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Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Bisayan *qunuh + *-sa "rapport particle", from Proto-Central Philippine *qanuh, *qunuh, from Proto-Philippine *anu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anu, from Proto-Austronesian *(na-)nu.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: un‧sa
- IPA(key): /ʔunˈsa/,
Pronoun
unsá (Badlit spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜐ)
- (interrogative) what
- Nag-unsa ka? ― What are you doing?
- Unsa ang imong kinahanglan? ― What do you need?
- (interrogative) which
- Unsa nga eskwelahan ka nanggikan? ― Which school do you came from?
Interjection
unsá? (Badlit spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜐ)
- said in surprise or disbelief: what?
Derived terms
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish onza.
Noun
únsa
- ounce
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“1/12 part”).
Pronunciation
Noun
unsa m (genitive singular unsa, nominative plural unsaí)
- ounce (1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, 28.3495 g)
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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unsa
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n-unsa
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hunsa
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t-unsa
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “unsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “un(n)sa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 87
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
unsa f (definite singular unsa, indefinite plural unser or unsor, definite plural unsene or unsone)
- definite singular of unse
- (pre-2012) alternative form of unse