# pusa
## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pu‧sa

### Verb

pusa
* (of young animals) to emerge from an egg
* (of eggs) to break open when a young animal emerges from it
* to crush; to be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Buss of uncertain origin. Compare English buss, Persian بوس (bus, “kiss”) and Latin basium (“kiss”). Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpusa]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -usa
* Hyphenation: pu‧sa

### Noun

pusa f
* mouth
    Synonym: ústa
* kiss
    Synonym: polibek

#### Derived terms

* pusička
* pusinka
* puska
* mazat někomu med kolem pusy
* zůstat stát s otevřenou pusou

### Further reading

* “pusa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “pusa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “pusa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

### Anagrams

* pasu

## Ilocano
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic. False cognate of Malayalam പൂച്ച (pūcca).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpusa/ [ˈpu.sa]
* Hyphenation: pu‧sa

### Noun

pusa (plural puspusa, Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜓᜐ)
* cat; feline (animal)
* (Abra, slang) familiar term used to refer to female or gay friends
    ob-obraem 'toy, pusa?What are you doing here, girl?

#### Usage notes

* Sense 2 is usually used by females and gays to their friends, sometimes in a joking and/or sarcastic context.

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpusa]
* Hyphenation: pu‧sa

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

pusa
* Alternative form of puso

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay pusa (“urge, impuls”). The sense of physical momentum is a semantic loan from Dutch impuls. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

pusa (plural pusa-pusa)
* urge, impulse
    Synonyms: desakan, dorongan, keinginan
* (mechanics) momentum: of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity
    Synonyms: impuls, momentum

##### Derived terms

* pusa linear
* pusa sudut

### Etymology 3

From Minangkabau [Term?].

#### Noun

pusa (plural pusa-pusa)
* (dialect) rattan basket for salt

### Further reading

* “pusa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpˠʊsˠə/

### Noun

pusa m pl
* nominative/dative plural of pus

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Javanese
### Romanization

pusa
* Romanization of ꦥꦸꦱ.

## Kapampangan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpusəʔ/ [ˈpuː.səʔ]
* Hyphenation: pu‧sa

### Noun

púsâ
* cat

#### Derived terms

* ikapusa
* makapusa
* mapusa

### References

* Lanlan Li, Kapampangan locative constructions: synchronic and diachronic connections (2018)

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* posa

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *pusô (“bag, wallet, scrip”). Akin to Old High German pfosa (“purse”), Old Norse posi (“bag, purse”), púss (“pocket, pouch”). More at pussy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpu.sɑ/, [ˈpu.zɑ]

### Noun

pusa m (nominative plural pusan)
* purse, bag, scrip
** late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
    Sē rīċa and sē þearfa sind weġfērende on þisse weorolde. Sē rīċa birþ māre þonne hē behōfiġe tō his formetum, sē ōðer birþ ǣmtiġne pusan.The rich and the poor are both wayfarers in this world. The rich carry more than they need for the journey, while the poor hold an empty sack.

#### Declension

Weak:

#### Descendants

* English: purse (not a direct descendant, but from burse, but the initial p- is due to interference from pusa)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Busserl.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pûsa/
* Hyphenation: pu‧sa

### Noun

pȕsa f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏са)
* (colloquial) kiss

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

Derived from Austrian German Puss.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpusa]

### Noun

pusa f (diminutive pusinka)
* kiss
    Synonym: bozk

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “pusa”, 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

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Compare Isnag kusa, Kankanaey posa, Kapampangan pusa, Ilocano pusa, Ibatan pusak, Tetum busa, Sarawak Malay pusak and Malagasy fosa; all likely once referred to the Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes). False cognate of Malayalam പൂച്ച (pūcca).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpusaʔ/ [ˈpuː.sɐʔ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -usaʔ
* Syllabification: pu‧sa

#### Noun

pusà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ)
* cat; feline (animal)
* (figurative) a betrayer
    Synonym: manloloko

##### Derived terms

* balahibong-pusa
* balbas-pusa
* buntot-pusa
* damoy-pusa
* kamay-pusa
* kamot-pusa
* kukumpusa
* matampusa
* matang-pusa
* pusa-pusaan
* pusang gala
* pusang-bundok
* pusang-gubat
* pusang-laog
* pusang-tapang
* saling-pusa

##### See also

* alamid
* binturong
* kahod
* kamikam
* kuting
* lampong
* linse
* muning
* musang
* ngiyaw
* pangandi

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /puˈsaʔ/ [pʊˈsaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: pu‧sa

#### Noun

pusâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ) (obsolete)
* affront
    Synonym: mura

##### Derived terms

* magpusa
* pagpusain

### References

* ↑ Blench, Roger, Walsh, Martin (2011) “Faunal names in Malagasy: their etymologies and implications for the prehistory of the East African coast”, in 11th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics‎, Aussois, France, pages 1–31

### Further reading

* “pusa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* “pusa”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
** page 215: “Darſe) Puſa (pp) T. prieſa en [lo que] haçe mal o biẽ”
** page 330: “Gato) Puſa (pp) animal caſero, puſang babayi, gata, [y al] muy caçador le llaman, ganir na puſa.”
** page 496: “Prieſa) Puſa (pp) queſe dan a haçer”

### Anagrams

* puas, usap, upas