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dusa

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See also: dúsa, dusā, duša, and Duša

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay dosa (sin), from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa, deficiency, damage, harm), through semantic change.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdusa/ [ˈd̪u.sa]
  • Hyphenation: du‧sa

Noun

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dúsa (Basahan spelling ᜇᜓᜐ)

  1. lament
    Synonyms: sambitan, panambitan
  2. suffering, grief
    Synonyms: tios, penitensiya

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Latvian

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Dusa

Etymology

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From the same stem as dusēt, made into a feminine fourth declension noun (ending -a).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dusa]
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Noun

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dusa f (4th declension)

  1. (poetic) sleep (the act of sleeping)
    saldu dusu!sleep well! (lit. sweet sleep)
    ar gaiļa dziesmu piecēlos no dusaswith the cock's song (= at cockcrow) I woke up from sleep
    jutos gurdens un gāju taisni klētiņā uz dusuI felt weary and went directly to the little barn to sleep
  2. (poetic) rest, piece
    mūsu paaudze dusas nezinājaour generation knew no rest
    lieli tauriņi, kā dusas meklēdami, laižas pa stiebriem un grīšļiemlarge butterflies, as if looking for rest, fly through grass stalks and sedge leaves
  3. (poetic, figuratively) death
    mūža dusaeternal sleep (= death)
    no beigu dusas nevar modināt!(one) cannot wake up (someone) from the final sleep (= death)

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “dusēt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay dosa (sin), from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa, deficiency, damage, harm) with semantic shift.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dusa (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜐ)

  1. suffering; affliction
    Synonyms: hirap, sakit, pagtitiis
  2. grief; sorrow
    Synonyms: dalamhati, pighati, lungkot
  3. penance; penitence
    Synonyms: pagpapakasakit, penitensiya
  4. punishment
    Synonym: parusa

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • dusa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

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Tausug

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Etymology

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From Malay dosa, from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).

Pronunciation

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  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /dusa/ [d̪ʊˈsa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: du‧sa

Noun

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dusa (Sulat Sūg spelling دُسَ)

  1. sin
  2. crime
  3. guilt, fault

Derived terms

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