usa

See also: Usa, USA, U.S.A., ușă, ūsa, and ūsā

Asi

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

Numeral

usá

  1. (cardinal) one

Asturian

Verb

usa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of usar
  2. second-person singular imperative of usar

Bikol Central

Noun

usá

  1. deer

Brooke's Point Palawano

Noun

usa

  1. deer

Catalan

Verb

usa

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of usar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of usar

Cebuano

Cebuano cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : usa
    Ordinal : una
    Adverbial : makausa
    Distributive : usa-usa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa. Cognates with Tagalog isa, Hiligaynon isa, Aklanon isaea, Ilocano maysa. Related to Indonesian esa, Malay esa, Hawaiian kahi, Maori tahi, Jarai sa, Samoan tasi, Tongan taha.

Pronunciation 1.1

  • IPA(key): /us̪a/
  • Hyphenation: usa (Hyphenation is the same with other pronunciations below)

Numeral

usa

  1. (cardinal) one; 1
    Synonym: uno

Usage Notes

  • Like any other numerals, it is often used with the linker "ka" to quantify an object/object that it modifies.
    Usa ka lalaki ― One man
    Usa ka babaye ― One woman
  • The word buok (“piece; whole”) is sometimes used after ka.
    Usa ka buok lalaki ― One man
    Usa ka buok babaye ― One woman

Pronoun

usa

  1. one unnamed person or thing.
  2. any person (people in general).
  3. the other one (of several).
    1. (used with a time expression: e.g. day) the other time that passed (e.g., the other day).

Pronunciation 1.2

  • IPA(key): /ˈus̪a/

Verb

usa

  1. to unite; to group things together into one.

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ˈus̪aʔ/ (Same pronunciation to Etymology 3)

Adverb

usa

  1. before; before doing, do beforehand
  2. momentarily; for now, for the time being

Etymology 3

Compare Tagalog usa

Noun

usa

  1. a deer; ruminants of the family "Cervidae"
    Synonym: binaw

Chamorro

Etymology

From Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

usa

  1. (cardinal) one

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /y.za/

Verb

usa

  1. third-person singular past historic of user

Anagrams

Interlingua

Verb

usa

  1. present of usar
  2. imperative of usar

Irish

Adjective

usa

  1. Alternative form of fusa

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
usa n-usa husa not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Italian

Verb

usa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of usare
  2. second-person singular imperative of usare

Derived terms

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

usa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うさ

Latin

Participle

ūsa

  1. nominative feminine singular of ūsus
  2. nominative neuter plural of ūsus
  3. accusative neuter plural of ūsus
  4. vocative feminine singular of ūsus
  5. nominative neuter plural of ūsus

ūsā

  1. ablative feminine singular of ūsus

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

Determiner

ūsa (invariable)

  1. our (plural) (genitive form of wi)

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

usa

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of usar
  2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of usar

Quechua

Noun

usa

  1. louse

Declension

Rotuman

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *qusan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN.

Noun

usa

  1. rain

Spanish

Verb

usa

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of usar, use!.
    Usa la fuerza, Luke!
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of usar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of usar.

Tagakaulu Kalagan

Noun

usa

  1. wild pig

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Cebuano usa, Dupaningan Agta ogsa.

Noun

usá

  1. deer

Turkish

Noun

usa

  1. accusative singular of us

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

Numeral

usá

  1. (cardinal) one
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