cuza

See also: čúza

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kū (“dog”). Cognate with Asturian cusu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuθɐ]

Noun

cuza f (plural cuzas)

1. bitch, brach, she-dog

   Synonym: cadela

2. (dated) a low face value coin

   Synonyms: cadela, can, patacón

3. (derogatory) gossip, meddler; scheming

Derived terms

• ladrar a cuza

Related terms

• cuzo (“dog”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cuza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cuza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cuza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Macanese

Alternative forms

• cusa

Etymology

Senses 1 and 2 a clipping of qui cuza or quê cuza (literally “which thing”), while sense 3 a clipping of pa qui cuza (literally “for which thing”). Ultimately derives from dated Portuguese cousa (as opposed to modern Portuguese coisa), as does the -cusa component in ancusa. Semantically, compare Italian cosa.

Pronoun

cuza

1. what?

   Cuza vôs querê?

   What do you want?

2. which?
3. why?

   Synonyms: qui-foi, pa qui cuza

   Cuza chomá iou tai-mong?

   Why are you calling me stupid?

Noun

cuza

1. (obsolete, or only in fixed phrases) thing (a physical object, entity or situation)

   Synonym: (modern term) ancusa

   quê cuza? ― what? which? (literally, “what thing?”)

   pa qui cuza? ― why? (literally, “for which thing?”)

Derived terms

• cuza suzo (“rubbish, bad thing, cursed thing”)

See also

• ancusa, ancuza

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm