fusa

See also: Fusa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 総 (fusa).

Noun

fusa pl (plural only)

1. (sumo) The four knotted tassels hanging from the roof of the dohyo; symbolising the four seasons.

Anagrams

• USAF, aufs, sauf

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.za/
• Homophones: fusas, fusât

Verb

fusa

1. third-person singular past historic of fuser

Irish

Alternative forms

• usa

Etymology

From earlier usa, from Old Irish assu. Similar to development of fuar and feic, the initial f- of Modern Irish comes from a misinterpretation of usa as fhusa in lenition environments.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠʊsˠə/

Adjective

fusa

1. comparative degree of furasta (“easy”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fusa	fhusa	bhfusa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fusa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 usa, ussa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fusa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fusa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.za/
• Rhymes: -uza
• Hyphenation: fù‧sa

Adjective

fusa f sg

1. feminine singular of fuso

Participle

fusa f sg

1. feminine singular of fuso

Etymology 2

Archaic irregular plural of fuso (“spindle”), used in sense 2 probably for the sound being similar to that of a spinning spindle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.za/, (traditional) /ˈfu.sa/
• Rhymes: -uza, (traditional) -usa
• Hyphenation: fù‧sa

Noun

fusa f pl

1. (archaic, literary) plural of fuso (“spindle”)
2. (plural only) purr (sound made by a cat)

   fare le fusa ― to purr

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French fusée (“fusil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.za/
• Rhymes: -uza
• Hyphenation: fù‧sa

Noun

fusa f (plural fuse)

1. (music) quasihemidemisemiquaver, semihemidemisemiquaver (hundred twenty-eighth note)

Further reading

• fusa (music) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Japanese

Romanization

fusa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふさ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (fūsa) (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.sa/, [ˈfuːs̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.sa/, [ˈfuːs̬ä]
• (fūsā) (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.saː/, [ˈfuːs̠äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.sa/, [ˈfuːs̬ä]

Participle

fūsa

1. inflection of fūsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Participle

fūsā

1. ablative feminine singular of fūsus

Noun

fūsa f (genitive fūsae); first declension

1. (music) quaver (British), eighth note (US)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fūsa	fūsae
Genitive	fūsae	fūsārum
Dative	fūsae	fūsīs
Accusative	fūsam	fūsās
Ablative	fūsā	fūsīs
Vocative	fūsa	fūsae

References

• fusa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• fuse (verb, e and split infinitives)

Verb

fusa (present tense fusar, past tense fusa, past participle fusa, passive infinitive fusast, present participle fusande, imperative fusa/fus)

1. rush

References

• “fusa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian fusa, from French fusée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: fu‧sa

Noun

fusa f (plural fusas)

1. (music) demisemiquaver (thirty-second note)

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

fusa

1. Alternative form of fasa

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
fusa	fhusa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “fusa”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 usa, ussa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Noun

fusa f (plural fusas)

1. demisemiquaver

Further reading

• “fusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014