usá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "usa"

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ut͡ʃa (“crab”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈsa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: u‧sá

Noun

usá (female equivalent kunduru) (unpossessable)

1. fiddler crab (Uca sp.)
2. swamp ghost crab (Ucides cordatus)

Derived terms

• usagûasu
• usapeba
• usaúna

 

Related terms

• agûarusá

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: uçá, usá
• → Translingual: Uca

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “usá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: the classical indigenous language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 503, column 2
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 291

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u‧sá

Noun

usá m (plural usás)

1. Alternative form of uçá

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈsa/ [uˈsa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: u‧sá

Verb

usá

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of usar