# pusta
## English
### Alternative forms

* puszta

### Etymology

From Hungarian puszta. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pustъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpʊstə/

### Noun

pusta (plural pustas)
* A temperate grassland biome of the Great Hungarian Plain; an exclave of the Pannonian Steppe.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* APTUs, Tupas, patus, sat up, sputa, stupa, tapus

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

From Spanish apostar.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pus‧ta
* IPA: /ˈpusta/ [ˈpus.ta]

### Noun

pusta
* bet, wager, stake
    Synonyms: taya, usod

#### Derived terms

* ipusta
* magpusta
* pagpusta
* pustahan

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pus‧ta
* IPA: /pusˈta/ [pʊs̪ˈt̪a]
* IPA: /ˈpusta/ [ˈpus̪.t̪ɐ]

### Etymology 1

From Spanish apostar, derived from Latin apposĭtum, from apponĕre.

#### Noun

pustá (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)
* bet; wager

#### Verb

pustá (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)
* to bet; to wager

### Etymology 2

From putosa by metathesis.

#### Verb

pustá (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)
* imperative of putos

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Hungarian puszta. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pustъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpustɑ/, [ˈpus̠tɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ustɑ
* Hyphenation: pus‧ta

### Noun

pusta
* pusta

#### Declension

Possessive forms of pusta (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pustani
pustani
accusative
nom.
pustani
pustani
gen.
pustani
genitive
pustani
pustieni pustaini $^{rare}$
partitive
pustaani
pustiani
inessive
pustassani
pustissani
elative
pustastani
pustistani
illative
pustaani
pustiini
adessive
pustallani
pustillani
ablative
pustaltani
pustiltani
allative
pustalleni
pustilleni
essive
pustanani
pustinani
translative
pustakseni
pustikseni
abessive
pustattani
pustittani
instructive
comitative
—pustineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pustasi
pustasi
accusative
nom.
pustasi
pustasi
gen.
pustasi
genitive
pustasi
pustiesi pustaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
pustaasi
pustiasi
inessive
pustassasi
pustissasi
elative
pustastasi
pustistasi
illative
pustaasi
pustiisi
adessive
pustallasi
pustillasi
ablative
pustaltasi
pustiltasi
allative
pustallesi
pustillesi
essive
pustanasi
pustinasi
translative
pustaksesi
pustiksesi
abessive
pustattasi
pustittasi
instructive
comitative
—pustinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pustamme
pustamme
accusative
nom.
pustamme
pustamme
gen.
pustamme
genitive
pustamme
pustiemme pustaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
pustaamme
pustiamme
inessive
pustassamme
pustissamme
elative
pustastamme
pustistamme
illative
pustaamme
pustiimme
adessive
pustallamme
pustillamme
ablative
pustaltamme
pustiltamme
allative
pustallemme
pustillemme
essive
pustanamme
pustinamme
translative
pustaksemme
pustiksemme
abessive
pustattamme
pustittamme
instructive
comitative
—pustinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pustanne
pustanne
accusative
nom.
pustanne
pustanne
gen.
pustanne
genitive
pustanne
pustienne pustainne $^{rare}$
partitive
pustaanne
pustianne
inessive
pustassanne
pustissanne
elative
pustastanne
pustistanne
illative
pustaanne
pustiinne
adessive
pustallanne
pustillanne
ablative
pustaltanne
pustiltanne
allative
pustallenne
pustillenne
essive
pustananne
pustinanne
translative
pustaksenne
pustiksenne
abessive
pustattanne
pustittanne
instructive
comitative
—pustinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pustansa
pustansa
accusative
nom.
pustansa
pustansa
gen.
pustansa
genitive
pustansa
pustiensa pustainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
pustaansa
pustiaan pustiansa
inessive
pustassaan pustassansa
pustissaan pustissansa
elative
pustastaan pustastansa
pustistaan pustistansa
illative
pustaansa
pustiinsa
adessive
pustallaan pustallansa
pustillaan pustillansa
ablative
pustaltaan pustaltansa
pustiltaan pustiltansa
allative
pustalleen pustallensa
pustilleen pustillensa
essive
pustanaan pustanansa
pustinaan pustinansa
translative
pustakseen pustaksensa
pustikseen pustiksensa
abessive
pustattaan pustattansa
pustittaan pustittansa
instructive
comitative
—pustineen pustinensa :

### Further reading

* “pusta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* supat, tupas

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Spanish apostar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pusˈta/ [pusˈta]
* Hyphenation: pus‧ta

### Noun

pustá
* bet, gamble, stake

#### Derived terms

* agpusta
* ipusta
* mangipusta
* pumusta

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian puszta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpu.sta/
* Rhymes: -usta
* Hyphenation: pù‧sta

### Noun

pusta f (plural puste)
* plain

### Anagrams

* sputa

## Ivatan
### Etymology

From Spanish apostar.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pus‧ta

### Noun

pusta
* bet; wager

#### Derived terms

* namusta
* pustahen

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpusta/

### Adjective

pusta
* feminine nominative singular of pusty

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* pustene n (of noun)
* pustet (of verb)

### Noun

pusta n
* definite plural of pust

### Verb

pusta
* inflection of puste:
** simple past
** past participle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* pustane m

### Noun

pusta m or n
* definite neuter plural of pust

## Pangasinan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish apostar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pusˈta/, [pʊsˈta]
* Hyphenation: pus‧ta

### Noun

pustá
* bet; wager

### Verb

pustá
* to bet; to wager

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpus.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -usta
* Syllabification: pus‧ta

### Adjective

pusta
* feminine nominative/vocative singular of pusty

## Romanian
### Noun

pusta
* definite nominative/accusative singular of pustă

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

Cognate of Danish puste, German pusten. Doublet of pussig, pysa, and pösa. See also origin of kindpust.

#### Verb

pusta (present pustar, preterite pustade, supine pustat, imperative pusta)
* to pant, to puff (as after exertion)
    Synonym: (bit more intense sounding) flåsa

##### Derived terms

* pusta ut

##### Related terms

* pust

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian puszta.

#### Noun

pusta c
* a pusta (type of Hungarian steppe)

##### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | pusta | pustas |
| singular | definite | pustan | pustans |
| plural | indefinite | pustor | pustors |
| plural | definite | pustorna | pustornas |

### References

* pusta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* pusta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* pusta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* pusta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Spanish apostar.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /pusˈta/ [pʊsˈt̪a]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: pus‧ta

### Noun

pustá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)
* bet; gamble; stake
    Synonyms: taya, (informal) manok

#### Derived terms

* pumusta
* pustahan

#### See also

* sugal

### Further reading

* “pusta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* Tupas, tsupa, putsa