# kus
## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kœs/

### Etymology 1

From Dutch kust, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French coste, from Latin costa (“rib, side”).

#### Noun

kus (plural kuste)
* coast, shoreline, seashore
** 1986, Die Noordweste. Die stoflike kultuuruitinge van die streek se bewoners, page 31:In 1862 word 'n pad vanaf die kopermyne na Hondeklipbaai aan die kus gebou.In 1862 a path from the copper mines to Hondeklip Bay at the coast is built.
* coastal region

##### Derived terms

* kusbeskerming
* kusgebergte
* kusgebied
* kuslangs
* kusstad
* rotskus
* seekus

### Etymology 2

From Dutch kussen, from Middle Dutch cussen, from Old Dutch kussen, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną. Cognate with English kiss, German küssen, and Danish kysse.

#### Verb

kus (present kus, present participle kussende, past participle gekus)
* to kiss
** 2012, Pieter Aspe, Vierkant van die wraak, LAPA:Sy steek 'n hand na hom uit, en vir 'n oomblik oorweeg hy om dit galant te kus.She holds a hand in front of him, and for a moment he considers kissing it gallantly.

##### Usage notes

The use of kus as an alternative for soen is rarely used in speech but is more commonly found in literature, often being used poetically.

##### Synonyms

* soen

### Etymology 3

From Dutch kus, from Middle Dutch kos, from Old Dutch *kos, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz. Cognate with English kiss, German Kuss, and Danish kys.

#### Noun

kus (plural kusse)
* kiss
** 1984, Eugène Nielen Marais, Versamelde werke, Leon Rousseau (ed.), Van Schaik (publ.), page 930.
    Sy vou haar armpies om die ou man se nek maar in plaas van haar geheimpie te hoor, bedek hy die gesiggie met kusse.She wraps her short arms around the old man's neck, but instead of listening to her secret he covers her little face with kisses.

##### Usage notes

As with the noun.

##### Synonyms

* soen

## Catawba
### Etymology

From the same root as kusa (“standing”), because the stalks stand upright.

### Noun

kus
* corn, maize

#### Usage notes

The initial consonant is sometimes voiced: gus.

#### Derived terms

* kus suk (“corncob”, literally “corn house”)
* kus sarak (“wheat”, literally “corn grass”)

### References

* 1900, Albert S. Gatschet, Grammatic Sketch of the Catawba Language (published in the American Anthropologist)

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkus]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kus m inan
* piece (either "part" or as a counter word)
    Máte více kusů? ― Do you have more pieces? or Do you have more of these?
* chunk

#### Related terms

* kousavý
* kousek
* kousíček
* kousínek
* kousnutí
* kouštíček
* kouštínek
* skus
* zákusek
* kousat
* kousnout
* překousnout
* rozkousnout
* skousnout
* ukousnout
* zakousnout

#### See also

* část f

### Further reading

* “kus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “kus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “kus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʏs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: kus
* Rhymes: -ʏs

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch kos, kus, from Old Dutch *kos, *kus, from Proto-West Germanic *koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.
The older Dutch forms with -u- are taken from the verb, those with -o- derive directly from the noun. Compare German Kuss, English kiss, Danish kys.

#### Noun

kus m (plural kussen, diminutive kusje n)
* kiss
** kiss of peace (Christian greeting)
** socialist fraternal kiss

##### Alternative forms

* (dialectal) kos

##### Synonyms

* zoen

##### Derived terms

* afscheidskus
* wangkus

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: kus
* Berbice Creole Dutch: kosi
* Negerhollands: kus

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

kus
* inflection of kussen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ku.

### Adverb

kus (not comparable)
* (interrogative) where (in which place)
* (relative) where (in which place)

### See also
## French
### Noun

kus m
* plural of ku

## Ingrian
### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈkusːɑ/, [ˈkus̠ː]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈkus/, [ˈkuʒ̥]
* Rhymes: -usː, -us
* Hyphenation: kus
* Homophone: kussa

### Pronoun

kus
* inessive of kuka; where
** 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 33:Kus ono suuret ikkunat, seel ono paljo luhtia, paljo valkeutta.Where there are big windows, there is a lot of air, a lot of brightness.
** 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:Paljo uutta ja interesnoita töö saatta tiitä maast, kus möö elämmä.You will get to know a lot of new and interesting things about the earth, where we live.

#### See also

* mis

### References

* V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 31

## Karelian
### Pronoun

kus
* where

## Livonian
### Pronoun

kus
* where

## Maltese
### Etymology

From Arabic كُوز (kūz), from Middle Persian.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuːs/

### Noun

kus m (plural kwies)
* jug, pitcher
    Synonym: buqar

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *koss, see also Old Saxon kus, Old English coss, Old Norse koss.

### Noun

kus m
* kiss

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: kus, kos
** Cimbrian: khüss (vowel influenced by verb)
** German: Kuss
** Hunsrik: Kuss
** Luxembourgish: Kuss

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *koss. Compare Old English coss, Old Frisian koss, Old High German kus, Old Norse koss.

### Noun

kus m
* a kiss

#### Related terms

* kussian

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: kus, kuss
** Plautdietsch: Kuss

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kûːs/

### Noun

kȗs m (Cyrillic spelling ку̑с)
* (rare) piece, part
    Synonyms: komad, parče, deo/dio

#### Declension
### Adjective

kȗs (Cyrillic spelling ку̑с, definite kȗsī) (rare)
* tailless
* too short
* incomplete

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ, cognate with Russian кус (kus) and кусок (kusok), Slovene kos, Serbo-Croatian кус, kus, Bulgarian къс (kǎs). Non-Slavic cognates include Sanskrit खादति (khādati, “he chews”), Persian خاییدن (xâyidan, “to chew”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kus]

### Noun

kus m inan (relational adjective kusový, diminutive kúštik or kúsoček or kúštiček, augmentative kusisko)
* piece

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “kus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Tocharian A
### Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *kuse, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷusó from *kʷos, *kʷis. Compare Tocharian B kᵤse.

### Pronoun

kus (accusative kuc)
* who, what (interrogative)

#### Related terms

* kusne (relative pronoun)

## Turkish
### Verb

kus
* second-person singular imperative of kusmak

## Veps
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Adverb

kus
* where, in what place (interrogative)

#### Synonyms

* miš

#### Derived terms

* kus-ni
* kus-se
* koje-kus
* nikus

### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “где”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika