nusa

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See also: nūsa and nuša

Balinese

Romanization

nusa

  1. Romanization of ᬦᬸᬲ

Chiquihuitlán Mazatec

Noun

nusa

  1. sweet potato

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay nusa, from Proto-Malayic *nusa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nusa.

Pronunciation

Noun

nusa (rare, poetic)

  1. Synonym of pulau (“island”)

Japanese

Romanization

nusa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぬさ

Javanese

Romanization

nusa

  1. Romanization of ꦤꦸꦱ (“island”)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *nusa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *nusa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *nusa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nusa.

Pronunciation

Noun

nusa (Jawi spelling نوسا, plural nusa-nusa, informal 1st possessive nusaku, 2nd possessive nusamu, 3rd possessive nusanya)

  1. island (area of land completely surrounded by water)

Synonyms

Further reading

Nupe

Pronunciation

Noun

nusa (plural nusazhì)

  1. elder
    Synonym: jìgbán
    Antonym: egi
  2. old age

Derived terms

Sangir

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *nusa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nusa.

Noun

nusa

  1. island (area of land completely surrounded by water)

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *nusa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nusa.

Noun

nusa

  1. island (area of land completely surrounded by water)

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-nusa (infinitive kunusa)

  1. to sniff

Conjugation

Conjugation of -nusa
Positive present -nanusa
Subjunctive -nuse
Negative -nusi
Imperative singular nusa
Infinitives
Positive kunusa
Negative kutonusa
Imperatives
Singular nusa
Plural nuseni
Tensed forms
Habitual hunusa
Positive past positive subject concord + -linusa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kunusa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nanusa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninanusa/nanusa tunanusa
2nd person unanusa mnanusa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ananusa wananusa
other classes positive subject concord + -nanusa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -nusi)
Singular Plural
1st person sinusi hatunusi
2nd person hunusi hamnusi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hanusi hawanusi
other classes negative subject concord + -nusi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tanusa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tanusa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -nuse)
Singular Plural
1st person ninuse tunuse
2nd person unuse mnuse
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anuse wanuse
other classes positive subject concord + -nuse
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sinuse
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngenusa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singenusa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalinusa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalinusa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -anusa)
Singular Plural
1st person nanusa twanusa
2nd person wanusa mwanusa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anusa wanusa
m-mi(III/IV) wanusa yanusa
ji-ma(V/VI) lanusa yanusa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chanusa vyanusa
n(IX/X) yanusa zanusa
u(XI) wanusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwanusa
pa(XVI) panusa
mu(XVIII) mwanusa
Perfect positive subject concord + -menusa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshanusa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -janusa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kinusa
"If not" positive subject concord + -siponusa
Consecutive kanusa / positive subject concord + -kanusa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kanuse
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -ninusa -tunusa
2nd person -kunusa -wanusa/-kunuseni/-wanuseni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mnusa -wanusa
m-mi(III/IV) -unusa -inusa
ji-ma(V/VI) -linusa -yanusa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kinusa -vinusa
n(IX/X) -inusa -zinusa
u(XI) -unusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kunusa
pa(XVI) -panusa
mu(XVIII) -munusa
Reflexive -jinusa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -nusa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -nusaye -nusao
m-mi(III/IV) -nusao -nusayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -nusalo -nusayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -nusacho -nusavyo
n(IX/X) -nusayo -nusazo
u(XI) -nusao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -nusako
pa(XVI) -nusapo
mu(XVIII) -nusamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -nusa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yenusa -onusa
m-mi(III/IV) -onusa -yonusa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lonusa -yonusa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chonusa -vyonusa
n(IX/X) -yonusa -zonusa
u(XI) -onusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -konusa
pa(XVI) -ponusa
mu(XVIII) -monusa
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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