. coast, shoreline, seashore
    • 1986, Die Noordweste. Die stoflike kultuuruitinge van die streek se bewoners, page 31:
      In 1862 word 'n pad vanaf die kopermyne na Hondeklipbaai aan die kus gebou.
      In 1862 a path from the copper mines to Hondeklip Bay at the coast is built.
  2. coastal region
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Dutch kussen, from Middle Dutch cussen, from Old Dutch kussen, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną. Cognate with English kiss, German küssen, and Danish kysse.

Verb

kus (present kus, present participle kussende, past participle gekus)

  1. to kiss
    • 2012, Pieter Aspe, Vierkant van die wraak, LAPA:
      Sy steek 'n hand na hom uit, en vir 'n oomblik oorweeg hy om dit galant te kus.
      She holds a hand in front of him, and for a moment he considers kissing it gallantly.
Usage notes

The use of kus as an alternative for soen is rarely used in speech but is more commonly found in literature, often being used poetically.

Synonyms

Etymology 3

From Dutch kus, from Middle Dutch kos, from Old Dutch *kos, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz. Cognate with English kiss, German Kuss, and Danish kys.

Noun

kus (plural kusse)

  1. kiss
    • 1984, Eugène Nielen Marais, Versamelde werke, Leon Rousseau (ed.), Van Schaik (publ.), page 930.
      Sy vou haar armpies om die ou man se nek maar in plaas van haar geheimpie te hoor, bedek hy die gesiggie met kusse.
      She wraps her short arms around the old man's neck, but instead of listening to her secret he covers her little face with kisses.
Usage notes

As with the noun.

Synonyms

Catawba

Etymology

From the same root as kusa (“standing”), because the stalks stand upright.

Noun

kus

  1. corn, maize

Usage notes

The initial consonant is sometimes voiced: gus.

Derived terms

  • kus suk (“corncob”, literally “corn house”)
  • kus sarak (“wheat”, literally “corn grass”)

References

  • 1900, Albert S. Gatschet, Grammatic Sketch of the Catawba Language (published in the American Anthropologist)

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kus m inan

  1. piece (either "part" or as a counter word)
    Máte více kusů? ― Do you have more pieces? or Do you have more of these?
  2. chunk

Declension

Declension of kus (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative kus kusy
genitive kusu kusů
dative kusu kusům
accusative kus kusy
vocative kuse kusy
locative kusu, kuse kusech
instrumental kusem kusy

Related terms

adjective
nouns
verbs

See also

Further reading

  • kus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • kus in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch kos, kus, from Old Dutch *kos, *kus, from Proto-West Germanic *koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.

The older Dutch forms with -u- are taken from the verb, those with -o- derive directly from the noun. Compare German Kuss, English kiss, Danish kys.

Noun

kus m (plural kussen, diminutive kusje n)

  1. kiss
    1. kiss of peace (Christian greeting)
    2. socialist fraternal kiss
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kus
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: kosi
  • Negerhollands: kus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kus

  1. inflection of kussen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ku.

Adverb

kus (not comparable)

  1. (interrogative) where (in which place)
  2. (relative) where (in which place)

See also

Estonian deictic adverbs
proximal distal interrogative
motion towards siia sinna kuhu
location inside siin seal kus
motion from siit sealt kust

French

Noun

kus m

  1. plural of ku

Ingrian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

kus

  1. inessive of kuka; where
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 33:
      Kus ono suuret ikkunat, seel ono paljo luhtia, paljo valkeutta.
      Where there are big windows, there is a lot of air, a lot of brightness.
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Paljo uutta ja interesnoita töö saatta tiitä maast, kus möö elämmä.
      You will get to know a lot of new and interesting things about the earth, where we live.

See also

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 31

Karelian

Pronoun

kus

  1. where

Livonian

Pronoun

kus

  1. where

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic كُوز (kūz), from Middle Persian.

Pronunciation

Noun

kus m (plural kwies)

  1. jug, pitcher
    Synonym: buqar

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *koss, see also Old Saxon kus, Old English coss, Old Norse koss.

Noun

kus m

  1. kiss

Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *koss. Compare Old English coss, Old Frisian koss, Old High German kus, Old Norse koss.

Noun

kus m

  1. a kiss

Declension

Declension of kus (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative kus kussos
accusative kus kussos
genitive kusses kussō
dative kusse kussum
instrumental — —


Related terms

Descendants

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

kȗs m (Cyrillic spelling ку̑с)

  1. (rare) piece, part
    Synonyms: komad, parče, deo/dio

Declension

Declension of kus
singular plural
nominative kȗs kȕsovi
genitive kusa kusova
dative kusu kusovima
accusative kus kusove
vocative kuse kusovi
locative kusu kusovima
instrumental kusom kusovima

Adjective

kȗs (definite kȗsī, Cyrillic spelling ку̑с) (rare)

  1. tailless
  2. too short
  3. incomplete

Declension

indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kus kusa kuso
genitive kusa kuse kusa
dative kusu kusoj kusu
accusative inanimate
animate 		kus
kusa 		kusu kuso
vocative kus kusa kuso
locative kusu kusoj kusu
instrumental kusim kusom kusim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kusi kuse kusa
genitive kusih kusih kusih
dative kusim(a) kusim(a) kusim(a)
accusative kuse kuse kusa
vocative kusi kuse kusa
locative kusim(a) kusim(a) kusim(a)
instrumental kusim(a) kusim(a) kusim(a)
definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kusi kusa kuso
genitive kusog(a) kuse kusog(a)
dative kusom(u/e) kusoj kusom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate 		kusi
kusog(a) 		kusu kuso
vocative kusi kusa kuso
locative kusom(e/u) kusoj kusom(e/u)
instrumental kusim kusom kusim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kusi kuse kusa
genitive kusih kusih kusih
dative kusim(a) kusim(a) kusim(a)
accusative kuse kuse kusa
vocative kusi kuse kusa
locative kusim(a) kusim(a) kusim(a)
instrumental kusim(a) kusim(a) kusim(a)

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ, cognate with Russian кус (kus) and кусок (kusok), Slovene kos, Serbo-Croatian кус, kus, Bulgarian къс (kǎs). Non-Slavic cognates include Sanskrit खादति (khādati, “he chews”), Persian خاییدن (xâyidan, “to chew”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kus m inan (genitive singular kusa, nominative plural kusy, genitive plural kusov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. piece

Declension

Declension of kus
singular plural
nominative kus kusy
genitive kusa kusov
dative kusu kusom
accusative kus kusy
locative kuse kusoch
instrumental kusom kusmi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “kus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *kuse, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷusó from *kʷos, *kʷis. Compare Tocharian B kᵤse.

Pronoun

kus (accusative kuc)

  1. who, what (interrogative)

Related terms

Turkish

Verb

kus

  1. second-person singular imperative of kusmak

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

kus

  1. where, in what place (interrogative)

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “где”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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