See also: Fusa and fuŝa

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese (fusa).

Noun

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fusa pl (plural only)

  1. (sumo) The four knotted tassels hanging from the roof of the dohyo; symbolising the four seasons.

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French

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Verb

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fusa

  1. third-person singular past historic of fuser

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From earlier usa, from Old Irish assu. Similar to development of fuar and feic, the initial f- of Modern Irish comes from a misinterpretation of usa as fhusa in lenition environments.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fusa

  1. comparative degree of furasta (easy)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of fusa
radical lenition eclipsis
fusa fhusa bhfusa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Further reading

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  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fusa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • fusa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Italian

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfu.za/
  • Rhymes: -uza
  • Hyphenation: fù‧sa

Adjective

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fusa f sg

  1. feminine singular of fuso

Participle

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fusa f sg

  1. feminine singular of fuso

Etymology 2

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Archaic irregular plural of fuso (spindle), used in sense 2 probably for the sound being similar to that of a spinning spindle.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfu.za/, (traditional) /ˈfu.sa/
  • Rhymes: -uza, (traditional) -usa
  • Hyphenation: fù‧sa

Noun

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fusa f pl

  1. (archaic, literary) plural of fuso (spindle)
  2. (plural only) purr (sound made by a cat)
    fare le fusato purr

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from French fusée (fusil).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfu.za/
  • Rhymes: -uza
  • Hyphenation: fù‧sa

Noun

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fusa f (plural fuse)

  1. (music) quasihemidemisemiquaver, semihemidemisemiquaver (hundred twenty-eighth note)

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Japanese

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Romanization

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fusa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ふさ

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Participle

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fūsa

  1. inflection of fūsus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Participle

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fūsā

  1. ablative feminine singular of fūsus

Noun

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fūsa f (genitive fūsae); first declension

  1. (music) quaver (British), eighth note (US)

Declension

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First-declension noun.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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  • fuse (verb, e and split infinitives)

Verb

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fusa (present tense fusar, past tense fusa, past participle fusa, passive infinitive fusast, present participle fusande, imperative fusa/fus)

  1. rush

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Italian fusa, from French fusée.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: fu‧sa

Noun

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fusa f (plural fusas)

  1. (music) demisemiquaver (thirty-second note)

Scottish Gaelic

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Adjective

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fusa

  1. Alternative form of fasa

Mutation

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Mutation of fusa
radical lenition
fusa fhusa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “fusa”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 usa, ussa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

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Noun

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fusa f (plural fusas)

  1. demisemiquaver

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