usa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "usa"

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa. Akin to Ilocano ugsa, Dupaningan Agta ogsa, Indonesian rusa.

Noun

usa

1. deer

Asi

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Central Philippine *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Philippine *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa.

Numeral

usá

1. one

Asturian

Verb

usa

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

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈsa/ [ʔuˈsa]
• Hyphenation: u‧sa

Noun

usá (Basahan spelling ᜂᜐ)

1. deer

Brooke's Point Palawano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa.

Noun

usa

1. deer

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈu.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈu.za]

Verb

usa

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

Cebuano

Cebuano numbers ^(edit)

		10[a], [b]
	←  0	1	2  →	10  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: usá, (Mindanao) isá     Spanish cardinal: uno     Ordinal: una     Adverbial: makausá     Distributive: usa-úsa, tag-usá, tagsa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bisayan *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Central Philippine *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Philippine *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈsa/ [ʔʊˈs̪a]
• IPA^(key): (verb) /ˈʔusa/ [ˈʔu.s̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: u‧sa

Numeral

usá (Badlit spelling ᜂᜐ)

1. 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

Derived terms

• binagsa
• igtagsa
• inusaranhon
• isig-usa
• kahiusahan
• kas-a
• kausa
• magtagsa
• panalagsa
• tagsa
• tagsatagsa
• talagsa
• talagsaon
• tinagsa
• tinagsa
• ulusahon
• usa ka pa
• usa pud
• usa sab
• usa sad
• usa'g usa
• usausa
• wala'y mausa

 

Pronoun

usá

1. a certain, unnamed person or thing (indefinite pronoun)
2. the other one (than what was mentioned)

   Person 1: kani? ― is this the one?

   Person 2: katong usa ― no, the other one

   1. (used with a time expression) the other time that passed

      dinhi siya usang adlaw ― he was here the other day

Verb

usa

1. to unite; to group things together into one

   Synonym: hiusa

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• sa — short form

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔusaʔ/ [ˈʔu.s̪ɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: u‧sa

Adverb

usà (Badlit spelling ᜂᜐ)

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

Derived terms

• hulat sa
• taysa
• usa ka
• usa pa

 

Etymology 3

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa.

Noun

usa (Badlit spelling ᜂᜐ)

1. deer

   Synonym: binaw

Chamorro

Chamorro cardinal numbers

<  0	1	2  >
Cardinal : usa

Etymology

From Pre-Chamorro *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa.

Numeral

usa

1. (Old Chamorro) one (in general)

Chayuco Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *uxe.

Numeral

usa

1. seven

References

• Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, page 149

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.za/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

usa

1. third-person singular past historic of user

Anagrams

• sua

Galician

Verb

usa

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

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa.

Noun

usa

1. deer

Interlingua

Verb

usa

1. present of usar
2. imperative of usar

Irish

Adjective

usa

1. Alternative form of fusa

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “usa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.za/
• Rhymes: -uza
• Hyphenation: ù‧sa

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

usa

1. feminine singular of uso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

usa

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

Derived terms

• usa e getta

Anagrams

• Sua, sua

Japanese

Romanization

usa

1. Rōmaji transcription of うさ

Kagayanen

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa.

Noun

usa

1. deer

Latin

Pronunciation

• ūsa: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.sa/, [ˈuːs̠ä]
• ūsa: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.sa/, [ˈuːs̬ä]
• ūsā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.saː/, [ˈuːs̠äː]
• ūsā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.sa/, [ˈuːs̬ä]

Participle

ūsa

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

Participle

ūsā

1. ablative feminine singular of ūsus

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

Determiner

ūsa (invariable)

1. our (plural) (genitive form of wi)
   • 9th c., Heliand, verse 621:

     that he scoldi an Bethleem giboran werðan: 'so is an usan bokun giscriƀan

     that he should be born in Bethleem: 'so it is written in our books'

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns

Personal pronouns
Singular	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	ik	thū	hē	siu	it
Accusative	mī, me, mik	thī, thik	ina	sia
Dative	mī	thī	imu	iru	it
Genitive	mīn	thīn	is	ira	is
Dual	1.	2.	-	-	-
Nominative	wit	git	-	-	-
Accusative	unk	ink	-	-	-
Dative
Genitive	unkero, unka	inker, inka	-	-	-
Plural	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	wī, we	gī, ge	sia	sia	siu
Accusative	ūs, unsik	eu, iu, iuu
Dative	ūs		im
Genitive	ūser	euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera	iro

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.zɐ/

• Rhymes: -uzɐ
• Hyphenation: u‧sa

Verb

usa

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

Quechua

Noun

usa

1. louse

Declension

declension of usa

	singular	plural
nominative	usa	usakuna
accusative	usata	usakunata
dative	usaman	usakunaman
genitive	usap	usakunap
locative	usapi	usakunapi
terminative	usakama	usakunakama
ablative	usamanta	usakunamanta
instrumental	usawan	usakunawan
comitative	usantin	usakunantin
abessive	usannaq	usakunannaq
comparative	usahina	usakunahina
causative	usarayku	usakunarayku
benefactive	usapaq	usakunapaq
associative	usapura	usakunapura
distributive	usanka	usakunanka
exclusive	usalla	usakunalla

possessive forms of usa

ñuqap - first-person singular

ñuqap (my)	singular	plural
nominative	usay	usaykuna
accusative	usayta	usaykunata
dative	usayman	usaykunaman
genitive	usaypa	usaykunap
locative	usaypi	usaykunapi
terminative	usaykama	usaykunakama
ablative	usaymanta	usaykunamanta
instrumental	usaywan	usaykunawan
comitative	usaynintin	usaykunantin
abessive	usayninnaq	usaykunannaq
comparative	usayhina	usaykunahina
causative	usayrayku	usaykunarayku
benefactive	usaypaq	usaykunapaq
associative	usaypura	usaykunapura
distributive	usayninka	usaykunanka
exclusive	usaylla	usaykunalla

qampa - second-person singular

qampa (your)	singular	plural
nominative	usayki	usaykikuna
accusative	usaykita	usaykikunata
dative	usaykiman	usaykikunaman
genitive	usaykipa	usaykikunap
locative	usaykipi	usaykikunapi
terminative	usaykikama	usaykikunakama
ablative	usaykimanta	usaykikunamanta
instrumental	usaykiwan	usaykikunawan
comitative	usaykintin	usaykikunantin
abessive	usaykinnaq	usaykikunannaq
comparative	usaykihina	usaykikunahina
causative	usaykirayku	usaykikunarayku
benefactive	usaykipaq	usaykikunapaq
associative	usaykipura	usaykikunapura
distributive	usaykinka	usaykikunanka
exclusive	usaykilla	usaykikunalla

paypa - third-person singular

paypa (his/her/its)	singular	plural
nominative	usan	usankuna
accusative	usanta	usankunata
dative	usanman	usankunaman
genitive	usanpa	usankunap
locative	usanpi	usankunapi
terminative	usankama	usankunakama
ablative	usanmanta	usankunamanta
instrumental	usanwan	usankunawan
comitative	usanintin	usankunantin
abessive	usanninnaq	usankunannaq
comparative	usanhina	usankunahina
causative	usanrayku	usankunarayku
benefactive	usanpaq	usankunapaq
associative	usanpura	usankunapura
distributive	usaninka	usankunanka
exclusive	usanlla	usankunalla

ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural

ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))	singular	plural
nominative	usanchik	usanchikkuna
accusative	usanchikta	usanchikkunata
dative	usanchikman	usanchikkunaman
genitive	usanchikpa	usanchikkunap
locative	usanchikpi	usanchikkunapi
terminative	usanchikkama	usanchikkunakama
ablative	usanchikmanta	usanchikkunamanta
instrumental	usanchikwan	usanchikkunawan
comitative	usanchiknintin	usanchikkunantin
abessive	usanchikninnaq	usanchikkunannaq
comparative	usanchikhina	usanchikkunahina
causative	usanchikrayku	usanchikkunarayku
benefactive	usanchikpaq	usanchikkunapaq
associative	usanchikpura	usanchikkunapura
distributive	usanchikninka	usanchikkunanka
exclusive	usanchiklla	usanchikkunalla

ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural

ñuqaykup (our(excl))	singular	plural
nominative	usayku	usaykukuna
accusative	usaykuta	usaykukunata
dative	usaykuman	usaykukunaman
genitive	usaykupa	usaykukunap
locative	usaykupi	usaykukunapi
terminative	usaykukama	usaykukunakama
ablative	usaykumanta	usaykukunamanta
instrumental	usaykuwan	usaykukunawan
comitative	usaykuntin	usaykukunantin
abessive	usaykunnaq	usaykukunannaq
comparative	usaykuhina	usaykukunahina
causative	usaykurayku	usaykukunarayku
benefactive	usaykupaq	usaykukunapaq
associative	usaykupura	usaykukunapura
distributive	usaykunka	usaykukunanka
exclusive	usaykulla	usaykukunalla

qamkunap - second-person plural

qamkunap (your(pl))	singular	plural
nominative	usaykichik	usaykichikkuna
accusative	usaykichikta	usaykichikkunata
dative	usaykichikman	usaykichikkunaman
genitive	usaykichikpa	usaykichikkunap
locative	usaykichikpi	usaykichikkunapi
terminative	usaykichikkama	usaykichikkunakama
ablative	usaykichikmanta	usaykichikkunamanta
instrumental	usaykichikwan	usaykichikkunawan
comitative	usaykichiknintin	usaykichikkunantin
abessive	usaykichikninnaq	usaykichikkunannaq
comparative	usaykichikhina	usaykichikkunahina
causative	usaykichikrayku	usaykichikkunarayku
benefactive	usaykichikpaq	usaykichikkunapaq
associative	usaykichikpura	usaykichikkunapura
distributive	usaykichikninka	usaykichikkunanka
exclusive	usaykichiklla	usaykichikkunalla

paykunap - third-person plural

paykunap (their)	singular	plural
nominative	usanku	usankukuna
accusative	usankuta	usankukunata
dative	usankuman	usankukunaman
genitive	usankupa	usankukunap
locative	usankupi	usankukunapi
terminative	usankukama	usankukunakama
ablative	usankumanta	usankukunamanta
instrumental	usankuwan	usankukunawan
comitative	usankuntin	usankukunantin
abessive	usankunnaq	usankukunannaq
comparative	usankuhina	usankukunahina
causative	usankurayku	usankukunarayku
benefactive	usankupaq	usankukunapaq
associative	usankupura	usankukunapura
distributive	usankunka	usankukunanka
exclusive	usankulla	usankukunalla

Rotuman

Etymology

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

Noun

usa

1. rain

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈusa/ [ˈu.sa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: u‧sa

Verb

usa

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

Surigaonon

Surigaonon cardinal numbers

	1	2  >
Cardinal : usa

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *əsa, from Proto-Central Philippine * əsa, from Proto-Philippine *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa. Cognate with Cebuano usa and Waray-Waray usa.

Numeral

usá

1. one

Tagakaulu Kalagan

Noun

usa

1. wild pig

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa (cf. Dupaningan Agta ogsa, Eastern Bontoc ogsa, Ilocano ugsa, Malay rusa, Mansaka osa, Toba Batak ursa, Yogad utta). Also possibly from Sanskrit ऋश्य (ṛśya, “antelope”), via Malay rusa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈsa/ [ʔʊˈsa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: u‧sa

Noun

usá (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐ)

1. deer

   Synonym: pamurulan

2. venison (deer meat)

See also

• libay
• pilandok

 

Anagrams

• uas

Tandaganon

Tandaganon cardinal numbers

	1	2  >
Cardinal : usa

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *əsa, from Proto-Central Philippine * əsa, from Proto-Philippine *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa. Cognate with Cebuano usa and Waray-Waray usa.

Numeral

usá

1. one

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa. Akin to Ilocano ugsa, Dupaningan Agta ogsa, Indonesian rusa.

Noun

usa

1. deer

Turkish

Noun

usa

1. accusative singular of us

Waray-Waray

Waray-Waray cardinal numbers

	1	2  >
Cardinal : usa     Ordinal : siyahan

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Central Philippine *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Philippine *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa.

Numeral

usá

1. one