kaus

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Icelandic

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Verb

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kaus

  1. first-person singular past indicative of kjósa
  2. third-person singular past indicative of kjósa

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈka.ʊs/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧us

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Dutch kous (stocking), from Middle Dutch couse, from Picard Old French cauce, from Vulgar Latin calcea, from Latin calceus.

Noun

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kaus (first-person possessive kausku, second-person possessive kausmu, third-person possessive kausnya)

  1. stocking (covering garment).
    Synonym: sarung
  2. shirt.
  3. the material used for those garments.
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Etymology 2

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From Malay kaus, from Classical Malay kaus, from Classical Persian کوش (kawš, shoe, slipper), an alternative form of کفش (kafš).

Noun

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kaus (first-person possessive kausku, second-person possessive kausmu, third-person possessive kausnya)

  1. (obsolete) footwear.
    Synonyms: kasut, setiwel
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Etymology 3

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From Malay kaus, from Classical Malay kaus, from Arabic قَوْس (qaws, bow).

Noun

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kaus (first-person possessive kausku, second-person possessive kausmu, third-person possessive kausnya)

  1. (obsolete) bow.
    Synonym: busur
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Further reading

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kauci. Cognates include Finnish kausi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kaus

  1. (in compounds) period

Declension

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Declension of kaus (type 5/vesi, aut-avv gradation)
singular plural
nominative kaus kavvet
genitive kavven kausiin, kausiloin
partitive kautta kausia, kausiloja
illative kautee kausii, kausiloihe
inessive kavvees kausiis, kausilois
elative kavvest kausist, kausiloist
allative kavvelle kausille, kausiloille
adessive kavveel kausiil, kausiloil
ablative kavvelt kausilt, kausiloilt
translative kavveks kausiks, kausiloiks
essive kautenna, kauteen kausinna, kausiloinna, kausiin, kausiloin
exessive1) kautent kausint, kausiloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 146

White Hmong

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed proto-form is given.[1] Perhaps related to or derived from kaws (to gnaw) somehow?

Heimbach considers the "sprout" meaning as a semantic extension of the "fang" meaning, owing to their similar shapes.”

Noun

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kaus (classifier: tus)

  1. a fang, tusk, beak
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Classifier

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kaus

  1. classifier for bites or bitefuls
    Dev tom nws ib kaug.The dog bit him once.
    rau kaus movsix bitefuls of rice

Noun

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kaus (classifier: tus)

  1. a sprout or young shoot from a plant
    kaus npleja rice shoot
    kaus pob kwsa corn shoot

Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Same origin as Etymology 4 (bamboo hat)? Alternatively, borrowed from Thai กลด (glòt, ceremonial umbrella) or Lao ກົດ (kot, id)?”

Noun

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kaus (classifier: lub)

  1. umbrella, parasol
    Nws nqa ib lub kaus mus teb.He carried an umbrella to the fields.

Etymology 3

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Borrowed from Chinese (kōu, “to dig out, carve”), (, “to dig, scoop out”), or Middle Chinese (MC kwet|'wet, “to gouge, dig out”)? Or is it an independent Hmongic formation, perhaps of sound-symbolic origin?”

Verb

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kaus

  1. to gouge out, scrape with a gouging motion
    kaus avto gouge the earth, scrape up earth
    kaus qhov muaggouge the eye

Etymology 4

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From Proto-Hmong *kuwᴰ (bamboo hat).[2]

Noun

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kaus

  1. used in kaus mom (hat, cap)

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 78.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
  2. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 275.