unsa

See also: unsã

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *qunuh + *-sa "rapport particle", from Proto-Central Philippine *qanuh, *qunuh, from Proto-Philippine *anu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anu, from Proto-Austronesian *(na-)nu.

Adverb

unsa

1. (interrogative) what

   Nag-unsa ka? ― What are you doing?

2. (interrogative) which

   Unsa nga eskwelahan ka nanggikan? ― Which school do you came from?

Interjection

unsa

1. Expression of surprise or disbelief
2. What did you say?

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Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish onza.

Noun

únsa

1. ounce

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Irish

Alternative forms

• únsa (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“1/12 part”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌn̪ˠsˠə/

Noun

unsa m (genitive singular unsa, nominative plural unsaí)

1. ounce (1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, 28.3495 g)

Declension

Declension of unsa

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative unsa unsaí Vocative a unsa a unsaí Genitive unsa unsaí Dative unsa unsaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-unsa na hunsaí Genitive an unsa na n-unsaí Dative leis an unsa don unsa leis na hunsaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
unsa	n-unsa	hunsa	t-unsa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “unsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “un(n)sa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

unsa f (definite singular unsa, indefinite plural unser or unsor, definite plural unsene or unsone)

1. definite singular of unse
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of unse