tusk
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English tusk (also tux, tusch), from Old English tūx, tūsc (“canine tooth, tusk, molar”), from Proto-West Germanic *tų̄sk, *tunsk, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz (“canine tooth”), extended form of *tanþs (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tusk (“tooth”), West Frisian tosk (“tooth”), Icelandic toskur (“a tusk, tooth”) (whence the Old Norse and Icelandic Ratatoskr and Ratatoskur respectively), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃 (tunþus, “tooth”) and *𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (*tundi, “thorn, tooth”). Doublet of tush. More at tooth.
Noun edit
tusk (plural tusks)
- One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.
- Until the CITES sales ban, elephant tusks were the 'backbone' of the legal ivory trade.
- A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
- A tusk shell.
- (carpentry) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.[1]
- A sharp point.
- The share of a plough.
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Verb edit
tusk (third-person singular simple present tusks, present participle tusking, simple past and past participle tusked)
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References edit
- ^ “tusk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “tusk”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Etymology 2 edit
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Noun edit
tusk (plural tusks)
- A fish, the torsk (Brosme brosme).
Kashubian edit
Noun edit
tusk m animal
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Further reading edit
Ludian edit
Etymology edit
Related to Finnish tuska. Ultimately from Russian тоска́ (toská, “melancholy”).
Noun edit
tusk
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English tūx, from earlier tūsc, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz. Compare tusshe.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tusk (plural tuskes)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “tusk, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-22.
Old Frisian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Old English tūsc.
Noun edit
tusk m
Inflection edit
Declension of tusk (masculine a-stem) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | tusk | tuskar, tuska |
genitive | tuskes | tuska |
dative | tuske | tuskum, tuskem |
accusative | tusk | tuskar, tuska |
Descendants edit
Veps edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old East Slavic тъска (tŭska) (compare Russian тоска́ (toská, “melancholy”)).
Noun edit
tusk
Declension edit
Inflection of tusk (inflection type 6/kuva) | |||
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nominative sing. | tusk | ||
genitive sing. | tuskan | ||
partitive sing. | tuskad | ||
partitive plur. | — | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tusk | — | |
accusative | tuskan | — | |
genitive | tuskan | — | |
partitive | tuskad | — | |
essive-instructive | tuskan | — | |
translative | tuskaks | — | |
inessive | tuskas | — | |
elative | tuskaspäi | — | |
illative | tuskaha | — | |
adessive | tuskal | — | |
ablative | tuskalpäi | — | |
allative | tuskale | — | |
abessive | tuskata | — | |
comitative | tuskanke | — | |
prolative | tuskadme | — | |
approximative I | tuskanno | — | |
approximative II | tuskannoks | — | |
egressive | tuskannopäi | — | |
terminative I | tuskahasai | — | |
terminative II | tuskalesai | — | |
terminative III | tuskassai | — | |
additive I | tuskahapäi | — | |
additive II | tuskalepäi | — |