tuska

Borrowed from Old East Slavic тъска (tŭska) (compare Russian тоска́ (toská, “melancholy”)). Akin to Ludian tusk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuskɑ/, [ˈt̪us̠kɑ]
• Rhymes: -uskɑ
• Syllabification^(key): tus‧ka

tuska

1. pain, distress, agony, suffering, anguish, torment

   olla tuskan takana ― to be a real bear (problem very difficult to solve) (literally, “to be behind (great) pain”)

   olla tuskissaan ― to be in pain / to be in agony / to be in torment

   saada aikaan tuskalla ja työllä ― to do with great effort

   tuntea suurta tuskaa ― to feel great pain, to eat one's heart out

   • 1984, Jussi Hakulinen (lyrics and music), “Joutsenlaulu”, in Nuorallatanssija, performed by Yö:

     Taas hetken lähempänä kuolemaa
     Ei haihdu tuska milloinkaan
     Tuo tuska laulun tämän kirjoittaa
     Tuo tuska kiinni saa kenet vaan
     Tuo tuska kiinni saa kenet vain haluaa

     Yet another moment closer to death
     The anguish will never go away
     That anguish is writing this song
     That anguish can catch anyone
     That anguish can catch whoever it wants to

• tuskanhiki
• tuskanhuuto

• kipu

• kastu, kusta, sakut, satku, sukat, tasku

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰʏska/
• Rhymes: -ʏska

tuska f (genitive singular tusku, nominative plural tuskur)

1. rag, cloth

   Synonyms: pjatla, rýja, leppur, dula

2. rags, tattered clothes

• tuskudúkka (“rag doll”)
• tuskulegur (“ragged; feeble”)

tuska

1. pain

Borrowed from Old East Slavic тъска (tŭska) (compare Russian тоска́ (toská, “melancholy”)).

tuska

1. pain