-uša

See also: Appendix:Variations of "usa"

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• Does not take stress. The stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable of the derived word, and the stressed syllable is always short with rising tone.

Suffix

-uša (Cyrillic spelling -уша)

1. Appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually a pejorative.

   djȅver → djevèruša

   kȇr → kèruša

   krùmpīr → krumpìruša

   màhala → mahàluša

   navláčiti → navlàkuša

   namigívati → namìguša

   naprèdnjāk → naprednjàkuša

   plȃv → plàvuša

   podrigívati → podrìguša

   potr̀kati → potr̀kuša

   sàčekati → sačèkuša

   sȉkter → siktèruša

   splàvār → splavàruša

   spȍnzor → sponzòruša

   toròkati → toròkuša

   čegr̀tati → čegr̀tuša

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian terms suffixed with -uša

bećaruša

čegrtuša

divljakuša

likuša

pederuša

plavuša

sponzoruša

tipuša