wuski

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Noun

wuskī m (plural wusā̀kē, possessed form wuskin)

  1. destitute person
  2. thief

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English whiskey.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

wuskī̀ f (possessed form wuskìn)

  1. whiskey

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ǫzъkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈus.kʲi/
  • Rhymes: -uskʲi
  • Syllabification: wus‧ki

Adjective

wuski (comparative wusčejšy, superlative nejwusčejšy, adverb wusko)

  1. narrow

Declension

Declension of wuski
singular dual plural
masculine neuter feminine virile nonvirile virile nonvirile
animate inanimate
nominative
vocative 		wuski wuske wuska wuskej wuske
genitive wuskego
wuskeg¹ 		wuskeje
wuskej¹ 		wuskeju wuskich
dative wuskemu
wuskem¹ 		wuskej wuskima wuskim
accusative wuskego
wuskeg¹ 		wuski wuske wusku wuskeju wuskej wuske, wuskich wuske
instrumental wuskim wuskeju
wuskej¹ 		wuskima wuskimi
locative wuskem
wuskim² 		wuskej wuskima wuskich

¹ poetic, colloquial
² obsolete, dialectal

Further reading

  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “wuski”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
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