pusi

See also: puŝi

Amis

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from pussy?”)

Noun

pusi

1. cat

Aymara

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Numeral

pusi

1. four

Fijian

Noun

pusi

1. cat

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpusi/, [ˈpus̠i]
• Rhymes: -usi
• Syllabification^(key): pu‧si

Verb

pusi

1. inflection of pusia:
   1. third-person singular past indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Interjection

pusi

1. mwah (sound of a kiss)

Further reading

• “pusi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• pisu, supi

Latin

Noun

pūsī

1. inflection of pūsus:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural

Latvian

Noun

pusi f

1. accusative/instrumental singular of puse

Lote

Noun

pusi

1. cat

References

• Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)

Niuean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.si/, [ˈpusi]
• Hyphenation: pu‧si

Noun

pusi

1. cat

Tok Pisin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pusi

1. cat

Tongan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.si/

Noun

pusi

1. cat

Yanomamö

Noun

pusi

1. stomach (only of animals)

References

• Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN

Yurok

Alternative forms

• puesee (alternative orthography)

Etymology

Superficially similar to English pussy, and perhaps a loan of it. Alternatively, perhaps derived from an Algic root whence also Proto-Algonquian *pešiwa (“bobcat, cat”).

Noun

pusi

1. cat