usk

See also: Usk

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Usaghade with k as a placeholder.

Symbol

usk

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Usaghade.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Usaghade terms

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *usko, derived from uskuma.

Noun

usk (genitive usu, partitive usku)

1. faith, belief
2. religion (in general)

Declension

Declension of usk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		usk	usud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	usu
genitive			uskude
partitive		usku	uske uskusid
illative		usku ususse	uskudesse usesse
inessive		usus	uskudes uses
elative		usust	uskudest usest
allative		usule	uskudele usele
adessive		usul	uskudel usel
ablative		usult	uskudelt uselt
translative		usuks	uskudeks useks
terminative		usuni	uskudeni
essive		usuna	uskudena
abessive		usuta	uskudeta
comitative		usuga	uskudega

Derived terms

• usund

Livonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *usko.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈusk/, [ˈusˑk]

Noun

usk

1. faith

Declension

Declension of usk (77)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	usk	uskūd
genitive (genitīv)	usk	uskūd
partitive (partitīv)	uskõ	uskīdi
dative (datīv)	uskõn	uskūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	uskõks	uskūdõks
illative (illatīv)	uskõ	uskīž
inessive (inesīv)	usksõ	uskīs
elative (elatīv)	uskstõ	uskīst

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “usk”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Etymology 2

Verb

usk

1. Salaca form of uskõ (“to believe”)

References

• Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch
• Pajusalu, Karl & Winkler, Eberhard, Salis-livisches Wörterbuch (2009). Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia. Tallinn.

Swedish

Noun

usk c

1. (healthcare) abbreviation of undersköterska (“practical nurse”)
   • 2015 May 21, Mira Klingberg Hjort, “Kraftig kritik mot usk-utbildning [Strong criticism of the practical nursing education]”, in Kommunal Arbetaren:
2. (education) abbreviation of undervisningsskyldighet (“teaching duty, teaching load”); an amount of time of teaching a teacher is obligated to perform.

Derived terms

• usk-utbildning (“practical nurse education”)