kus

See also: Kus, kuś, kūs, Kūs, kuş, kú·s, and Kuś

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch kust, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French coste, from Latin costa (“rib, side”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kœs/

Noun

kus (plural kuste)

  1. coast, shoreline
  2. seashore
  3. coastal region
Derived terms
  • kusbeskerming
  • kusgebergte
  • kusgebied
  • kuslangs
  • kusstad
  • rotskus
  • seekus

Etymology 2

From Dutch kus, kussen, from Middle Dutch kos, cussen, from Old Dutch *kos, kussen, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz, *kussijaną. Germanic term, cognate with English kiss, German küssen, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kœs/

Noun

kus (plural kusse)

  1. kiss

Verb

kus (present kus, present participle kussende, past participle gekus)

  1. to kiss
Synonyms

Usage notes

The use of kus as an alternative for soen is rarely used in speech but is more commonly found in literature, often being used poetically.

Catawba

Etymology

From the same root as kusa (“standing”), because the stalks stand upright.

Noun

kus

  1. corn, maize

Usage notes

The initial consonant is sometimes voiced: gus.

Derived terms

  • kus suk (“corncob”, literally “corn house”)
  • kus sarak (“wheat”, literally “corn grass”)

References

  • 1900, Albert S. Gatschet, Grammatic Sketch of the Catawba Language (published in the American Anthropologist)

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Noun

kus m

  1. piece (part)
  2. chunk

Declension

See also

Further reading

  • kus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʏs/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: kus
  • Rhymes: -ʏs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch kos, kus, from Old Dutch *kos, *kus, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz. The older Dutch forms with -u- are taken from the verb, those with -o- derive directly from the noun. Compare German Kuss, English kiss, Danish kys.

Noun

kus m (plural kussen, diminutive kusje n)

  1. Kiss
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Verb

kus

  1. first-person singular present indicative of kussen
  2. imperative of kussen

Estonian

Adverb

kus

  1. where

French

Noun

kus m

  1. plural of ku

Karelian

Pronoun

kus

  1. where

Livonian

Pronoun

kus

  1. where

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kussaz, whence also Old Saxon kus, Old English coss, Old Norse koss.

Noun

kus m

  1. kiss

Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kussaz. Compare Old English coss, Old Frisian koss, Old High German kus, Old Norse koss.

Noun

kus m

  1. a kiss

Declension


Descendants

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kûːs/

Noun

kȗs m (Cyrillic spelling ку̑с)

  1. (rare) piece, part

Declension

Synonyms

Adjective

kȗs (definite kȗsī, Cyrillic spelling ку̑с) (rare)

  1. tailless
  2. too short
  3. incomplete

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ, cognate with Russian кус (kus) and кусок (kusok), Slovene kos, Serbo-Croatian кус, kus, Bulgarian къс (kǎs). Non-Slavic cognates include Sanskrit खादति (khādati, “he chews”), Persian خاییدن‎ (xāyīdan, “to chew”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkus/

Noun

kus m (genitive singular kusa, nominative plural kusy, genitive plural kusov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. piece

Declension

Derived terms

  • kusový
  • kúsok, kúštik, kusoček, kúštiček
  • kusisko

Further reading

  • kus in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *kuse, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷusó from *kʷos, *kʷis. Compare Tocharian B kᵤse.

Pronoun

kus (accusative kuc)

  1. (interrogative pronoun) who
  • kusne (relative pronoun)

Turkish

Verb

kus

  1. second-person imperative of kusmak

Antonyms

Veps

Adverb

kus

  1. where, in what place (interrogative)

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “где”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²kʉːs/ (example of pronunciation)
    Rhymes: -ʉ̀ːs

Noun

kus m

  1. One who puts fear in someone; master, foreman, supervisor.
    Hä står ill dill ti huse, der ingen jär kus
    There is trouble in the house where no one is master
  2. A strong, capable man, considered better than others; the most prominent; also said of animals.
    Hä va kusen dill kar!
    A good man!
    Hä var kus’n dill häst
    a good horse
  3. crawling winged insect

Homophones

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