kusu
Ainu edit
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Postposition edit
kusu (Kana spelling クス)
- in order to, to, for
- 1905, John Bachelor, An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary (Including a Grammar of the Ainu Language):
- Nu gusu ku ek, "I have come in order to hear."
- (with ne) Marks the future tense.
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kusu m
Finnish edit
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kusu
- brushtail possum (marsupial of the genus Trichosurus)
- (in the plural) the genus Trichosurus
Declension edit
Inflection of kusu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kusu | kusut | ||
genitive | kusun | kusujen | ||
partitive | kusua | kusuja | ||
illative | kusuun | kusuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kusu | kusut | ||
accusative | nom. | kusu | kusut | |
gen. | kusun | |||
genitive | kusun | kusujen | ||
partitive | kusua | kusuja | ||
inessive | kusussa | kusuissa | ||
elative | kususta | kusuista | ||
illative | kusuun | kusuihin | ||
adessive | kusulla | kusuilla | ||
ablative | kusulta | kusuilta | ||
allative | kusulle | kusuille | ||
essive | kusuna | kusuina | ||
translative | kusuksi | kusuiksi | ||
abessive | kusutta | kusuitta | ||
instructive | — | kusuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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compounds
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kusu
Izere edit
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kusu
- to wash
References edit
- R. Blench, The Benue-Congo languages
Latvian edit
Verb edit
kusu
Rukai edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.
Pronoun edit
kusu
- you (singular)
Ternate edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with West Makian kusu.
Pronunciation edit
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kusu
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
West Makian edit
Etymology 1 edit
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kusu
Etymology 2 edit
Cognate with, if not from, Ternate kuso. Cognate with Sahu 'usoro, Galela kuso.
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kusu