usuk

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya iso, Saho úsuk, Sidamo isi and Somali isaga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈusuk/
• Hyphenation: u‧suk

Pronoun

úsuk

1. he
   • Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language]‎, Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 4:

     Usuk (Yalla kinnuk) cisab kee galtoh Ayró (Qhiyaamah Ayró kinnuk) yamlike Rabbi kinni.

     He (God) who possesses the Day of reckoning and reward (the Day of Qhiyaama) is God.

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ucuɣ (“penis, vagina, vulva”), from Proto-Eskimo *ucuɣ (“penis, vulva”). Compare utsuk (“vagina”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /usuk/, [u.sʊk]

Noun

usuk (plural usuit)

1. penis
   • 1992 August 21, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit, page 11:

     Qanittukkut aviisini eqqartorneqarpoq qallunaap usuni kipisimagaa nuliama itigartitsiuarnera naalliuutigingaaramiuk.

     Recently, there was a story in the papers about a Dane who cut off his penis because he was very pained by his wife's persistent rejections.

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦸꦱꦸꦏ꧀ (usuk), from Old Javanese usuk. Doublet of rusuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.suk/, [ˈu.sʊk̚]
• Rhymes: -uk
• Hyphenation: u‧suk

Noun

usuk (plural usuk-usuk)

1. rafter

   Synonym: kasau

Further reading

• “usuk” 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.

Noun

usuk

1. Latin spelling of ᐅᓱᒃ (osok)

Alternative forms

• usruk (Kobuk)

Noun

usuk

1. penis

   Usuk aŋutim timaani ittuq.

   The penis is part of a man's body.

Romanization

usuk

1. Romanization of ꦲꦸꦱꦸꦏ꧀

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀusuk, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀusuk (“ribcage”).

Noun

usuk

1. rafter

References

• "usuk" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Alternative forms

• ᮅᮞᮥᮊ᮪ (usuk)

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese usuk, from Old Javanese usuk.

Noun

usuk

1. rafter

   Synonyms: kaso, layeus

References

• Maman Sumantri, et al. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

Etymology

Akin to Cebuano usok.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔusuk/ [ʔʊˈsuk̚]
• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: u‧suk

Noun

usuk (Sulat Sūg spelling اُسُكْ)

1. pole
2. post
3. stake