tusa

See also: Tusa, tusá, tușa, and tușă

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

tusa

1. cat

   Synonym: pus

   Tutu pintu jang sampe tusa masu.

   The door is closed so that the cat does not enter.

References

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998), Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎^[2], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Baltic Romani

Pronoun

tusa

1. (Litovska) instrumental of tu

Declension

Litovska/Lithuanian Romani personal pronouns

		singular				plural			reflexive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
				m	f
Nominative		mē	tu	jou	joj	amē	tumē	jonē	-
Accusative/ Independent Oblique		man	tut	lēs	la	amēn	tumēn	lēn	pes
Dative		mange	tuke	lēske	lake	amēnge	tumēnge	lēnge	pēske
Ablative1		mandyr	tutyr	lēstyr	latyr	amēndyr	tumēndyr	lēndyr	pēstyr
Genitive	m	miro	tyro	lēskiro	lakiro	amaro	tumaro	lēngiro	pēskiro
	f	miri	tyri	lēskiri	lakiri	amari	tumari	lēngiri	pēskiri
	pl	mirē	tyrē	lēskirē	lakirē	amarē	tumarē	lēngirē	pēskirē
Locative		mandē	tutē	lēstē	latē	amēndē	tumēndē	lēndē	pēstē
Instrumental		mansa	tusa	lēsa	lasa	amēnca	tumēnca	lēnsa	pēsa
Enclitic Reflexive		man	pe			amēn	pe		-

¹ The ablative is in decline in Lithuanian Romani.

Galician

Verb

tusa

1. inflection of tusir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /túː.sàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [túː.sàː]

Noun

tūsā̀ f (possessed form tūsàr̃)

1. fart

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuʃɒ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧sa
• Rhymes: -ʃɒ

Etymology 1

Back-formation from tusakodik (“to struggle, fight”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Noun

tusa (plural tusák)

1. struggle, fight, combat

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	tusa	tusák
accusative	tusát	tusákat
dative	tusának	tusáknak
instrumental	tusával	tusákkal
causal-final	tusáért	tusákért
translative	tusává	tusákká
terminative	tusáig	tusákig
essive-formal	tusaként	tusákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tusában	tusákban
superessive	tusán	tusákon
adessive	tusánál	tusáknál
illative	tusába	tusákba
sublative	tusára	tusákra
allative	tusához	tusákhoz
elative	tusából	tusákból
delative	tusáról	tusákról
ablative	tusától	tusáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	tusáé	tusáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	tusáéi	tusákéi

Possessive forms of tusa

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tusám	tusáim
2nd person sing.	tusád	tusáid
3rd person sing.	tusája	tusái
1st person plural	tusánk	tusáink
2nd person plural	tusátok	tusáitok
3rd person plural	tusájuk	tusáik

Derived terms

• tusázik

Compound words

• haláltusa
• lovastusa
• öttusa

Etymology 2

tus (“Indian ink”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Noun

tusa

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of tus

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	tusa	—
accusative	tusát	—
dative	tusának	—
instrumental	tusával	—
causal-final	tusáért	—
translative	tusává	—
terminative	tusáig	—
essive-formal	tusaként	—
essive-modal	tusául	—
inessive	tusában	—
superessive	tusán	—
adessive	tusánál	—
illative	tusába	—
sublative	tusára	—
allative	tusához	—
elative	tusából	—
delative	tusáról	—
ablative	tusától	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	tusáé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	tusáéi	—

Further reading

• (struggle, combat): tusa in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• ([folksy] butt of a rifle, cf. tus): tusa in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tussu. By surface analysis, tú +‎ -sa.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɞsˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɨsˠə/

Pronoun

tusa (conjunctive)

1. emphatic form of tú

   you (singular), thou

Usage notes

• Also used as the vocative: Haigh tusa! (“Hey you!”)

Related terms

• thusa

See also

Irish personal pronouns

	person		conjunctive (emphatic)	disjunctive (emphatic)	possessive determiner
singular	first		mé (mise)		mo L m' before vowel sounds
	second		tú (tusa)1	thú (thusa)	do L d' before vowel sounds
	third	m	sé (seisean)	é (eisean)	a L
		f	sí (sise)	í (ise)	a H
		n	—	ea	—
plural	first		muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne)		ár E
	second		sibh (sibhse)1		bhur E
	third		siad (siadsan)	iad (iadsan)	a E

^L Triggers lenition   ^E Triggers eclipsis   ^H Triggers h-prothesis

¹ Also used as the vocative

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun.
For instance, "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “tusa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1280; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tusa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “tusa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tusa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Manado Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Ternate tusa

Noun

tusa

1. cat (Felis catus)

Portuguese

Noun

tusa f (plural tusas)

1. (vulgar slang) wood; erection

   Synonym: tesão

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.ˈsa/, [tu.ˈsa]

Numeral

tusa

1. two

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪us̪ə/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪us̪ʌ]

Pronoun

tusa

1. (emphatic) Form of thusa (“thou, you”) used after verb forms ending in -n, -s or -dh.

See also

Scottish Gaelic personal pronouns

		simple		emphatic
		singular	plural	singular	plural
first person		mi	sinn	mise	sinne
second person		thu, tu1	sibh2	thusa, tusa1	sibhse2
third person	m	e	iad	esan	iadsan
	f	i		ise

¹ Used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh.
² sibh and sibhse also act as the polite singular pronouns.
To mark a direct object of a verbal noun, the derivatives of gam are used.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtusa/ [ˈt̪u.sa]
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: tu‧sa

Etymology 1

From tuso (“docked, cropped”).

Noun

tusa f (plural tusas)

1. (Latin America) stripped corncob
2. (Latin America) cigar rolled in a corn husk
3. (Chile) cornsilk
4. (Chile) mane (of a horse)
5. (Colombia) pockmark
6. (Colombia) spite, resentment
7. (Central America, Cuba) trollop, bitch (woman)

Adjective

tusa

1. feminine singular of tuso

Etymology 2

Noun

tusa f (plural tusas)

1. female equivalent of tuso (“dog”)

Etymology 3

Verb

tusa

1. inflection of tusar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tusa”, 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

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with Ambonese Malay tusa (“cat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.sa/

Noun

tusa

1. cat

   tusa malako ― cat's eye

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

Etymology

Cognate with (if not from) Ternate tusa (“cat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪u.s̪a/

Noun

tusa

1. cat

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[3], Pacific linguistics