tusa

See also: Tusa and tusá

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Galician

Verb

tusa

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of tusir
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of tusir

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Hausa

Noun

tūsā̀ f (possessed form tūsàr̃)

1. fart

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuʃɒ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧sa

Etymology 1

Back-formation from tusakodik. Created during the Hungarian language reform which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Noun

tusa (plural tusák)

1. struggle, fight, combat

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	tusa	tusák
accusative	tusát	tusákat
dative	tusának	tusáknak
instrumental	tusával	tusákkal
causal-final	tusáért	tusákért
translative	tusává	tusákká
terminative	tusáig	tusákig
essive-formal	tusaként	tusákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tusában	tusákban
superessive	tusán	tusákon
adessive	tusánál	tusáknál
illative	tusába	tusákba
sublative	tusára	tusákra
allative	tusához	tusákhoz
elative	tusából	tusákból
delative	tusáról	tusákról
ablative	tusától	tusáktól

Possessive forms of tusa
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tusám	tusáim
2nd person sing.	tusád	tusáid
3rd person sing.	tusája	tusái
1st person plural	tusánk	tusáink
2nd person plural	tusátok	tusáitok
3rd person plural	tusájuk	tusáik

Derived terms

• lovastusa

Etymology 2

tus +‎ -a

Noun

tusa

1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of tus

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tussu; synchronically, tú +‎ -sa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠʊsˠə/

Pronoun

tusa (conjunctive)

1. emphatic form of tú

   you (singular), thou

Usage notes

• Also used as the vocative: Haigh tusa! — "Hey you!"

Related terms

• thusa

See also

Irish personal pronouns

Number	Person (and gender)	Conjunctive (emphatic)	Disjunctive (emphatic)	Possessive determiner
Singular	First	mé (mise)		mo L m' before vowel sounds
	Second	tú (tusa)1	thú (thusa)	do L d' before vowel sounds
	Third masculine	sé (seisean)	é (eisean)	a L
	Third feminine	sí (sise)	í (ise)	a H
Plural	First	muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne)		ár E
	Second	sibh (sibhse)1		bhur E
	Third	siad (siadsan)	iad (iadsan)	a E

^L Triggers lenition ^E Triggers eclipsis ^H Triggers h-prothesis

¹ Also used as the vocative

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun: e.g. "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

Further reading

• "tusa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “tusa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “tusa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “tú” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Portuguese

Noun

tusa f (plural tusas)

1. (vulgar slang) wood; erection

Synonyms

• tesão

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tussu.

Pronoun

tusa

1. (emphatic) you (informal singular)

Related terms

• tu (non-emphatic)

Further reading

• “tú” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Spanish

Adjective

tusa

1. Feminine plural of adjective tuso.

Noun

tusa f (plural tusas)

1. feminine equivalent of tuso
2. (Latin America) stripped corncob
3. (Latin America) cigar rolled in a corn husk
4. (Chile) cornsilk
5. (Chile) mane (of a horse)
6. (Colombia) pockmark
7. (Central America, Cuba) trollop, bitch (woman)

Verb

tusa

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of tusar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of tusar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of tusar.