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Cebuano
Pronunciation
Verb
pusa
- (of young animals) to emerge from an egg
- (of eggs) to break open when a young animal emerges from it
- to crush; to be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from German Buss of uncertain origin. Compare English buss, Persian بوس (bus, “kiss”) and Latin basium (“kiss”). Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bu.
Pronunciation
Noun
pusa f
- mouth
- Synonym: ústa
- kiss
- Synonym: polibek
Declension
Declension of pusa (hard feminine)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pusa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “pusa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “pusa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
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Ilocano
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. False cognate of Malayalam പൂച്ച (pūcca).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpusa/
- Hyphenation: pu‧sa
Noun
pusa (plural puspusa, Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜓᜐ)
- cat; feline (animal)
- (Abra, slang) familiar term used to refer to female or gay friends
ob-obraem 'toy, pusa?- What are you doing here, girl?
Usage notes
- Sense 2 is usually used by females and gays to their friends, sometimes in a joking and/or sarcastic context.
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
pusa
- alternative spelling of puso
Etymology 2
Inherited from Malay pusa (“urge, impuls”). The sense of physical momentum is a semantic loan from Dutch impuls.
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Noun
pusa
- urge, impulse
- Synonyms: desakan, dorongan, keinginan
- (mechanics) momentum: of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity.
- Synonyms: impuls, momentum
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Minangkabau .
Noun
pusa
- (dialect) rattan basket for salt.
Further reading
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
pusa m pl
- nominative/dative plural of pus
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Javanese
Romanization
pusa
- Romanization of ꦥꦸꦱ.
Kapampangan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpusəʔ/
- Hyphenation: pu‧sa
Noun
púsâ
- cat
Derived terms
References
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *pusô (“bag, wallet, scrip”). Akin to Old High German pfosa (“purse”), Old Norse posi (“bag, purse”), púss (“pocket, pouch”). More at pussy.
Pronunciation
Noun
pusa m (nominative plural pusan)
- purse, bag, scrip
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
Sē rīċa and sē þearfa sind weġfērende on þisse weorolde. Sē rīċa birþ māre þonne hē behōfiġe tō his formetum, sē ōðer birþ ǣmtiġne pusan.- The rich and the poor are both wayfarers in this world. The rich carry more than they need for the journey, while the poor hold an empty sack.
Declension
Weak:
Descendants
- English: purse (not a direct descendant, but from burse, but the initial p- is due to interference from pusa)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Busserl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pûsa/
- Hyphenation: pu‧sa
Noun
pȕsa f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏са)
- (colloquial) kiss
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Austrian German Puss.
Pronunciation
Noun
pusa f (diminutive pusinka)
- kiss
- Synonym: bozk
Declension
Declension of
pusa (pattern
žena)
Further reading
- “pusa”, 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, 2003–2024
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Compare Isnag kusa, Kankanaey posa, Kapampangan pusa, Ilocano pusa, Ibatan pusak, Tetum busa, Sarawak Malay pusak and Malagasy fosa; all likely once referred to the Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes).[1] False cognate of Malayalam പൂച്ച (pūcca).
Pronunciation
Noun
pusà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ)
- cat; feline (animal)
- (figurative) a betrayer
- Synonym: manloloko
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
pusâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ) (obsolete)
- affront
- Synonym: mura
Derived terms
References
- ^ Blench, Roger, Walsh, Martin (2011) “Faunal names in Malagasy: their etymologies and implications for the prehistory of the East African coast”, in 11th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Aussois, France, pages 1–31
Further reading
- “pusa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- “pusa”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 215: “Darſe) Puſa (pp) T. prieſa en haçe mal o biẽ”
- page 330: “Gato) Puſa (pp) animal caſero, puſang babayi, gata, muy caçador le llaman, ganir na puſa.”
- page 496: “Prieſa) Puſa (pp) queſe dan a haçer”
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