usuk
Afar
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya iso, Saho úsuk, Sidamo isi and Somali isaga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈusuk/
- Hyphenation: u‧suk
Pronoun
úsuk
- he
- Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language], Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 4:
- Usuk (Yalla kinnuk) cisab kee galtoh Ayró (Qhiyaamah Ayró kinnuk) yamlike Rabbi kinni.
- He (God) who possesses the Day of reckoning and reward (the Day of Qhiyaama) is God.
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See also
Afar personal pronouns
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person m | 3rd person f | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subject | Singular | anú | atú | úsuk | ís |
Plural | nanú | isín | úsun | ||
Object | Singular | yó | kó | ká | tét |
Plural | né | sín | kén |
References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *ucuɣ (“penis, vagina, vulva”), from Proto-Eskimo *ucuɣ (“penis, vulva”). Compare utsuk (“vagina”).
Noun
usuk (plural usuit)
- penis
- 1992 21/8, "Usuni kipigaa", Atuagagdliutit, p. 11
- Qanittukkut aviisini eqqartorneqarpoq qallunaap usuni kipisimagaa nuliama itigartitsiuarnera naalliuutigingaaramiuk.
- Recently, there was a story in the papers about a Dane who cut off his penis because he was very pained by his wife's persistent rejections.
- Qanittukkut aviisini eqqartorneqarpoq qallunaap usuni kipisimagaa nuliama itigartitsiuarnera naalliuutigingaaramiuk.
- 1992 21/8, "Usuni kipigaa", Atuagagdliutit, p. 11
Declension
Declension of usuk
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
absolutive | usuk | usuit |
ergative | usuup | usuit |
allative | usummut | usunnut |
ablative | usummit | usunniit |
prosecutive | usukkut | usunniit |
locative | usummi | usunni |
instrumental | usummik | usunnik |
equative | usuttut | usuttut |
Inuktitut
Noun
usuk
- Latin spelling of ᐅᓱᒃ (osok)
Inupiaq
Alternative forms
- usruk (Kobuk)
Noun
usuk
- penis
- Usuk aŋutim timaani ittuq.
- The penis is part of a man's body.
- Usuk aŋutim timaani ittuq.
Tausug
Etymology
Akin to Cebuano usok.
Noun
usuk
- pole
- post
- stake