chus

See also: CHUs and Chus

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chus, from Latin plūs (“more”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃus/ [ˈt͡ʃus̺]
• Rhymes: -us
• Hyphenation: chus

Adverb

chus

1. only used in sen chus nin mus and its alternative forms

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chus”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tus nin mus”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “chus”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Old Galician-Portuguese

FWOTD – 30 October 2012

Etymology

Inherited from Latin plūs (“more”), from Old Latin *plous, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“many”). Eventually displaced by mais.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃus̺/

Adverb

chus

1. more
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 185 (facsimile):

     tres mouroſ q̇ entṙã / chus negroſ q̇ Satanaſ / no Caſtelo os de dentro / os fezeron en caer.

     three Moors who entered / blacker (more black) than Satan / in the Castle, the ones inside / made them fall.

   • 1305, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 498:

     et sse esto que eu mando he chus pouco cao quinto de todos meus bees assi movil como rrayz

     and if this that I'm granting is very little compared with a fifth of all of my possessions, chattel as well as real state, then [...]

   • 14th Century, Saint Benedict (480-547), Regra de São Bento (fragmento), Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, page 5:

     Sempre deve seer nẽbrado o abade o que é, e nẽbrar-se o que é dito, e saber ca a quem chus é dado chus lhe seera demandado.

     Always should the abbot be remembered of what he is, remember of what it's said, and know that to whom more is given, more is demanded.

   Synonym: mais

Descendants

• Galician: chus
• Portuguese: chus

Further reading

• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2025), “chus”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “chus”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “chus”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• chuz (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chus, from Latin plūs (“more”). Displaced by collateral mais.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃu(j)s/ [ˈʃu(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃu(j)s/ [ˈʃu(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʃu(j)ʃ/ [ˈʃu(ɪ̯)ʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuʃ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -us, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃ
• Hyphenation: chus

Adverb

chus (not comparable)

1. only used in sem chus nem bus and its alternative forms
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (archaic) more

Derived terms

• nem chus, nem bus
• sem chus nem bus
• sem dizer chus nem bus
• sem fazer chus nem bus

References

• “chus”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “chus”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “chus”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xus̪/

Noun

chus

1. lenited form of cus