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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pu‧sa

Verb

pusa

  1. (of young animals) to emerge from an egg
  2. (of eggs) to break open when a young animal emerges from it
  3. to crush; to be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force

Czech

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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

  • IPA(key):
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  • Rhymes: -usa
  • Hyphenation: pu‧sa

Noun

pusa f

  1. mouth
    Synonym: ústa
  2. kiss
    Synonym: polibek

Declension

Declension of pusa (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative pusa pusy
genitive pusy pus
dative puse pusám
accusative pusu pusy
vocative puso pusy
locative puse pusách
instrumental pusou pusami

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Ilocano

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Malayalam പൂച്ച (pūcca, “pucca”).

Noun

pusa (plural puspusa)

  1. domesticated cat

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: pu‧sa

Etymology 1

Adjective

pusa

  1. alternative spelling of puso

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay pusa (“urge, impuls”). The sense of physical momentum is a semantic loan from Dutch impuls. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pusa (first-person possessive pusaku, second-person possessive pusamu, third-person possessive pusanya)

  1. urge, impulse
    Synonyms: desakan, dorongan, keinginan
  2. (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 (first-person possessive pusaku, second-person possessive pusamu, third-person possessive pusanya)

  1. (dialect) rattan basket for salt.

Further reading

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

pusa m pl

  1. nominative/dative plural of pus

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pusa phusa bpusa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Javanese

Romanization

pusa

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦸꦱ.

Kapampangan

Noun

pusa

  1. cat

References

Old English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. 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

Declension of pusa (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative pusa pusan
accusative pusan pusan
genitive pusan pusena
dative pusan pusum

Descendants

  • English: purse

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Busserl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pûsa/
  • Hyphenation: pu‧sa

Noun

pȕsa f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏са)

  1. (colloquial) kiss

Declension

Declension of pusa
singular plural
nominative pusa puse
genitive puse pusa
dative pusi pusama
accusative pusu puse
vocative puso puse
locative pusi pusama
instrumental pusom pusama

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Austrian German Puss.

Pronunciation

Noun

pusa f (genitive singular pusy, nominative plural pusy, genitive plural pús, declension pattern of žena)

  1. kiss
    Synonym: bozk

Declension

Declension of pusa
singular plural
nominative pusa pusy
genitive pusy pús
dative puse pusám
accusative pusu pusy
locative puse pusách
instrumental pusou pusami

Derived terms

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, 2024

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Isnag kusa, Kankanaey posa, Kapampangan pusa, Ilocano pusa, Ibatan pusak, Malayalam പൂച്ച (pūcca), Tetum busa, Sarawak Malay pusak and Malagasy fosa; all likely once referred to the Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes).

Pronunciation

Noun

pusà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ)

  1. cat; feline (animal)
  2. (figurative) a betrayer
    Synonym: manloloko
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

pusâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ)

  1. (obsolete) affront
    Synonym: mura
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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

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