kusu

See also: kusů, kuŝu, kūšu, kuşu, and Ku-su

Ainu

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kùꜛsú/

Postposition

kusu (Kana spelling クス)

  1. 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."
  2. (with ne) Marks the future tense.

Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkusu]

Noun

kusu m

  1. genitive/dative/locative singular of kus

Finnish

Etymology

From German Kusu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkusu/, [ˈkus̠u]
  • Rhymes: -usu
  • Syllabification(key): ku‧su

Noun

kusu

  1. brushtail possum (marsupial of the genus Trichosurus)
  2. (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
instructive — kusuin
abessive kusutta kusuitta
comitative — kusuineen
Possessive forms of kusu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person kusuni kusumme
2nd person kususi kusunne
3rd person kusunsa

Anagrams

Icelandic

Verb

kusu

  1. third-person plural past indicative of kjósa

Izere

Etymology

Cognate to Ghotuo kɔ.

Verb

kusu

  1. to wash

References

Latvian

Verb

kusu

  1. 1st person singular past indicative form of kust

Rukai

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.

Pronoun

kusu

  1. you (singular)

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with West Makian kusu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈku.su/

Noun

kusu

  1. alang-alang, kunai grass (Imperata cylindrica)

References
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Ternate kusu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈku.s̪u/

Noun

kusu

  1. alang-alang, kunai grass (Imperata cylindrica)

Etymology 2

Cognate with, if not from, Ternate kuso. Cognate with Sahu 'usoro, Galela kuso.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈku.s̪u/

Noun

kusu

  1. Phalanger orientalis

References
  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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