unsa

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See also: unsã and únsa

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)

  1. (interrogative) what
    Nag-unsa ka?What are you doing?
    Unsa ang imong kinahanglan?What do you need?
  2. (interrogative) which
    Unsa nga eskwelahan ka nanggikan?Which school do you came from?

Interjection

unsá? (Badlit spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜐ)

  1. said in surprise or disbelief: what?

Derived terms

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish onza.

Noun

únsa

  1. 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)

  1. ounce (1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, 28.3495 g)

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
unsa n-unsa hunsa t-unsa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

unsa f (definite singular unsa, indefinite plural unser or unsor, definite plural unsene or unsone)

  1. definite singular of unse
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of unse