gusa

See also: guša and gușă

Hausa

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gusā̀ (grade 1)

1. to move aside

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gusa (“to spurt”), from Proto-Indo-European *gus-, from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Related to Icelandic gjósa, geysa, English gush and geyser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʏːsa/
• Rhymes: -ʏːsa

Noun

gusa f (genitive singular gusu, nominative plural gusur)

1. splash

   Synonym: skvetta

Declension

declension of gusa

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gusa	gusan	gusur	gusurnar
accusative	gusu	gusuna	gusur	gusurnar
dative	gusu	gusunni	gusum	gusunum
genitive	gusu	gusunnar	gusa	gusanna

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gush”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkusa/

Noun

gusa

1. accusative/genitive singular of gussa

Nupe

Zà na è lá gusa lo na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡū.sā/

Noun

gusa

1. bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: gu‧sa

Noun

gusa f (uncountable)

1. Only used in ferro-gusa

Spanish

Noun

gusa f (plural gusas)

1. (Spain, colloquial) hunger

Further reading

• “gusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Verb

-gusa (infinitive kugusa)

1. to touch (feel with the body)
2. to graze

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gusa
Positive present -nagusa Subjunctive -guse Negative -gusi Imperative singular gusa
Infinitives
Positive kugusa Negative kutogusa
Imperatives
Singular gusa Plural guseni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugusa Positive past positive subject concord + -ligusa Negative past negative subject concord + -kugusa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagusa) Singular Plural 1st person ninagusa/nagusa tunagusa 2nd person unagusa mnagusa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagusa wanagusa other classes positive subject concord + -nagusa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gusi) Singular Plural 1st person sigusi hatugusi 2nd person hugusi hamgusi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagusi hawagusi other classes negative subject concord + -gusi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagusa Negative future negative subject concord + -tagusa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -guse) Singular Plural 1st person niguse tuguse 2nd person uguse mguse 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aguse waguse other classes positive subject concord + -guse
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siguse Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegusa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegusa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligusa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligusa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agusa) Singular Plural 1st person nagusa twagusa 2nd person wagusa mwagusa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agusa wagusa m-mi(III/IV) wagusa yagusa ji-ma(V/VI) lagusa yagusa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagusa vyagusa n(IX/X) yagusa zagusa u(XI) wagusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwagusa pa(XVI) pagusa mu(XVIII) mwagusa
Perfect positive subject concord + -megusa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshagusa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagusa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kigusa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipogusa Consecutive kagusa / positive subject concord + -kagusa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaguse
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nigusa -tugusa 2nd person -kugusa -wagusa/-kuguseni/-waguseni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgusa -wagusa m-mi(III/IV) -ugusa -igusa ji-ma(V/VI) -ligusa -yagusa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigusa -vigusa n(IX/X) -igusa -zigusa u(XI) -ugusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kugusa pa(XVI) -pagusa mu(XVIII) -mugusa Reflexive -jigusa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gusa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -gusaye -gusao m-mi(III/IV) -gusao -gusayo ji-ma(V/VI) -gusalo -gusayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gusacho -gusavyo n(IX/X) -gusayo -gusazo u(XI) -gusao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -gusako pa(XVI) -gusapo mu(XVIII) -gusamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gusa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yegusa -ogusa m-mi(III/IV) -ogusa -yogusa ji-ma(V/VI) -logusa -yogusa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogusa -vyogusa n(IX/X) -yogusa -zogusa u(XI) -ogusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kogusa pa(XVI) -pogusa mu(XVIII) -mogusa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -gusia
  • Causative: -gusisha
  • Passive: -guswa
  • Reciprocal: -gusana
  • Stative: -gusika

• Nominal derivations:
  • kiguso (“touchpad, trackpad”)