kus
AfrikaansEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Dutch kust, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French coste, from Latin costa (“rib, side”)
NounEdit
kus (plural kuste)
- 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.
- 1986, Die Noordweste. Die stoflike kultuuruitinge van die streek se bewoners, page 31.
- coastal region
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Dutch kus, kussen, from Middle Dutch kos, cussen, from Old Dutch *kos, kussen, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz, *kussijaną. Germanic term, cognate with English kiss, German küssen, etc.
NounEdit
kus (plural kusse)
- 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.
- 1984, Eugène Nielen Marais, Versamelde werke, Leon Rousseau (ed.), Van Schaik (publ.), page 930.
VerbEdit
kus (present kus, present participle kussende, past participle gekus)
- 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.
- 2012, Pieter Aspe, Vierkant van die wraak, LAPA.
SynonymsEdit
Usage notesEdit
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.
CatawbaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the same root as kusa (“standing”), because the stalks stand upright.
NounEdit
kus
Usage notesEdit
The initial consonant is sometimes voiced: gus.
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 1900, Albert S. Gatschet, Grammatic Sketch of the Catawba Language (published in the American Anthropologist)
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kus m
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
- část f
Further readingEdit
- kus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- kus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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.
NounEdit
kus m (plural kussen, diminutive kusje n)
SynonymsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Afrikaans: kus
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
kus
EstonianEdit
FrenchEdit
KarelianEdit
LivonianEdit
Old High GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *kussaz, whence also Old Saxon kus, Old English coss, Old Norse koss.
NounEdit
kus m
DescendantsEdit
Old SaxonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *kussaz. Compare Old English coss, Old Frisian koss, Old High German kus, Old Norse koss.
NounEdit
kus m
- a kiss
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | kus | kussos |
accusative | kus | kussos |
genitive | kusses | kussō |
dative | kusse | kussum |
instrumental | — | — |
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kȗs m (Cyrillic spelling ку̑с)
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
kȗs (definite kȗsī, Cyrillic spelling ку̑с) (rare)
- tailless
- too short
- incomplete
DeclensionEdit
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) |
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) |
SlovakEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kus m (genitive singular kusa, nominative plural kusy, genitive plural kusov, declension pattern of dub)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- kus in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Tocharian AEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Tocharian *kuse, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷusó from *kʷos, *kʷis. Compare Tocharian B kᵤse.
PronounEdit
kus (accusative kuc)
- (interrogative pronoun) who
Related termsEdit
- kusne (relative pronoun)
TurkishEdit
VepsEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdverbEdit
kus
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “где”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
WestrobothnianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kus m
- 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
- Hä står ill dill ti huse, der ingen jär kus
- 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
- Hä va kusen dill kar!
- crawling winged insect