unsa
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bisayan *qunuh + *-sa "rapport particle", from Proto-Central Philippine *qanuh, *qunuh, from Proto-Philippine *anu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anu, from Proto-Austronesian *(na-)nu.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
unsá (Badlit spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜐ)
- (interrogative) what
- Nag-unsa ka? ― What are you doing?
- Unsa ang imong kinahanglan? ― What do you need?
- (interrogative) which
- Unsa nga eskwelahan ka nanggikan? ― Which school do you came from?
Interjection edit
unsá? (Badlit spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜐ)
- said in surprise or disbelief: what?
Derived terms edit
Hiligaynon edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
únsa
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“1/12 part”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
unsa m (genitive singular unsa, nominative plural unsaí)
- ounce (1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, 28.3495 g)
Declension edit
Declension of unsa
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
unsa | n-unsa | hunsa | t-unsa |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “unsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “un(n)sa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 87
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
unsa f (definite singular unsa, indefinite plural unser or unsor, definite plural unsene or unsone)