usá

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Old Tupi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ut͡ʃa (crab).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /uˈsa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: u‧sá

Noun

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usá (unpossessable, female equivalent kunduru)

  1. fiddler crab (Uca sp.)
  2. swamp ghost crab (Ucides cordatus)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Portuguese: uçá, usá
  • Translingual: Uca

Further reading

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  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 203, line 3

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: u‧sá

Noun

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usá m (plural usás)

  1. Alternative form of uçá

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /uˈsa/ [uˈsa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: u‧sá

Verb

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usá

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of usar