pusa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pusa"

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧sa

Verb

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

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈpusa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -usa
• Hyphenation: pu‧sa

Noun

pusa f

1. mouth

   Synonym: ústa

2. kiss

   Synonym: polibek

Declension

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

• mazat někomu med kolem pusy
• pusinka f
• zůstat stát s otevřenou pusou

 

Further reading

• “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)

Anagrams

• pasu

Ilocano

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. False cognate of Malayalam പൂച്ച (pūcca).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Adjective

pusa

1. alternative spelling of puso

Etymology 2

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

pusa (first-person possessive pusaku, second-person possessive pusamu, third-person possessive pusanya)

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

Derived terms

• pusa linear
• pusa sudut

 

Etymology 3

From Minangkabau [Term?].

Noun

pusa (first-person possessive pusaku, second-person possessive pusamu, third-person possessive pusanya)

1. (dialect) rattan basket for salt.

Further reading

• “pusa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠʊsˠə/

Noun

pusa m pl

1. nominative/dative plural of pus

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pusa	phusa	bpusa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Javanese

Romanization

pusa

1. Romanization of ꦥꦸꦱ.

Kapampangan

Pronunciation

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

Noun

púsâ

1. cat

Derived terms

• ikapusa
• makapusa
• mapusa

 

References

• Lanlan Li, Kapampangan locative constructions: synchronic and diachronic connections (2018)

Old English

Alternative forms

• posa

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.sɑ/, [ˈpu.zɑ]

Noun

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

Declension of pusa (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	pusa	pusan
accusative	pusan	pusan
genitive	pusan	pusena
dative	pusan	pusum

Descendants

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Busserl.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pȕsa f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏са)

1. (colloquial) kiss

Declension

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

Etymology

Derived from Austrian German Puss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpusa]

Noun

pusa f

1. kiss

   Synonym: bozk

Declension

Declension of pusa

	singular	plural
nominative	pusa	pusy
genitive	pusy	pús
dative	puse	pusám
accusative	pusu	pusy
locative	puse	pusách
instrumental	pusou	pusami

Derived terms

• pusinka f

Further reading

• “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, 2024

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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). False cognate of Malayalam പൂച്ച (pūcca).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpusaʔ/ [ˈpuː.sɐʔ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -usaʔ
• Syllabification: pu‧sa

Noun

pusà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ)

1. cat; feline (animal)
2. (figurative) a betrayer

   Synonym: manloloko

Derived terms

• balahibong-pusa
• balbas-pusa
• buntot-pusa
• damoy-pusa
• kamay-pusa
• kamot-pusa
• kukumpusa
• matampusa
• matang-pusa
• pusa-pusaan
• pusang gala
• pusang-bundok
• pusang-gubat
• pusang-laog
• pusang-tapang
• saling-pusa

 

See also

• alamid
• binturong
• kahod
• kamikam
• kuting
• lampong
• linse
• muning
• musang
• ngiyaw
• pangandi

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puˈsaʔ/ [pʊˈsaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: pu‧sa

Noun

pusâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ) (obsolete)

1. affront

   Synonym: mura

Derived terms

• magpusa
• pagpusain

 

Further reading

• “pusa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “pusa”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 215: “Darſe) Puſa (pp) T. prieſa en [lo que] haçe mal o biẽ”
  • page 330: “Gato) Puſa (pp) animal caſero, puſang babayi, gata, [y al] muy caçador le llaman, ganir na puſa.”
  • page 496: “Prieſa) Puſa (pp) queſe dan a haçer”

Anagrams

• puas, usap, upas