tussu

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtusːu/, [ˈt̪us̠ːu]
  • Rhymes: -usːu
  • Syllabification(key): tus‧su

Noun

tussu

  1. (vulgar) female genitalia: pussy, cunt

Declension

Inflection of tussu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative tussu tussut
genitive tussun tussujen
partitive tussua tussuja
illative tussuun tussuihin
singular plural
nominative tussu tussut
accusative nom. tussu tussut
gen. tussun
genitive tussun tussujen
partitive tussua tussuja
inessive tussussa tussuissa
elative tussusta tussuista
illative tussuun tussuihin
adessive tussulla tussuilla
ablative tussulta tussuilta
allative tussulle tussuille
essive tussuna tussuina
translative tussuksi tussuiksi
instructive tussuin
abessive tussutta tussuitta
comitative tussuineen
Possessive forms of tussu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person tussuni tussumme
2nd person tussusi tussunne
3rd person tussunsa

Synonyms

Adjective

tussu

  1. (rare) soft, blunt (like a worn felt tip pen or empty tire)

Further reading


Middle English

Noun

tussu

  1. Alternative form of tissu

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

+ -su

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtusu/

Pronoun

tussu (emphatic)

  1. you (singular, informal), thou
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 92a17
      Bed indbadigthi .i. bed chuintechti .i. cid fáilte ad·cot-sa ⁊ du·ngnéu, is túsu immid·folngi dam, a Dǽ; cid indeb dano ad·cot, is tú, Dǽ, immid·folngi dam.
      To be enriched, i.e. to be sought, i.e. though it is joy that I obtain and make, it is you who effects it for me, O God; so too, though it is wealth that I obtain, it is you, God, who effects it for me.
  • (non-emphatic)

Descendants

  • Irish: tusa
  • Manx: uss
  • Scottish Gaelic: thusa

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
tussu thussu tussu
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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