tussu
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtusːu/, [ˈt̪us̠ːu]
- Rhymes: -usːu
- Syllabification(key): tus‧su
Noun
tussu
- (vulgar) female genitalia: pussy, cunt
Declension
| Inflection of tussu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tussu | tussut | |
| genitive | tussun | tussujen | |
| partitive | tussua | tussuja | |
| illative | tussuun | tussuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tussu | tussut | |
| accusative | nom. | tussu | tussut |
| gen. | tussun | ||
| genitive | tussun | tussujen | |
| partitive | tussua | tussuja | |
| inessive | tussussa | tussuissa | |
| elative | tussusta | tussuista | |
| illative | tussuun | tussuihin | |
| adessive | tussulla | tussuilla | |
| ablative | tussulta | tussuilta | |
| allative | tussulle | tussuille | |
| essive | tussuna | tussuina | |
| translative | tussuksi | tussuiksi | |
| instructive | — | tussuin | |
| abessive | tussutta | tussuitta | |
| comitative | — | tussuineen | |
| Possessive forms of tussu (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | tussuni | tussumme |
| 2nd person | tussusi | tussunne |
| 3rd person | tussunsa | |
Synonyms
- vittu, pillu
Adjective
tussu
- (rare) soft, blunt (like a worn felt tip pen or empty tire)
Further reading
- "tussu" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
Middle English
Noun
tussu
- Alternative form of tissu
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- túsu
Etymology
tú + -su
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtusu/
Pronoun
tussu (emphatic)
- you (singular, informal), thou
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 92a17
- Bed indbadigthi .i. bed chuintechti .i. cid fáilte ad·cot-sa ⁊ du·ngnéu, is túsu immid·folngi dam, a Dǽ; cid indeb dano ad·cot, is tú, Dǽ, immid·folngi dam.
- To be enriched, i.e. to be sought, i.e. though it is joy that I obtain and make, it is you who effects it for me, O God; so too, though it is wealth that I obtain, it is you, God, who effects it for me.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 92a17
Related terms
- tú (non-emphatic)
Descendants
- Irish: tusa
- Manx: uss
- Scottish Gaelic: thusa
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| tussu | thussu | tussu pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tussu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language