wus
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See also: Wus
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]See wuss
Noun
[edit]wus (plural wusses)
- Alternative spelling of wuss
Etymology 2
[edit]See wu
Noun
[edit]wus
Etymology 3
[edit]Eye dialect spelling of was.
Verb
[edit]wus
- (African-American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of was.
- She wus walking home when it happened.
Anagrams
[edit]Catawba
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The word is related to wos (“bee”).
Noun
[edit]wus
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from English whoosh. Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wus
- whoosh: a sound of object that passing at high speed
Further reading
[edit]- “wus” 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.
Mokilese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Oceanic *pudi, from Proto-Austronesian *punti.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wus
Usage notes
[edit]When referring to the tree, wus is considered part of the long objects class; when referring to the fruit, it is considered a part of the general class.
Inflection
[edit]Forms of wus
Forms of wus
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977
External links
[edit]North Frisian
[edit]Verb
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- mkj:Fruits
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