# ус
## Bashkir
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ạbuč (“palm, handful”).
Cognate with Kazakh уыс (uys), Kyrgyz ууч (uuc, “handful”), Turkish avuç (“palm, handful”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [us]
* Hyphenation: ус (one syllable)

### Noun

ус • (us)
* (anatomy) palm
** (Can we date this quote?), Мостай Кәрим [Mostay Kərim, Mustai Karim], (Please provide the book title or journal name):Һиҙәм: бына, маңлайымдан һыйпай йәп-йәш әжәлемдең һалҡын усы.Hiźəm: bına, mañlayımdan hıypay yəp-yəş əjəlemdeñ halqın usı.I feel: here, the cool palm of my very young death strokes along my forehead.
* handful

#### Declension
## Even
### Etymology

Akin to Evenki уксэ (uksə).

### Noun

ус (us)
* sleeve

## Komi-Zyrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ус (us).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈus/, [ˈus]
* Hyphenation: ус

### Noun

ус • (us)
* moustache

#### Declension

Possessive declension of ус :

### References

* Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949) Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 32
* L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 685

## Mongolian

| Mongolian | Cyrillic |
| ᠤᠰᠤ (usu) | ус (us) |

### Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠤᠰᠤ (usu), from Middle Mongol ᠤᠰᠤᠨ (usun), from Proto-Mongolic *usun. Cognate with Khamnigan Mongol усу (usu), уса (usa); Buryat уһан (uhan), Kalmyk усн (usn); Daur os; Dongxiang usu.

### Pronunciation

* (Khalkha) IPA: [o̙s]
* (Qahar, China) IPA: /ˈʊs/
* (Ordos, China) IPA: /ʊsʊ/
* Hyphenation: ус

### Noun

ус • (us); (hidden-n declension)
* water
    уух ус ― uux us ― drinking water

#### Declension
## Ossetian
### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *HyáwšaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyáwšaH. Cognate with Sanskrit योषा (yóṣā, “girl, young woman”).

### Noun

ус • (us)
* woman

#### See also

* уосӕ (uosæ)

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* усъ (us) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic усъ (usŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ < *vǫsъ < *vǫdsъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wónsa, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰsom, s-expansion of root *wendʰ- (“hair, wool, beard”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [us]
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: уз (uz)

### Noun

ус • (us) m inan (genitive у́са, nominative plural усы́, genitive plural усо́в, diminutive у́сик, augmentative уси́ще)
* (usually in the plural) moustache
* whisker
* feeler, antenna
* tendril, awn

#### Related terms

* уса́тый (usátyj)
* уса́ч (usáč)

#### Descendants

* → Komi-Zyrian: ус (us)

### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ус”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “усы”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 293

## Southern Altai
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ūŕ. Compare to Kyrgyz уз (uz, “master”).

### Noun

ус • (us)
* master

### References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ус”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

## Udi
### Noun

ус • (us)
* ox