kusa

See also: kusą, kuša, kuşa, and куса

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kussa (“cow”); see kúgv (“cow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰuːsa/

  Rhymes: -uːsa

Noun

kusa f (genitive singular kusu, plural kusur)

1. (rare) udder, breast
2. (endearing) cow
3. (vulgar) pussy

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kusa	kusan	kusur	kusurnar
accusative	kusu	kusuna	kusur	kusurnar
dative	kusu	kusuni	kusum	kusunum
genitive	kusu	kusunnar	kusa	kusanna

Synonyms

• (cow): kúgv
• (pussy): kunta, fisa, lall, pill

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kú.sá/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kʷʊ́.sə́]

Adverb

kusa

1. near, nearby

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• kussa

Etymology

From Old Norse kussa (“cow”); see kýr (“cow”). Related to Swedish kossa, Old Norse kussi (“bull calf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰʏːsa]

  Rhymes: -ʏːsa

Noun

kusa f (genitive singular kusu, nominative plural kusur)

1. (endearing) cow

   Synonyms: kýr, belja

Declension

Declension of kusa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kusa	kusan	kusur	kusurnar
accusative	kusu	kusuna	kusur	kusurnar
dative	kusu	kusunni	kusum	kusunum
genitive	kusu	kusunnar	kusa	kusanna

Related terms

• kus-kus, kusa-kus
• kusi, kussi

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkusa/ [ˈku.sa]
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: ku‧sa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay kusa (“goad, ankus”), ultimately from Sanskrit अङ्कुश (aṅkuśa, “hook, elephant-driver's hook”). Doublet of kuasa.

Noun

kusa (plural kusa-kusa)

1. goad, ankus

Alternative forms

• kosa

Derived terms

• mengusa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay kusa (“grass”), from Sanskrit कुश (kuśa).

Noun

kusa (plural kusa-kusa)

1. (archaic) grass

   Synonym: rumput

Further reading

• “kusa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

kusa

1. Rōmaji transcription of くさ

Kituba

Verb

kusa

1. to rub
2. to paint

Kongo

Noun

kusa

1. to deceive

Latvian

Verb

kusa

1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of kust

Limos Kalinga

Noun

kusa

1. cat

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.sa/
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: ku‧sa

Verb

kusa

1. third-person singular present of kusaś

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

kusa

1. cat

Malay

Etymology 1

Clipping of angkusa from Sanskrit अङ्कुश (aṅkuśa).

Noun

kusa (Jawi spelling کوسا, plural kusa-kusa or kusa²)

1. (Kedah) an elephant goad, ankus.

   Synonyms: kosa, angkus, angkusa

Etymology 2

Ungliding of kuasa.

Noun

kusa (plural kusa-kusa or kusa²)

1. (rare, archaic) power

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “کوس kosa or kusa”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 547
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “kosa”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 613

Further reading

• "kusa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.sa/
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: ku‧sa

Adjective

kusa

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of kusy

Quechua

Adjective

kusa

1. good, pleasant, magnificent (of inanimate objects or things)

   Synonym: allin

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kusa/, [ˈkusa]
• Rhymes: -usa
• Hyphenation: ku‧sa

Noun

kusa

1. genitive singular of kus

Swazi

Etymology

From ku- +‎ -sa.

Noun

kûsá class 15

1. infinitive of -sa
2. dawn

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology

From an original root meaning "cavity, vault," related to Irish cuas (“hollow, cavity”), Sanskrit कोश (kośa, “sheath, scabbard, vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”) or *(s)kewH- (“to conceal”). Compare also Norwegian kusma. Probably borrowed into Danish kusse.

Noun

kusa c

1. (dialectal) the female genitalia

Declension

Declension of kusa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kusa	kusas
	definite	kusan	kusans
plural	indefinite	kusor	kusors
	definite	kusorna	kusornas

Derived terms

• kussimurra

References

• Fula Ordboken
• Slangopedia

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cosa — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkusaʔ/ [ˈk̠uː.sɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -usaʔ
• Syllabification: ku‧sa

Noun

kusà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜐ)

1. initiative; volition; voluntary act

   Synonyms: boluntad, inisyatiba, sariling-palo

Derived terms

• kusain
• kusang-abuloy
• kusang-gawa
• kusang-loob
• kusang-palo
• magkusa
• pagkukusa
• pagkusaan

Adjective

kusà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜐ)

1. voluntary; willing

   Synonyms: sadya, sinadya, kusang-loob, boluntaryo, espontaneo

Adverb

kusà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜐ)

1. voluntarily; willingly

   Synonym: boluntaryo

References

• “kusa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados. (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier., page 94

Anagrams

• suka

Yogad

Noun

kusá

1. cat

Yoruba

Etymology

Noun sense derives from ideophone sense

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kù.sà/

Ideophone

kùsà

1. (of an entity) being dug up frantically

Noun

kùsà

1. (geology) mineral

   Synonym: àlùmọ́nì

Derived terms

• awakùsà (“miner”)
• iṣẹ́-òwò ajẹmọ́-ìwakùsà (“mining industry”)
• wakùsà (“to mine”)
• àṣẹ lórí kùsà (“mineral right”)
• ìwakùsà (“mining”)