gusu

See also: Gusu and Gūsū

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *ŋuju, from Proto-Oceanic *ŋuju, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ŋusu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ŋusu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋusuq, from Proto-Austronesian *ŋusuq.

Noun

gusu-na

1. (anatomy) mouth (the opening of a creature of which food is ingested)

   Dolava na nomu gusu!

   Open your mouth!

2. mouth, opening, entrance (of a river, cave or other geographical feature)

   Era tiko voleka ki na gusuniwai na koro.

   The village is near the river mouth.

3. spokesperson, spokesman (person who acts as the voice of a group of people)

   Synonym: gusu ni vosa

   Au gusundratou na gone ni Viti ka keimami tiko mai Niusiladi.

   I am spokesperson for those of us Fijians in New Zealand.

Verb

gusu (transitive form gusuna) (intransitive)

1. to speak for, to be spokesperson for

   Au gusundratou na gone.

   I speak for the children.

Derived terms

• gusu bona (“bad breath, halitosis”)
• gusu ca, gusugusu ca (“backbiter, gossip, foul-mouthed”)
• gusu coci (“harelip, cleft lip”)
• gusu kabasu (“blabbermouth, cannot keep secrets”)
• gusu kaukauwa (“big mouth, outspoken, rough-mannered”)
• gusu macala (“clear speaker”)
• gusu macamaca (“voluble, never at a loss for words”)
• gusu ni vosa (“speaker, spokesperson, microphone”)
• gusu rairai (“ineffectual talk for appearances”)
• gusu tabu wawa, gusu wa (“incessant talker”)
• gusu tete (“broad-lipped”)
• gusu totolo (“rapid talker”)
• gusu-sika (“one who cannot keep secrets”)
• gusugaga (“spiteful, hurtful, nasty”)
• gusuniwai (“river mouth”)
• gusutaki (“reading aloud”)
• gusuwa (“loquacious, babbler”)
• vakagusu (“verbal, oral (not written)”)
• wili gusutaki (“reading aloud, reciting”)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “gusu”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 91

Lower Sorbian

Noun

gusu

1. instrumental singular of gus