tusk
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈtʌsk/Category:English 1-syllable words#TUSKCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#TUSK
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈtʊsk/Category:English 1-syllable words#TUSKCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#TUSK
- Rhymes: -ʌskCategory:Rhymes:English/ʌsk#TUSKCategory:Rhymes:English/ʌsk/1 syllable#TUSK
Etymology 1
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#TUSKCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃ed- (bite)#TUSKFrom Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#TUSKCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#TUSK tusk (also tux, tusch), from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#TUSKCategory:English terms derived from Old English#TUSK tūx, tūsc (“canine tooth, tusk, molar”), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#TUSKCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#TUSK *tų̄sk, *tunsk, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#TUSKCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#TUSK *tunþskaz (“canine tooth”), extended form of *tanþs (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#TUSK *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tusk (“tooth”), West Frisian tosk (“tooth”), Icelandic toskur (“a tusk, tooth”) (whence the Old Norse and Icelandic Ratatoskr and Ratatoskur respectively), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃 (tunþus, “tooth”) and *𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (*tundi, “thorn, tooth”). Doublet of tushCategory:English doublets#TUSK. More at tooth.
Noun
tusk (plural tusks)Category:English lemmas#TUSKCategory:English nouns#TUSKCategory:English countable nouns#TUSKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TUSKCategory:Pages with entries#TUSKCategory:Pages with 6 entries#TUSK
- One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth (either cuspids or incisors) that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.
- Coordinate term: fang (has different functions)
- Until the CITES sales ban, elephant tusks were the 'backbone' of the legal ivory trade.Category:English terms with usage examples#TUSK
- A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
- A tusk shell.
- (carpentryCategory:en:Carpentry#TUSK) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.[1]
- A sharp point.
- The share of a plough.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
tusk (third-person singular simple present tusks, present participle tusking, simple past and past participle tusked)Category:English lemmas#TUSKCategory:English verbs#TUSKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TUSKCategory:Pages with entries#TUSKCategory:Pages with 6 entries#TUSK
Related terms
References
- ↑ “tusk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “tusk”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “tusk” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.
Etymology 2
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Noun
tusk (plural tusks)Category:English lemmas#TUSKCategory:English nouns#TUSKCategory:English countable nouns#TUSKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TUSKCategory:Pages with entries#TUSKCategory:Pages with 6 entries#TUSK
Kashubian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Kashubian entries#TUSK
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtusk/Category:Kashubian terms with IPA pronunciation#TUSK
- Rhymes: -uskCategory:Rhymes:Kashubian/usk#TUSKCategory:Rhymes:Kashubian/usk/1 syllable#TUSK
- Syllabification: tusk
Noun
tusk m animalCategory:Kashubian lemmas#TUSKCategory:Kashubian nouns#TUSKCategory:Kashubian entries with incorrect language header#TUSKCategory:Kashubian masculine nouns#TUSKCategory:Kashubian animal nouns#TUSKCategory:Pages with entries#TUSKCategory:Pages with 6 entries#TUSK
Further reading
Ludian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old East SlavicCategory:Ludian terms borrowed from Old East Slavic#TUSKCategory:Ludian terms derived from Old East Slavic#TUSK тъска (tŭska). Related to Finnish tuska and Veps tusk.
Noun
tuskCategory:Ludian lemmas#TUSKCategory:Ludian nouns#TUSKCategory:Ludian entries with incorrect language header#TUSKCategory:Pages with entries#TUSKCategory:Pages with 6 entries#TUSK
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#TUSKCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#TUSK tūx, from earlier tūsc, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#TUSKCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#TUSK *tunþskaz. Compare tusshe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tusk/, /tuks/Category:Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation#TUSK
Noun
tuskCategory:Middle English lemmas#TUSKCategory:Middle English nouns#TUSKCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#TUSKCategory:Pages with entries#TUSKCategory:Pages with 6 entries#TUSK (plural tuskes)
- A tusk (protruding long tooth)
- Any long and sharp tooth.
- (rareCategory:Middle English terms with rare senses#TUSK) The end of a spear.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “tusk, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 July 2018.
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Cognate with Old English tūsc.
Noun
tusk mCategory:Old Frisian lemmas#TUSKCategory:Old Frisian nouns#TUSKCategory:Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header#TUSKCategory:Old Frisian masculine nouns#TUSKCategory:Pages with entries#TUSKCategory:Pages with 6 entries#TUSK
Inflection
Descendants
Veps
Etymology
Borrowed from Old East SlavicCategory:Veps terms borrowed from Old East Slavic#TUSKCategory:Veps terms derived from Old East Slavic#TUSK тъска (tŭska) (compare Russian тоска́ (toská, “melancholy”)).
Noun
tuskCategory:Veps lemmas#TUSKCategory:Veps nouns#TUSKCategory:Veps entries with incorrect language header#TUSKCategory:Pages with entries#TUSKCategory:Pages with 6 entries#TUSK
Declension
| Inflection of tusk (inflection type 6/kuva) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | tusk | ||
| genitive sing. | tuskan | ||
| partitive sing. | tuskad | ||
| partitive plur. | — | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tusk | — | |
| accusative | tuskan | — | |
| genitive | tuskan | — | |
| partitive | tuskad | — | |
| essive-instructive | tuskan | — | |
| translative | tuskaks | — | |
| inessive | tuskas | — | |
| elative | tuskaspäi | — | |
| illative | tuskaha | — | |
| adessive | tuskal | — | |
| ablative | tuskalpäi | — | |
| allative | tuskale | — | |
| abessive | tuskata | — | |
| comitative | tuskanke | — | |
| prolative | tuskadme | — | |
| approximative I | tuskanno | — | |
| approximative II | tuskannoks | — | |
| egressive | tuskannopäi | — | |
| terminative I | tuskahasai | — | |
| terminative II | tuskalesai | — | |
| terminative III | tuskassai | — | |
| additive I | tuskahapäi | — | |
| additive II | tuskalepäi | — | |