kusta
See also: Kusta
Finnish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *kustak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkustɑˣ/, [ˈkus̠t̪ɑ(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ustɑ
- Syllabification(key): kus‧ta
Verb
kusta (possibly vulgar)
- to piss, slash, whizz (to urinate)
- Synonym: see virtsata
- kusta housuun ― to piss oneself (literally, “to piss into pants”)
- (figuratively) to fuck up, botch, make a mess of
- Synonyms: mokata, munata, ryssiä, tyriä
- Kustiinpahan hommat.
- We sure fucked up the job.
- (with silmään) to con (lit. "to piss in [someone's] eye")
- Synonyms: huijata, kusettaa
- (with muuntajaan) to commit suicide (lit. "to piss into a transformer")
- Synonym: see tehdä itsemurha
Conjugation
| Inflection of kusta (Kotus type 66/rohkaista, no gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kusen | en kuse | 1st sing. | olen kussut | en ole kussut | |
| 2nd sing. | kuset | et kuse | 2nd sing. | olet kussut | et ole kussut | |
| 3rd sing. | kusee | ei kuse | 3rd sing. | on kussut | ei ole kussut | |
| 1st plur. | kusemme | emme kuse | 1st plur. | olemme kusseet | emme ole kusseet | |
| 2nd plur. | kusette | ette kuse | 2nd plur. | olette kusseet | ette ole kusseet | |
| 3rd plur. | kusevat | eivät kuse | 3rd plur. | ovat kusseet | eivät ole kusseet | |
| passive | kustaan | ei kusta | passive | on kustu | ei ole kustu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kusin | en kussut | 1st sing. | olin kussut | en ollut kussut | |
| 2nd sing. | kusit | et kussut | 2nd sing. | olit kussut | et ollut kussut | |
| 3rd sing. | kusi | ei kussut | 3rd sing. | oli kussut | ei ollut kussut | |
| 1st plur. | kusimme | emme kusseet | 1st plur. | olimme kusseet | emme olleet kusseet | |
| 2nd plur. | kusitte | ette kusseet | 2nd plur. | olitte kusseet | ette olleet kusseet | |
| 3rd plur. | kusivat | eivät kusseet | 3rd plur. | olivat kusseet | eivät olleet kusseet | |
| passive | kustiin | ei kustu | passive | oli kustu | ei ollut kustu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kusisin | en kusisi | 1st sing. | olisin kussut | en olisi kussut | |
| 2nd sing. | kusisit | et kusisi | 2nd sing. | olisit kussut | et olisi kussut | |
| 3rd sing. | kusisi | ei kusisi | 3rd sing. | olisi kussut | ei olisi kussut | |
| 1st plur. | kusisimme | emme kusisi | 1st plur. | olisimme kusseet | emme olisi kusseet | |
| 2nd plur. | kusisitte | ette kusisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte kusseet | ette olisi kusseet | |
| 3rd plur. | kusisivat | eivät kusisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat kusseet | eivät olisi kusseet | |
| passive | kustaisiin | ei kustaisi | passive | olisi kustu | ei olisi kustu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | kuse | älä kuse | 2nd sing. | ole kussut | älä ole kussut | |
| 3rd sing. | kuskoon | älköön kusko | 3rd sing. | olkoon kussut | älköön olko kussut | |
| 1st plur. | kuskaamme | älkäämme kusko | 1st plur. | olkaamme kusseet | älkäämme olko kusseet | |
| 2nd plur. | kuskaa | älkää kusko | 2nd plur. | olkaa kusseet | älkää olko kusseet | |
| 3rd plur. | kuskoot | älkööt kusko | 3rd plur. | olkoot kusseet | älkööt olko kusseet | |
| passive | kustakoon | älköön kustako | passive | olkoon kustu | älköön olko kustu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kussen | en kusse | 1st sing. | lienen kussut | en liene kussut | |
| 2nd sing. | kusset | et kusse | 2nd sing. | lienet kussut | et liene kussut | |
| 3rd sing. | kussee | ei kusse | 3rd sing. | lienee kussut | ei liene kussut | |
| 1st plur. | kussemme | emme kusse | 1st plur. | lienemme kusseet | emme liene kusseet | |
| 2nd plur. | kussette | ette kusse | 2nd plur. | lienette kusseet | ette liene kusseet | |
| 3rd plur. | kussevat | eivät kusse | 3rd plur. | lienevät kusseet | eivät liene kusseet | |
| passive | kustaneen | ei kustane | passive | lienee kustu | ei liene kustu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | kusta | present | kuseva | kustava | ||
| long 1st2 | kustakseen | past | kussut | kustu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | kustessa | kustaessa | agent1, 3 | kusema | |
| instructive | kusten | — | negative | kusematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | kusemassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. | ||
| elative | kusemasta | — | ||||
| illative | kusemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | kusemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | kusematta | — | ||||
| instructive | kuseman | kustaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | kuseminen | ||||
| partitive | kusemista | |||||
| 5th2 | kusemaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- juosten kustu (“done very sloppily or hastily”)
Related terms
- kusettaa
- kusetus
- kusi
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkustɑ/, [ˈkus̠t̪ɑ]
- Rhymes: -ustɑ
- Syllabification(key): kus‧ta
Noun
kusta
- partitive singular of kusi
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkustɑ/, [ˈkus̠t̪ɑ]
- Rhymes: -ustɑ
- Syllabification(key): kus‧ta
Pronoun
kusta
- (archaic) elative singular of kuka
Anagrams
- kastu, sakut, satku, sukat, tasku, tuska
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay kusta,from Classical Malay kusta, from Sanskrit कुष्ठ (kuṣṭha).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʊsta/
- Hyphenation: kus‧ta
Noun
kusta (first-person possessive kustaku, second-person possessive kustamu, third-person possessive kustanya)
- leprosy
- Synonyms: abras, lepra, taiko
Further reading
- “kusta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Romanization
kusta
- Romanization of ꦏꦸꦱ꧀ꦠ
Northern Sami
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkʰusːta/
Noun
kusta
- broom, brush
Inflection
| Even a-stem, st-stt gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | kusta | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | kustta | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | kusta | kusttat | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | kustta | kusttaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | kustta | kusttaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | kustii | kusttaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | kusttas | kusttain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | kusttain | kusttaiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | kustan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland