# fusa
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 総 (fusa).

### Noun

fusa pl (plural only)
* (sumo) The four knotted tassels hanging from the roof of the dohyo; symbolising the four seasons.

### Anagrams

* USAF, aufs, UFAs, Faus, sauf, Fasu

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fy.za/
* Homophones: fusas, fusât

### Verb

fusa
* third-person singular past historic of fuser

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* usa

### Etymology

From earlier usa, from Old Irish assu. Similar to development of fuar and feic, the initial f- of Modern Irish comes from a misinterpretation of usa as fhusa in lenition environments.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfˠʊsˠə/

### Adjective

fusa
* comparative degree of furasta (“easy”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fusa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 usa, ussa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Further reading

* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fusa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “fusa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

## Italian
### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfu.za/
* Rhymes: -uza
* Hyphenation: fù‧sa

#### Adjective

fusa f sg
* feminine singular of fuso

#### Participle

fusa f sg
* feminine singular of fuso

### Etymology 2

Archaic irregular plural of fuso (“spindle”), used in sense 2 probably for the sound being similar to that of a spinning spindle.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfu.za/, (traditional) /ˈfu.sa/
* Rhymes: -uza, (traditional) -usa
* Hyphenation: fù‧sa

#### Noun

fusa f pl
* (archaic, literary) plural of fuso (“spindle”)
* (plural only) purr (sound made by a cat)
    fare le fusa ― to purr

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from French fusée (“fusil”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfu.za/
* Rhymes: -uza
* Hyphenation: fù‧sa

#### Noun

fusa f (plural fuse)
* (music) quasihemidemisemiquaver, semihemidemisemiquaver (hundred twenty-eighth note)

### Further reading

* fusa (music) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$

## Japanese
### Romanization

fusa
* Rōmaji transcription of ふさ

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (fūsa) (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈfuː.sa/, [ˈfuːs̠ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈfu.sa/, [ˈfuːs̬ä]
* (fūsā) (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈfuː.saː/, [ˈfuːs̠äː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈfu.sa/, [ˈfuːs̬ä]

### Participle

fūsa
* inflection of fūsus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

### Participle

fūsā
* ablative feminine singular of fūsus

### Noun

fūsa f (genitive fūsae); first declension
* (music) quaver (British), eighth note (US)

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### References

* fusa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* fuse (verb, e and split infinitives)

### Verb

fusa (present tense fusar, past tense fusa, past participle fusa, passive infinitive fusast, present participle fusande, imperative fusa/fus)
* rush

### References

* “fusa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Italian fusa, from French fusée.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfu.zɐ/
* Hyphenation: fu‧sa

### Noun

fusa f (plural fusas)
* (music) demisemiquaver (thirty-second note)

## Scottish Gaelic
### Adjective

fusa
* Alternative form of fasa

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “fusa”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 usa, ussa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Spanish
### Noun

fusa f (plural fusas)
* demisemiquaver

### Further reading

* “fusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28