pusa

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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

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  • Rhymes: -usa
  • Hyphenation: pu‧sa

Noun

pusa f

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

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
verbs

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)

  1. cat; feline (animal)
  2. (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

  • 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

  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

  1. (dialect) rattan basket for salt.

Further reading

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

pusa m pl

  1. nominative/dative plural of pus

Mutation

Mutated forms of pusa
radical lenition eclipsis
pusa phusa bpusa

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

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦸꦱ.

Kapampangan

Pronunciation

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

Noun

púsâ

  1. cat

Derived terms

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

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)

  1. (colloquial) kiss

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Austrian German Puss.

Pronunciation

Noun

pusa f (diminutive pusinka)

  1. kiss
    Synonym: bozk

Declension

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)

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

pusâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ) (obsolete)

  1. 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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