chus

See also: CHUs and Chus

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chus, from Latin plūs (“more”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃus/

Adverb

chus

1. (dated) more; very

   Synonym: máis

   • 1305, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 498:

     et sse esto que eu mando he chus pouco cao quinto de todos meus bees assi movil como rrayz

     and if this that I'm granting is very little compared with a fifth of all of my possessions, chattel as well as real state, then [...]

Derived terms

• non dicir chus nin mus (“shh!”)

References

• “chus” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “chus” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “chus” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

Old Galician-Portuguese

FWOTD – 30 October 2012

Etymology

Inherited from Latin plūs (“more”), from Old Latin *plous, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“many”). Eventually displaced by mais.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃus̺/

Adverb

chus

1. more
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 185 (facsimile):

     tres mouroſ q̇ entṙã / chus negroſ q̇ Satanaſ / no Caſtelo os de dentro / os fezeron en caer.

     three Moors who entered / blacker (more black) than Satan / in the Castle, the ones inside / made them fall.

   Synonym: mais

Descendants

• Galician: chus
• Portuguese: chus

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "chus"

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• chuz (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chus, from Latin plūs (“more”). Displaced by colateral mais.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃu(j)s/ [ˈʃu(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃu(j)s/ [ˈʃu(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʃu(j)ʃ/ [ˈʃu(ɪ̯)ʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuʃ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -us, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃ
• Hyphenation: chus

Adverb

chus (not comparable)

1. (archaic) more
   • 14th Century, Saint Benedict (480-547), Regra de São Bento (fragmento), Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, page 5:

     Sempre deve seer nẽbrado o abade o que é, e nẽbrar-se o que é dito, e saber ca a quem chus é dado chus lhe seera demandado.

     Always should the abbot be remembered of what he is, remember of what it's said, and know that to whom more is given, more is demanded.

Derived terms

• nem chus, nem bus
• sem chus nem bus
• sem dizer chus nem bus
• sem fazer chus nem bus

 

References

• “chus” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “chus” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xus̪/

Noun

chus

1. Lenited form of cus.