rusa

See also: rusă, rusą, and Rusa

Asturian

Adjective

rusa

1. feminine singular of rusu

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrusa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -usa
• Hyphenation: ru‧sa

Adjective

rusa (accusative singular rusan, plural rusaj, accusative plural rusajn)

1. Russian
2. (la rusa) Clipping of la rusa lingvo (“the Russian language”)

Derived terms

• ruslingvano, rusparolanto (“a Russian speaker, Russophone”)
• rusparola, rusparolanta (“Russian-speaking”)

Related terms

• ruse (“in Russian”)
• Rusio (“Russia”)
• Ruslando (“Russia”)
• ruso (“a Russian”)
• Rusujo (“Russia”)

See also

• surĵiko (“Surzhyk”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay rusa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrusa]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ru‧sa

Noun

rusa (plural rusa-rusa, first-person possessive rusaku, second-person possessive rusamu, third-person possessive rusanya)

1. deer
2. moose

Further reading

• “rusa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *rusaʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa. Akin to Tagalog usa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rusa/
• Rhymes: -usa, -sa

Noun

rusa (Jawi spelling روسا, plural rusa-rusa, informal 1st possessive rusaku, 2nd possessive rusamu, 3rd possessive rusanya)

1. deer

Synonyms

• payau (dialect, Brunei Malay)

Descendants

• Indonesian: rusa

Further reading

• “rusa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• ruse (only the verbs)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²rʉːsɑ/

Etymology 1

From the noun rus.

Verb

rusa (present tense rusar, past tense rusa, past participle rusa, passive infinitive rusast, present participle rusande, imperative rusa/rus)

1. to intoxicate
2. (reflexive) to get intoxicated (used both with alcohol and illegal drugs)
   • 1892, Marius Hægstad, (translated from Hans Reusch), "Naturkunna":

     Kinesarne rusar seg med aa røykja opium i pipor.

     The Chinese get intoxicated by smoking opium in pipes.

Adjective

rusa (singular and plural rusa, comparative meir rusa, superlative mest rusa)

1. intoxicated

See also

• fjern
• ruspåverka
• speisa

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *hurskijaną (“to startle, drive”), from *hurskaz (“fast, rapid, quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run, hurry”).

Cognate with Old High German hurscan (“to speed, accelerate”), Old English horsc (“quick, quick-witted, clever”). Possibly cognate with rush.

Verb

rusa (present tense rusar or ruser, past tense rusa or ruste, past participle rusa or rust, present participle rusande, imperative rus)

1. to run quickly and wildly, to rush
   • 1890, Arne Garborg, Kolbotnbrev og andre skildringar:

     Revolveren i Handa; han rusar imot meg; smell! smell!.

     Revolver in his hand; he rushes towards me; bang! bang!.

2. to fall off something
3. to rev an engine

References

• “rusa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.sa/
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: ru‧sa

Adjective

rusa

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of rusy

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrusa/ [ˈru.sa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: ru‧sa

Noun

rusa f (plural rusas)

1. female equivalent of ruso
2. (Mexico) tit fuck, titwank, titjob (mammary intercourse)

Adjective

rusa f sg

1. feminine singular of ruso

Swedish

Etymology

Related to ruse.

Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *hurskijaną (“to startle, drive”), from *hurskaz (“fast, rapid, quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run, hurry”).

Cognate with Old High German hurscan (“to speed, accelerate”), Old English horsc (“quick, quick-witted, clever”). Possibly cognate with rush.

More at hurry.

Pronunciation

• audio:

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• Rhymes: -²ʉːsa

Verb

rusa (present rusar, preterite rusade, supine rusat, imperative rusa)

1. to rush, hurry

   att rusa runt i panik

   to run around in panic

Conjugation

Conjugation of rusa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	rusa		—
Supine	rusat		—
Imperative	rusa		—
Imper. plural1	rusen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	rusar	rusade	—	—
Ind. plural1	rusa	rusade	—	—
Subjunctive2	ruse	rusade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	rusande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• rus

Related terms

• rusning

References

• rusa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rusa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rusa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• sura

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa. Akin to Tagalog usa.

Noun

rusa

1. deer