susa
See also: Susa, súsa, suša, şuşa, Şuşa, sus'a, and суша
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- suse
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²sʉːsɑ/
Verb
susa (present tense susar or suser, past tense susa or suste, past participle susa or sust, present participle susande, imperative sus)
- to whoosh, whiz, hiss, buzz
- to move very fast
Further reading
- “susa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Phuthi
Verb
-susa
- to remove
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Southern Ndebele
Verb
-susa
- to take away, to remove
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. First attested in 1528.
Verb
susa (present susar, preterite susade, supine susat, imperative susa)
- to make a drawn-out murmur, like a wind
- to move quickly
- Bilarna susade förbi
- The cars whooshed by
Conjugation
Conjugation of susa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | susa | susas | ||
| Supine | susat | susats | ||
| Imperative | susa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | susen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | susar | susade | susas | susades |
| Ind. plural1 | susa | susade | susas | susades |
| Subjunctive2 | suse | susade | suses | susades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | susande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
- sus
- omsusa
- omsusad
- skandalomsusad
References
- susa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- susa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- susa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- susa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Ternate
Etymology
From Malay susah.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsu.sa]
Verb
susa
- (stative) to be difficult
Conjugation
| Conjugation of susa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | tosusa | fosusa | misusa | |
| 2nd | nosusa | nisusa | ||
| 3rd | Masculine | osusa | isusa, yosusa† | |
| Feminine | mosusa | |||
| Neuter | isusa | |||
| † - archaic | ||||
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From Dutch zuster.
Noun
susa
- sister
Usage notes
The term sista is more common; some speakers also use barata.
Xhosa
Verb
-susa
- (transitive) to remove
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.