# masu
## English
### Etymology 1

From Inupiaq masu.

#### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈmasuː/

#### Noun

masu
* A plant, Hedysarum alpinum, whose edible root is consumed by the Inuit of Alaska.

### Etymology 2

From Japanese 枡.

#### Noun

masu (plural masu)
* A square wooden box, originally used to measure rice in Japan during the feudal period.

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

From Japanese 鱒 (masu, “trout, sea trout, salmon”).

#### Noun

masu (plural masu)
* masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)

### See also

* masu-seki (possibly etymologically unrelated, but it is Japanese, like previous etymologies.)

### Anagrams

* AMUs, MSAU, MUAs, Maus, Musa, UMAs, USMA, amus, aums, saum

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmasu/ [ˈmʌsʊ]
* Hyphenation: ma‧su

### Noun

másu m
* thickness

#### References

* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmasu]

### Noun

masu
* dative/locative singular of maso

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* massu

### Etymology

Childish form of maha.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑsu/, [ˈmɑ̝s̠u]
* Rhymes: -ɑsu
* Hyphenation: ma‧su

### Noun

masu (colloquial, childish)
* tummy

#### Declension

Possessive forms of masu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
masuni
masuni
accusative
nom.
masuni
masuni
gen.
masuni
genitive
masuni
masujeni
partitive
masuani
masujani
inessive
masussani
masuissani
elative
masustani
masuistani
illative
masuuni
masuihini
adessive
masullani
masuillani
ablative
masultani
masuiltani
allative
masulleni
masuilleni
essive
masunani
masuinani
translative
masukseni
masuikseni
abessive
masuttani
masuittani
instructive
comitative
—masuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
masusi
masusi
accusative
nom.
masusi
masusi
gen.
masusi
genitive
masusi
masujesi
partitive
masuasi
masujasi
inessive
masussasi
masuissasi
elative
masustasi
masuistasi
illative
masuusi
masuihisi
adessive
masullasi
masuillasi
ablative
masultasi
masuiltasi
allative
masullesi
masuillesi
essive
masunasi
masuinasi
translative
masuksesi
masuiksesi
abessive
masuttasi
masuittasi
instructive
comitative
—masuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
masumme
masumme
accusative
nom.
masumme
masumme
gen.
masumme
genitive
masumme
masujemme
partitive
masuamme
masujamme
inessive
masussamme
masuissamme
elative
masustamme
masuistamme
illative
masuumme
masuihimme
adessive
masullamme
masuillamme
ablative
masultamme
masuiltamme
allative
masullemme
masuillemme
essive
masunamme
masuinamme
translative
masuksemme
masuiksemme
abessive
masuttamme
masuittamme
instructive
comitative
—masuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
masunne
masunne
accusative
nom.
masunne
masunne
gen.
masunne
genitive
masunne
masujenne
partitive
masuanne
masujanne
inessive
masussanne
masuissanne
elative
masustanne
masuistanne
illative
masuunne
masuihinne
adessive
masullanne
masuillanne
ablative
masultanne
masuiltanne
allative
masullenne
masuillenne
essive
masunanne
masuinanne
translative
masuksenne
masuiksenne
abessive
masuttanne
masuittanne
instructive
comitative
—masuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
masunsa
masunsa
accusative
nom.
masunsa
masunsa
gen.
masunsa
genitive
masunsa
masujensa
partitive
masuaan masuansa
masujaan masujansa
inessive
masussaan masussansa
masuissaan masuissansa
elative
masustaan masustansa
masuistaan masuistansa
illative
masuunsa
masuihinsa
adessive
masullaan masullansa
masuillaan masuillansa
ablative
masultaan masultansa
masuiltaan masuiltansa
allative
masulleen masullensa
masuilleen masuillensa
essive
masunaan masunansa
masuinaan masuinansa
translative
masukseen masuksensa
masuikseen masuiksensa
abessive
masuttaan masuttansa
masuittaan masuittansa
instructive
comitative
—masuineen masuinensa :

#### Synonyms

* maha
* vatsa

### Further reading

* “masu”, 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

* Samu, musa, suma, usma

## Japanese
### Romanization

masu
* Rōmaji transcription of ます
* Rōmaji transcription of マス

## Old French
### Etymology

Derived from Latin mansus, past participle of maneō (to stay, to remain), with an intrusive U added between the S and the base and the pre-sibilant N being lost.

### Verb

masu
* past participle of manoir

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* maso, massu

### Etymology

Univerbation of má (“if”) +‎ is (“is”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmasu]

### Verb

masu (triggers lenition)
* if… is
For quotations using this term, see Citations:masu.