kus

See also: Kus, kuś, kūs, Kūs, kuş, kú·s, and Kuś

Afrikaans

FWOTD – 27 January 2019

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kœs/

Etymology 1

From Dutch kust, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French coste, from Latin costa (“rib, side”)

Noun

kus (plural kuste)

1. coast, shoreline, seashore
   • 1986, Die Noordweste. Die stoflike kultuuruitinge van die streek se bewoners, page 31.

     In 1862 word 'n pad vanaf die kopermyne na Hondeklipbaai aan die kus gebou.

     In 1862 a path from the copper mines to Hondeklip Bay at the coast is built.

2. coastal region

Derived terms

• kusbeskerming
• kusgebergte
• kusgebied
• kuslangs
• kusstad
• rotskus
• seekus

Etymology 2

From Dutch kussen, from Middle Dutch cussen, from Old Dutch kussen, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną. Cognate with English kiss, German küssen, and Danish kysse.

Verb

kus (present kus, present participle kussende, past participle gekus)

1. to kiss
   • 2012, Pieter Aspe, Vierkant van die wraak, LAPA.

     Sy steek 'n hand na hom uit, en vir 'n oomblik oorweeg hy om dit galant te kus.

     She holds a hand in front of him, and for a moment he considers kissing it gallantly.

Synonyms

• soen

Usage notes

The use of kus as an alternative for soen is rarely used in speech but is more commonly found in literature, often being used poetically.

Etymology 3

From Dutch kus, from Middle Dutch kos, from Old Dutch *kos, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz. Cognate with English kiss, German Kuss, and Danish kys.

Noun

kus (plural kusse)

1. kiss
   • 1984, Eugène Nielen Marais, Versamelde werke, Leon Rousseau (ed.), Van Schaik (publ.), page 930.

     Sy vou haar armpies om die ou man se nek maar in plaas van haar geheimpie te hoor, bedek hy die gesiggie met kusse.

     She wraps her short arms around the old man's neck, but instead of listening to her secret he covers her little face with kisses.

Synonyms

• soen

Usage notes

As with the noun.

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Catawba

Etymology

From the same root as kusa (“standing”), because the stalks stand upright.

Noun

kus

1. corn, maize

Usage notes

The initial consonant is sometimes voiced: gus.

Derived terms

• kus suk (“corncob”, literally “corn house”)
• kus sarak (“wheat”, literally “corn grass”)

References

• 1900, Albert S. Gatschet, Grammatic Sketch of the Catawba Language (published in the American Anthropologist)

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkus]

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Noun

kus m

1. piece (part)
2. chunk

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	kus	kusy
genitive	kusu	kusů
dative	kusu	kusům
accusative	kus	kusy
vocative	kuse	kusy
locative	kusu, kuse	kusech
instrumental	kusem	kusy

Related terms

• kousek m
• kousíček m
• kousat

See also

• část f

Further reading

• kus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʏs/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: kus
• Rhymes: -ʏs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch kos, kus, from Old Dutch *kos, *kus, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz. The older Dutch forms with -u- are taken from the verb, those with -o- derive directly from the noun. Compare German Kuss, English kiss, Danish kys.

Noun

kus m (plural kussen, diminutive kusje n)

1. kiss

Synonyms

• zoen

Derived terms

• afscheidskus
• wangkus

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

kus

1. first-person singular present indicative of kussen
2. imperative of kussen

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ku.

Adverb

kus

1. (interrogative) where (in which place)
2. (relative) where (in which place)

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French

Noun

kus m

1. plural of ku

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Karelian

Pronoun

kus

1. where

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Livonian

Pronoun

kus

1. where

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kussaz, whence also Old Saxon kus, Old English coss, Old Norse koss.

Noun

kus m

1. kiss

Descendants

• Middle High German: kus, kos
  • German: Kuss

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kussaz. Compare Old English coss, Old Frisian koss, Old High German kus, Old Norse koss.

Noun

kus m

1. a kiss

Declension

Declension of kus (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	kus	kussos
accusative	kus	kussos
genitive	kusses	kussō
dative	kusse	kussum
instrumental	—	—

Related terms

• kussian

Descendants

• Middle Low German: kus, kuss

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kûːs/

Noun

kȗs m (Cyrillic spelling ку̑с)

1. (rare) piece, part

Declension

Declension of kus

	singular	plural
nominative	kȗs	kȕsovi
genitive	kusa	kusova
dative	kusu	kusovima
accusative	kus	kusove
vocative	kuse	kusovi
locative	kusu	kusovima
instrumental	kusom	kusovima

Synonyms

• komad
• parče
• deo/dio

Adjective

kȗs (definite kȗsī, Cyrillic spelling ку̑с) (rare)

1. tailless
2. too short
3. incomplete

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		kus	kusa	kuso
genitive		kusa	kuse	kusa
dative		kusu	kusoj	kusu
accusative	inanimate animate	kus kusa	kusu	kuso
vocative		kus	kusa	kuso
locative		kusu	kusoj	kusu
instrumental		kusim	kusom	kusim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		kusi	kuse	kusa
genitive		kusih	kusih	kusih
dative		kusim(a)	kusim(a)	kusim(a)
accusative		kuse	kuse	kusa
vocative		kusi	kuse	kusa
locative		kusim(a)	kusim(a)	kusim(a)
instrumental		kusim(a)	kusim(a)	kusim(a)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		kusi	kusa	kuso
genitive		kusog(a)	kuse	kusog(a)
dative		kusom(u/e)	kusoj	kusom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	kusi kusog(a)	kusu	kuso
vocative		kusi	kusa	kuso
locative		kusom(e/u)	kusoj	kusom(e/u)
instrumental		kusim	kusom	kusim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		kusi	kuse	kusa
genitive		kusih	kusih	kusih
dative		kusim(a)	kusim(a)	kusim(a)
accusative		kuse	kuse	kusa
vocative		kusi	kuse	kusa
locative		kusim(a)	kusim(a)	kusim(a)
instrumental		kusim(a)	kusim(a)	kusim(a)

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ, cognate with Russian кус (kus) and кусок (kusok), Slovene kos, Serbo-Croatian кус, kus, Bulgarian къс (kǎs). Non-Slavic cognates include Sanskrit खादति (khādati, “he chews”), Persian خاییدن‎ (xāyīdan, “to chew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkus/

Noun

kus m (genitive singular kusa, nominative plural kusy, genitive plural kusov, declension pattern of dub)

1. piece

Declension

Declension of kus

	singular	plural
nominative	kus	kusy
genitive	kusa	kusov
dative	kusu	kusom
accusative	kus	kusy
locative	kuse	kusoch
instrumental	kusom	kusmi

Derived terms

• kusový
• kúsok, kúštik, kusoček, kúštiček
• kusisko

Further reading

• kus in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *kuse, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷusó from *kʷos, *kʷis. Compare Tocharian B kᵤse.

Pronoun

kus (accusative kuc)

1. who (interrogative)

Related terms

• kusne (relative pronoun)

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Turkish

Verb

kus

1. second-person imperative of kusmak

Antonyms

• kusma

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Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

kus

1. where, in what place (interrogative)

Synonyms

• miš

Derived terms

• kus-ni
• kus-se
• koje-kus
• nikus

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “где”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²kʉːs/ (example of pronunciation)

  Rhymes: -ʉ̀ːs

Noun

kus m

1. One who puts fear in someone; master, foreman, supervisor.

   Hä står ill dill ti huse, der ingen jär kus

   There is trouble in the house where no one is master

2. A strong, capable man, considered better than others; the most prominent; also said of animals.

   Hä va kusen dill kar!

   A good man!

   Hä var kus’n dill häst

   a good horse

3. crawling winged insect

Homophones

• kuus