fusa

See also: Fusa and fuŝa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 総 (fusa).

Noun

fusa pl (plural only)

1. (sumo) The four knotted tassels hanging from the roof of the dohyo; symbolising the four seasons.

Anagrams

• USAF, aufs, UFAs, Faus, sauf, Fasu

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.za/
• Homophones: fusas, fusât

Verb

fusa

1. third-person singular past historic of fuser

Irish

Alternative forms

• usa

Etymology

From earlier usa, from Old Irish assu. Similar to development of fuar and feic, the initial f- of Modern Irish comes from a misinterpretation of usa as fhusa in lenition environments.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠʊsˠə/

Adjective

fusa

1. comparative degree of furasta (“easy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fusa

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fusa	fhusa	bhfusa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fusa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 usa, ussa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “fusa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fusa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.za/
• Rhymes: -uza
• Hyphenation: fù‧sa

Adjective

fusa f sg

1. feminine singular of fuso

Participle

fusa f sg

1. feminine singular of fuso

Etymology 2

Archaic irregular plural of fuso (“spindle”), used in sense 2 probably for the sound being similar to that of a spinning spindle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.za/, (traditional) /ˈfu.sa/
• Rhymes: -uza, (traditional) -usa
• Hyphenation: fù‧sa

Noun

fusa f pl

1. (archaic, literary) plural of fuso (“spindle”)
2. (plural only) purr (sound made by a cat)

   fare le fusa ― to purr

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French fusée (“fusil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.za/
• Rhymes: -uza
• Hyphenation: fù‧sa

Noun

fusa f (plural fuse)

1. (music) quasihemidemisemiquaver, semihemidemisemiquaver (hundred twenty-eighth note)

Further reading

• fusa (music) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Japanese

Romanization

fusa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふさ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (fūsa) (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.sa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.s̬a]
• (fūsā) (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.saː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.s̬a]

Participle

fūsa

1. inflection of fūsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Participle

fūsā

1. ablative feminine singular of fūsus

Noun

fūsa f (genitive fūsae); first declension

1. (music) quaver (British), eighth note (US)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fūsa	fūsae
genitive	fūsae	fūsārum
dative	fūsae	fūsīs
accusative	fūsam	fūsās
ablative	fūsā	fūsīs
vocative	fūsa	fūsae

References

• "fusa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• fuse (verb, e and split infinitives)

Verb

fusa (present tense fusar, past tense fusa, past participle fusa, passive infinitive fusast, present participle fusande, imperative fusa/fus)

1. rush

References

• “fusa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian fusa, from French fusée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: fu‧sa

Noun

fusa f (plural fusas)

1. (music) demisemiquaver (thirty-second note)

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

fusa

1. alternative form of fasa

Mutation

Mutation of fusa

radical	lenition
fusa	fhusa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “fusa”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 usa, ussa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Noun

fusa f (plural fusas)

1. demisemiquaver

Further reading

• “fusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swahili

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sabaki *-fus-.

Verb

-fusa (infinitive kufusa)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) to soften by beating

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fusa
Positive present -nafusa Subjunctive -fuse Negative -fusi Imperative singular fusa
Infinitives
Positive kufusa Negative kutofusa
Imperatives
Singular fusa Plural fuseni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufusa Positive past positive subject concord + -lifusa Negative past negative subject concord + -kufusa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafusa) Singular Plural 1st person ninafusa/nafusa tunafusa 2nd person unafusa mnafusa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafusa wanafusa other classes positive subject concord + -nafusa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fusi) Singular Plural 1st person sifusi hatufusi 2nd person hufusi hamfusi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafusi hawafusi other classes negative subject concord + -fusi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafusa Negative future negative subject concord + -tafusa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fuse) Singular Plural 1st person nifuse tufuse 2nd person ufuse mfuse 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afuse wafuse other classes positive subject concord + -fuse
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifuse Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefusa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefusa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifusa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifusa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afusa) Singular Plural 1st person nafusa twafusa 2nd person wafusa mwafusa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afusa wafusa m-mi(III/IV) wafusa yafusa ji-ma(V/VI) lafusa yafusa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafusa vyafusa n(IX/X) yafusa zafusa u(XI) wafusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafusa pa(XVI) pafusa mu(XVIII) mwafusa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefusa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafusa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafusa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifusa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofusa Consecutive kafusa / positive subject concord + -kafusa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafuse
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifusa -tufusa 2nd person -kufusa -wafusa/-kufuseni/-wafuseni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfusa -wafusa m-mi(III/IV) -ufusa -ifusa ji-ma(V/VI) -lifusa -yafusa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifusa -vifusa n(IX/X) -ifusa -zifusa u(XI) -ufusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufusa pa(XVI) -pafusa mu(XVIII) -mufusa Reflexive -jifusa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fusa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fusaye -fusao m-mi(III/IV) -fusao -fusayo ji-ma(V/VI) -fusalo -fusayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fusacho -fusavyo n(IX/X) -fusayo -fusazo u(XI) -fusao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fusako pa(XVI) -fusapo mu(XVIII) -fusamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fusa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefusa -ofusa m-mi(III/IV) -ofusa -yofusa ji-ma(V/VI) -lofusa -yofusa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofusa -vyofusa n(IX/X) -yofusa -zofusa u(XI) -ofusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofusa pa(XVI) -pofusa mu(XVIII) -mofusa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic فَسَا (fasā).

Verb

-fusa (infinitive kufusa)

1. to fart quietly

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fusa
Positive present -nafusa Subjunctive -fuse Negative -fusi Imperative singular fusa
Infinitives
Positive kufusa Negative kutofusa
Imperatives
Singular fusa Plural fuseni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufusa Positive past positive subject concord + -lifusa Negative past negative subject concord + -kufusa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafusa) Singular Plural 1st person ninafusa/nafusa tunafusa 2nd person unafusa mnafusa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafusa wanafusa other classes positive subject concord + -nafusa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fusi) Singular Plural 1st person sifusi hatufusi 2nd person hufusi hamfusi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafusi hawafusi other classes negative subject concord + -fusi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafusa Negative future negative subject concord + -tafusa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fuse) Singular Plural 1st person nifuse tufuse 2nd person ufuse mfuse 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afuse wafuse other classes positive subject concord + -fuse
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifuse Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefusa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefusa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifusa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifusa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afusa) Singular Plural 1st person nafusa twafusa 2nd person wafusa mwafusa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afusa wafusa m-mi(III/IV) wafusa yafusa ji-ma(V/VI) lafusa yafusa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafusa vyafusa n(IX/X) yafusa zafusa u(XI) wafusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafusa pa(XVI) pafusa mu(XVIII) mwafusa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefusa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafusa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafusa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifusa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofusa Consecutive kafusa / positive subject concord + -kafusa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafuse
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifusa -tufusa 2nd person -kufusa -wafusa/-kufuseni/-wafuseni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfusa -wafusa m-mi(III/IV) -ufusa -ifusa ji-ma(V/VI) -lifusa -yafusa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifusa -vifusa n(IX/X) -ifusa -zifusa u(XI) -ufusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufusa pa(XVI) -pafusa mu(XVIII) -mufusa Reflexive -jifusa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fusa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fusaye -fusao m-mi(III/IV) -fusao -fusayo ji-ma(V/VI) -fusalo -fusayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fusacho -fusavyo n(IX/X) -fusayo -fusazo u(XI) -fusao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fusako pa(XVI) -fusapo mu(XVIII) -fusamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fusa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefusa -ofusa m-mi(III/IV) -ofusa -yofusa ji-ma(V/VI) -lofusa -yofusa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofusa -vyofusa n(IX/X) -yofusa -zofusa u(XI) -ofusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofusa pa(XVI) -pofusa mu(XVIII) -mofusa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.