pusa

• Hyphenation: pu‧sa

pusa

1. (of young animals) to emerge from an egg.
2. (of eggs) to break open when a young animal emerges from it
3. to crush; to be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force

Borrowed from German Buss of uncertain origin. Compare English buss, Persian بوس‎ (bus, “kiss”) and Latin basium (“kiss”). Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bu.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpusa]

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• Rhymes: -usa
• Hyphenation: pu‧sa

pusa f

1. mouth

   Synonym: ústa

2. kiss

   Synonym: polibek

• pusa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• pusa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• pusa in Internetová jazyková příručka

• pasu

Uncertain. Compare Malayalam pucca.

pusa (plural puspusa)

1. Domesticated cat.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpusa]
• Hyphenation: pu‧sa

pusa

1. alternative spelling of puso

Inherited from Malay pusa (“urge, impuls”). The sense of physical momentum is a semantic loan from Dutch impuls. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

pusa (first-person possessive pusaku, second-person possessive pusamu, third-person possessive pusanya)

1. urge, impulse

   Synonyms: desakan, dorongan, keinginan

2. (mechanics) momentum: of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity.

   Synonyms: impuls, momentum

From Minangkabau [Term?].

pusa (first-person possessive pusaku, second-person possessive pusamu, third-person possessive pusanya)

1. (dialect) rattan basket for salt.

• “pusa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠʊsˠə/

pusa m pl

1. nominative/dative plural of pus

pusa

1. Romanization of ꦥꦸꦱ.

pusa

1. cat

• Lanlan Li, Kapampangan locative constructions: synchronic and diachronic connections (2018)

• posa

From Proto-Germanic *pusô (“bag, wallet, scrip”). Akin to Old High German pfosa (“purse”), Old Norse posi (“bag, purse”), púss (“pocket, pouch”). More at pussy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.sɑ/, [ˈpu.zɑ]

pusa m (nominative plural pusan)

1. purse, bag, scrip

• English: purse

From German Busserl.

• IPA^(key): /pûsa/
• Hyphenation: pu‧sa

pȕsa f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏са)

1. (colloquial) kiss

Derived from Austrian German Puss.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpusa/

pusa f (genitive singular pusy, nominative plural pusy, genitive plural pús, declension pattern of žena)

1. kiss

   Synonym: bozk

• pusinka f

• pusa in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Compare Isnag kusa, Kankanaey posa, Kapampangan pusa, Ilocano pusa, Ibatan pusak, Malayalam പൂച്ച (pūcca), Tetum busa, Malay pusak and Malagasy fosa; all likely once referred to the Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes).[1]

• Hyphenation: pu‧sa
• IPA^(key): /ˈpusaʔ/, [ˈpu.sɐʔ]

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• Rhymes: -usaʔ

pusà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ)

1. cat; feline (animal)
2. (figurative) a betrayer

   Synonym: manloloko

• Hyphenation: pu‧sa
• IPA^(key): /puˈsaʔ/, [pʊˈsaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ

pusâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ)

1. (obsolete) affront

   Synonym: mura

• “pusa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• “pusa” in Pinoy Dictionary, Cyberspace.ph, 2010-2023.
• Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 215: “Darſe) Puſa (pp) T. prieſa en [lo que] haçe mal o biẽ”
  • page 330: “Gato) Puſa (pp) animal caſero, puſang babayi, gata, [y al] muy caçador le llaman, ganir na puſa.”
  • page 496: “Prieſa) Puſa (pp) queſe dan a haçer”