usu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "usu"

Translingual

Symbol

usu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Uya.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Uya terms

English

Adjective

usu (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of usual.

Adverb

usu (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of usually.

Anagrams

• UUs, uus

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ūsus.

Noun

usu m (plural usos)

1. use

Related terms

• usar
• utilizar

Dongxiang

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *usun. Compare Mongolian ус (us).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈsu/

Noun

usu

1. water

References

• Henry G. Schwarz, The Minorities of Northern China: A Survey (1984), page 140: 'water' Daur os

Estonian

Noun

usu

1. genitive singular of usk

Verb

usu

1. inflection of uskuma:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Noun

ūsū m

1. ablative singular of ūsus (“use, practice”)

Nias

Verb

usu (imperfective mangusu)

1. (transitive) to bite

References

• Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 157.

Pohnpeian

Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *fitou, *fituu (“star”), from Proto-Oceanic *pituqun (“star”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən (“star”), from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən (“star”).

Noun

usu

1. star
2. (by extension) starfish

References

• “usu”, in New Pohnpeian-English Online Dictionary‎^[1], Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaiʻi

Sarawak Malay

Alternative forms

• bongsu

Etymology

Apheretic form of bongsu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.su/

Noun

usu

1. lastborn child

   Synonym: bongsu

   Antonyms: sulong, along

   Along, angah, usu

   Firstborn child, secondborn child, lastborn child

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Interjection

usu

1. shh (used to request quiet or silence)

Tarifit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [ʊ.sʊ]
• Syllabification: u‧su
• Rhymes: -ʊ

Verb

usu (verbal noun tusut, Tifinagh spelling ⵓⵙⵓ) (intransitive)

1. to cough

Conjugation

Conjugation of usu

aorist perfective negative perfective imperfective negative imperfective participle yusun yusun yusun yettusun yettusun singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person aorist m usuɣ tusud yusu nusu tusum usun f tusu tusunt usunt perfective m usuɣ tusud yusu nusu tusum usun f tusu tusunt usunt negative perfective m usuɣ tusud yusu nusu tusum usun f tusu tusunt usunt imperfective m ttusuɣ tettusud yettusu nettusu tettusum ttusun f tettusu tettusunt ttusunt negative imperfective m ttusuɣ tettusud yettusu nettusu tettusum ttusun f tettusu tettusunt ttusunt aorist imperative m usu usum, usut f usunt imperfective imperative m ttusu ttusum, ttusut f ttusunt injunctive m nusut f nusunt

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈu.su]

Verb

usu

1. (transitive) to infiltrate

Conjugation

Conjugation of usu

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tousu	fousu	miusu
2nd person		nousu	niusu
3rd person	masculine	ousu	iusu yousu (archaic)
	feminine	mousu
	neuter	iusu

References

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

Tiv

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [u.su]

Noun

usu

1. fire

References

• R. Blench, Tivoid Comparative