dusta

Balinese

Romanization

dusta

1. Romanization of ᬤᬸᬱ᭄ᬝ.

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay dusta (“lie”), from Sanskrit दुष्ट (duṣṭa, “wicked, evil, corrupt”), from दुस्- (dus-, “evil, bad, difficult”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdus.ta/, [ˈdus.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: dus‧ta

Adjective

dusta

1. lie, untruth, intentionally false.

   Synonym: bohong

Derived terms

• berdusta
• mendusta
• mendustai
• mendustakan
• pendusta
• sedusta

 

Further reading

• “dusta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English dust, from Middle English dust, doust, from Old English dūst (“dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠʊsˠt̪ˠə/
• (Ceantar na nOileán) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɪsˠt̪ˠə/

Noun

dusta m (genitive singular dusta)

1. dust

Declension

Declension of dusta (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative dusta vocative a dhusta genitive dusta dative dusta forms with the definite article case singular nominative an dusta genitive an dusta dative leis an dusta don dusta

Quotations

• 1977, Tomás de Bhaldraithe, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 407, page 221:

  sin é an ceann a mbíonn an dusta ag imtheacht as, seans

  That’s the one the dust is coming out of, perhaps.

Synonyms

• deannach

Mutation

Mutated forms of dusta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dusta	dhusta	ndusta

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दूषित (dūṣita).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /dusˈtaʔ/ [d̪ʊsˈt̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: dus‧ta

Adjective

dustâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. oppressed; maltreated

   Synonyms: inaapi, inaalipin

2. humiliating; ignominious; disgraceful

   Synonyms: hamak, nakahihiya

3. despicable

   Synonym: kalait-lait

Derived terms

• dumusta
• dustain
• kadusta-dusta
• kadustaan
• mandusta
• mapangdusta
• nakadudusta
• pagdusta
• pandurusta

 

Noun

dustâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. insulting speech or action

   Synonyms: pagdusta, pag-alipusta, paghamak, paglait

2. ignominy; infamy; shame and dishonor
3. miserable condition of livelihood

See also

• dukha

Further reading

• “dusta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018