kusu
Ainu
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Postposition
kusu (Kana spelling クス)Category:Ainu lemmas#KUSUCategory:Ainu postpositions#KUSUCategory:Ainu terms with redundant script codes#KUSUCategory:Ainu entries with incorrect language header#KUSUCategory:Pages with entries#KUSUCategory:Pages with 12 entries#KUSU
- in order to, to, for
- 1905, John Bachelor, An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary (Including a Grammar of the Ainu Language):
- Nu gusu ku ek, "I have come in order to hear."Category:Ainu terms with quotations#KUSUCategory:Ainu quotations with omitted translation#KUSU
- (with ne) Marks the future tense.
Derived terms
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
kusu mCategory:Czech non-lemma forms#KUSUCategory:Czech noun forms#KUSUCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#KUSUCategory:Pages with entries#KUSUCategory:Pages with 12 entries#KUSU
Fas
Noun
kusuCategory:Fas lemmas#KUSUCategory:Fas nouns#KUSUCategory:Fas entries with incorrect language header#KUSUCategory:Pages with entries#KUSUCategory:Pages with 12 entries#KUSU
References
- Thomas Honeyman, A grammar of Momu, a language of Papua New Guinea (2017).
Finnish
Etymology
From GermanCategory:Finnish terms borrowed from German#KUSUCategory:Finnish terms derived from German#KUSU Kusu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkusu/, [ˈkus̠u]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#KUSUCategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#KUSU
- Rhymes: -usuCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/usu#KUSUCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/usu/2 syllables#KUSU
- Syllabification(key): ku‧su
- Hyphenation(key): ku‧su
Noun
kusuCategory:Finnish lemmas#KUSUCategory:Finnish nouns#KUSUCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#KUSUCategory:Pages with entries#KUSUCategory:Pages with 12 entries#KUSU
- brushtail possum (marsupial of the genus Trichosurus)
- (in the plural) the genus Trichosurus
Declension
| Inflection of kusu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kusu | kusut | |
| genitive | kusun | kusujen | |
| partitive | kusua | kusuja | |
| illative | kusuun | kusuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kusu | kusut | |
| accusative | nom. | kusu | kusut |
| gen. | kusun | ||
| genitive | kusun | kusujen | |
| partitive | kusua | kusuja | |
| inessive | kusussa | kusuissa | |
| elative | kususta | kusuista | |
| illative | kusuun | kusuihin | |
| adessive | kusulla | kusuilla | |
| ablative | kusulta | kusuilta | |
| allative | kusulle | kusuille | |
| essive | kusuna | kusuina | |
| translative | kusuksi | kusuiksi | |
| abessive | kusutta | kusuitta | |
| instructive | — | kusuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
Anagrams
Icelandic
Verb
kusuCategory:Icelandic non-lemma forms#KUSUCategory:Icelandic verb forms#KUSUCategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#KUSUCategory:Pages with entries#KUSUCategory:Pages with 12 entries#KUSU
Izere
Etymology
Verb
kusuCategory:Izere lemmas#KUSUCategory:Izere verbs#KUSUCategory:Izere entries with incorrect language header#KUSUCategory:Pages with entries#KUSUCategory:Pages with 12 entries#KUSU
- to wash
References
- R. Blench, The Benue-Congo languages
Japanese
Pronunciation
kusuCategory:Japanese non-lemma forms#KUSUCategory:Japanese romanizations#KUSUCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes#KUSUCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#KUSUCategory:Pages with entries#KUSUCategory:Pages with 12 entries#KUSU
Latvian
Verb
kusuCategory:Latvian non-lemma forms#KUSUCategory:Latvian verb forms#KUSUCategory:Latvian entries with incorrect language header#KUSUCategory:Pages with entries#KUSUCategory:Pages with 12 entries#KUSU
Pazeh
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Pazeh terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#KUSUCategory:Pazeh terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#KUSU *kuCu.
Noun
kusuCategory:Pazeh lemmas#KUSUCategory:Pazeh nouns#KUSUCategory:Pazeh entries with incorrect language header#KUSUCategory:Pages with entries#KUSUCategory:Pages with 12 entries#KUSU
- head louse
- Coordinate term: sumah
Derived terms
- sikusuan (“to have head lice”)
References
- Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸); Shigeru Tsuchida (土田滋) (2001), Pazih Dictionary (巴宰語詞典) (in Chinese), Taipei: Academia Sinica, Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN
Rukai
Etymology
From Proto-RukaiCategory:Rukai terms inherited from Proto-Rukai#KUSUCategory:Rukai terms derived from Proto-Rukai#KUSU *koso, from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Rukai terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#KUSUCategory:Rukai terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#KUSU *(i-)kaSu.
Pronoun
kusuCategory:Rukai lemmas#KUSUCategory:Rukai pronouns#KUSUCategory:Rukai entries with incorrect language header#KUSUCategory:Pages with entries#KUSUCategory:Pages with 12 entries#KUSU
- you (singular)
Ternate
Etymology
Cognate with West Makian kusu.
Pronunciation
Noun
kusuCategory:Ternate lemmas#KUSUCategory:Ternate nouns#KUSUCategory:Ternate entries with incorrect language header#KUSUCategory:Pages with entries#KUSUCategory:Pages with 12 entries#KUSU
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
West Makian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
kusuCategory:West Makian lemmas#KUSUCategory:West Makian nouns#KUSUCategory:West Makian entries with incorrect language header#KUSUCategory:Pages with entries#KUSUCategory:Pages with 12 entries#KUSU
Etymology 2
Cognate with, if not from, Ternate kuso. Cognate with Sahu 'usoro, Galela kuso.
Pronunciation
Noun
kusuCategory:West Makian lemmas#KUSUCategory:West Makian nouns#KUSUCategory:West Makian entries with incorrect language header#KUSUCategory:Pages with entries#KUSUCategory:Pages with 12 entries#KUSU
References
- James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary, Pacific linguistics
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics