wuski

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Hausa[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /wús.kíː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [wʊ́s.cíː]

Noun[edit]

wuskī m (plural wusā̀kē, possessed form wuskin)

  1. destitute person
  2. thief

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English whiskey.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /wús.kìː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [wʊ́s.cìː]

Noun[edit]

wuskī̀ f (possessed form wuskìn)

  1. whiskey

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *ǫzъkъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

wuski (comparative wusčejšy, superlative nejwusčejšy, adverb wusko)

  1. narrow

Declension[edit]

Declension of wuski
Masculine singular Feminine singular Neuter singular Dual Plural
Nominative wuski wuska wuske wuskej wuske
Genitive wuskego wuskeje wuskego wuskeju wuskich
Dative wuskemu wuskej wuskemu wuskima wuskim
Accusative wuski
wuskego (animate) 		wusku wuske wuskej
wuskeju (animate) 		wuske
wuskich (optional animate form)
Instrumental wuskim wuskeju wuskim wuskima wuskimi
Locative wuskem wuskej wuskem wuskima wuskich

Further reading[edit]

  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “wuski”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=wuski&oldid=76294477"