wus
See also: Wus
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]See wuss
Noun
[edit]wus (plural wusses)
- Alternative spelling of wuss.
Etymology 2
[edit]See wu
Noun
[edit]wus
Etymology 3
[edit]Eye dialect spelling of was.
Verb
[edit]wus
- (African-American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of was.
- She wus walking home when it happened.
Anagrams
[edit]Achang
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rwəʔ. Cognate to Burmese ရွာ (rwa).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Myanmar) /wu˧˩/
- (Lianghe) [wɑ⁵⁵]
- (Longchuan) [o⁵⁵]
- (Luxi) [wa³¹]
- (Xiandao) [o⁵⁵]
Noun
[edit]wus
Further reading
[edit]- Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon[1], Payap University, page 139
Catawba
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The word is related to wos (“bee”).
Noun
[edit]wus
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from English whoosh, ultimately onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈwus/ [ˈwʊs]
- Rhymes: -us
- Syllabification: wus
Noun
[edit]wus
- whoosh (a sound of object that passing at high speed)
Further reading
[edit]- “wus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Mokilese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Micronesian *wuci, from Proto-Oceanic *pudi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *punti, from Proto-Austronesian *punti.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wus
Usage notes
[edit]When referring to the tree, wus is considered part of the long objects class; when referring to the fruit, it is considered a part of the general class.
Inflection
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| demonstrative forms | ||
| 1st person (near speaker) |
wusse | wuskai |
| 2nd person (near hearer) |
wussen | wusken |
| 3rd person (near neither speaker nor hearer) |
wusso | wussok |
| article forms | ||
| indefinite | wuspas | wuspwi |
| definite | wuswa | wuskoa |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| demonstrative forms | ||
| 1st person (near speaker) |
wusse | wuskai |
| 2nd person (near hearer) |
wussen | wusken |
| 3rd person (near neither speaker nor hearer) |
wusso | wussok |
| article forms | ||
| indefinite | wussoaw | wuspwi |
| definite | wuswa | |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary[2], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 252
External links
[edit]North Frisian
[edit]Verb
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- Achang terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Achang lemmas
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- chc:Animals
- Indonesian terms borrowed from English
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- Indonesian onomatopoeias
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- Rhymes:Indonesian/us
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- Indonesian lemmas
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- Mokilese terms inherited from Proto-Micronesian
- Mokilese terms derived from Proto-Micronesian
- Mokilese terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
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- Mokilese terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Mokilese terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Mokilese terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
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- Mokilese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Mokilese lemmas
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- mkj:Fruits
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- Mokilese general class nouns
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- North Frisian non-lemma forms
- North Frisian verb forms
