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kus

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

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AfrikaansEdit

FWOTD – 27 January 2019

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

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

VerbEdit

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.
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.

Etymology 3Edit

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

NounEdit

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.
SynonymsEdit

Usage notesEdit

As with the noun.

CatawbaEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

kus

  1. corn, maize

Usage notesEdit

The initial consonant is sometimes voiced: gus.

Derived termsEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

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

CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkus]
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NounEdit

kus m

  1. piece (part)
  2. chunk

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

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)

  1. kiss
SynonymsEdit
DescendantsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

kus

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

EstonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *ku.

AdverbEdit

kus

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

FrenchEdit

NounEdit

kus m

  1. plural of ku

KarelianEdit

PronounEdit

kus

  1. where

LivonianEdit

PronounEdit

kus

  1. where

Old High GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

kus m

  1. kiss

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

  1. a kiss

DeclensionEdit

Declension of kus (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative kus kussos
accusative kus kussos
genitive kusses kussō
dative kusse kussum
instrumental — —


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DescendantsEdit

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

kȗs m (Cyrillic spelling ку̑с)

  1. (rare) piece, part

DeclensionEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. tailless
  2. too short
  3. incomplete

DeclensionEdit

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)

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)

  1. piece

DeclensionEdit

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

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)

  1. who (interrogative)

Related termsEdit

TurkishEdit

VepsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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AdverbEdit

kus

  1. where, in what place (interrogative)

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

  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

HomophonesEdit

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