# chus
## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chus, from Latin plūs (“more”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃus/

### Adverb

chus
* (dated) more; very
    Synonym: máis
** 1305, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 498:et sse esto que eu mando he chus pouco cao quinto de todos meus bees assi movil como rrayzand if this that I'm granting is very little compared with a fifth of all of my possessions, chattel as well as real state, then [...]

#### Derived terms

* non dicir chus nin mus (“shh!”)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chus”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chus”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chus”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin plūs (“more”), from Old Latin *plous, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“many”). Eventually displaced by mais.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃus̺/

### Adverb

chus
* more
** 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 185 (facsimile):
    tres mouroſ q̇ entṙã / chus negroſ q̇ Satanaſ / no Caſtelo os de dentro / os fezeron en caer.
       three Moors who entered / blacker (more black) than Satan / in the Castle, the ones inside / made them fall.
    Synonym: mais

#### Descendants

* Galician: chus
* Portuguese: chus

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "chus"

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* chuz (obsolete)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chus, from Latin plūs (“more”). Displaced by colateral mais.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃu(j)s/ [ˈʃu(ɪ̯)s]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃu(j)s/ [ˈʃu(ɪ̯)s]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʃu(j)ʃ/ [ˈʃu(ɪ̯)ʃ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃuʃ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃuʃ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃuʃ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -us, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃ
* Hyphenation: chus

### Adverb

chus (not comparable)
* Only used in sem chus nem bus and its alternative forms.
* (Can we verify this sense?) (archaic) more
** 14th Century, Saint Benedict (480-547), Regra de São Bento (fragmento), Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, page 5:
    Sempre deve seer nẽbrado o abade o que é, e nẽbrar-se o que é dito, e saber ca a quem chus é dado chus lhe seera demandado.Always should the abbot be remembered of what he is, remember of what it's said, and know that to whom more is given, more is demanded.

#### Derived terms

* nem chus, nem bus
* sem chus nem bus
* sem dizer chus nem bus
* sem fazer chus nem bus

### References

* “chus”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “chus”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xus̪/

### Noun

chus
* Lenited form of cus.