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pusa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pusa"

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pu‧sa

Verb

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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

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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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  • IPA(key): [ˈpusa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -usa
  • Hyphenation: pu‧sa

Noun

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pusa f

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

Declension

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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

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nouns
verbs

Further reading

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  • “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

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic. False cognate of Malayalam പൂച്ച (pūcca).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpusa/ [ˈpu.sa]
  • Hyphenation: pu‧sa

Noun

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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

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  • Sense 2 is usually used by females and gays to their friends, sometimes in a joking and/or sarcastic context.

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpusa]
  • Hyphenation: pu‧sa

Etymology 1

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Adjective

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pusa

  1. alternative spelling of puso

Etymology 2

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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

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pusa (uncountable)

  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
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Etymology 3

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From Minangkabau [Term?].

Noun

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pusa (uncountable)

  1. (dialect) rattan basket for salt.

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pusa m pl

  1. nominative/dative plural of pus

Mutation

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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

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Romanization

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pusa

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦸꦱ.

Kapampangan

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpusəʔ/ [ˈpuː.səʔ]
  • Hyphenation: pu‧sa

Noun

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púsâ

  1. cat

Derived terms

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References

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpu.sɑ/, [ˈpu.zɑ]

Noun

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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

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Weak:

singular plural
nominative pusa pusan
accusative pusan pusan
genitive pusan pusena
dative pusan pusum

Descendants

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  • English: purse (not a direct descendant, but from burse, but the initial p- is due to interference from pusa)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Busserl.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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pȕsa f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏са)

  1. (colloquial) kiss

Declension

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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

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Etymology

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Derived from Austrian German Puss.

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Noun

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pusa f (diminutive pusinka)

  1. kiss
    Synonym: bozk

Declension

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Declension of pusa (pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativepusapusy
genitivepusypús
dativepusepusám
accusativepusupusy
locativepusepusách
instrumentalpusoupusami

Further reading

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  • “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

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Etymology 1

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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).

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Noun

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pusà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ)

  1. cat; feline (animal)
  2. (figurative) a betrayer
    Synonym: manloloko
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pusâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ) (obsolete)

  1. affront
    Synonym: mura
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References

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  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[1], Aussois, France, pages 1–31

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