gusa

See also: guša and gușă

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡú.sàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɡʷʊ́.sàː]

Verb

gusā̀ (grade 1)

1. to move aside

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gusa (“to spurt”), from Proto-Indo-European *gus-, from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Related to Icelandic gjósa, geysa, English gush and geyser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʏːsa/
• Rhymes: -ʏːsa

Noun

gusa f (genitive singular gusu, nominative plural gusur)

1. splash

   Synonym: skvetta

Declension

Declension of gusa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gusa	gusan	gusur	gusurnar
accusative	gusu	gusuna	gusur	gusurnar
dative	gusu	gusunni	gusum	gusunum
genitive	gusu	gusunnar	gusa	gusanna

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “gush”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkusa/

Noun

gusa

1. accusative/genitive singular of gussa

Nupe

Zà na è lá gusa lo na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡū.sā/

Noun

gusa

1. bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: gu‧sa

Noun

gusa f (uncountable)

1. only used in ferro-gusa

Further reading

• “gusa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gusa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡusa/ [ˈɡu.sa]
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: gu‧sa

Noun

gusa f (plural gusas)

1. (Spain, colloquial) hunger

Further reading

• “gusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-gusa (infinitive kugusa)

1. to touch (feel with the body)
2. to graze

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gusa
Positive present -nagusa Subjunctive -guse Negative -gusi Imperative singular gusa
Infinitives
Positive kugusa Negative kutogusa
Imperatives
Singular gusa Plural guseni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugusa Positive past positive subject concord + -ligusa Negative past negative subject concord + -kugusa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagusa) Singular Plural 1st person ninagusa/nagusa tunagusa 2nd person unagusa mnagusa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagusa wanagusa other classes positive subject concord + -nagusa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gusi) Singular Plural 1st person sigusi hatugusi 2nd person hugusi hamgusi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagusi hawagusi other classes negative subject concord + -gusi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagusa Negative future negative subject concord + -tagusa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -guse) Singular Plural 1st person niguse tuguse 2nd person uguse mguse 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aguse waguse other classes positive subject concord + -guse
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siguse Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegusa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegusa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligusa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligusa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agusa) Singular Plural 1st person nagusa twagusa 2nd person wagusa mwagusa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agusa wagusa m-mi(III/IV) wagusa yagusa ji-ma(V/VI) lagusa yagusa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagusa vyagusa n(IX/X) yagusa zagusa u(XI) wagusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwagusa pa(XVI) pagusa mu(XVIII) mwagusa
Perfect positive subject concord + -megusa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshagusa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagusa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kigusa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipogusa Consecutive kagusa / positive subject concord + -kagusa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaguse
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nigusa -tugusa 2nd person -kugusa -wagusa/-kuguseni/-waguseni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgusa -wagusa m-mi(III/IV) -ugusa -igusa ji-ma(V/VI) -ligusa -yagusa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigusa -vigusa n(IX/X) -igusa -zigusa u(XI) -ugusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kugusa pa(XVI) -pagusa mu(XVIII) -mugusa Reflexive -jigusa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gusa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -gusaye -gusao m-mi(III/IV) -gusao -gusayo ji-ma(V/VI) -gusalo -gusayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gusacho -gusavyo n(IX/X) -gusayo -gusazo u(XI) -gusao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -gusako pa(XVI) -gusapo mu(XVIII) -gusamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gusa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yegusa -ogusa m-mi(III/IV) -ogusa -yogusa ji-ma(V/VI) -logusa -yogusa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogusa -vyogusa n(IX/X) -yogusa -zogusa u(XI) -ogusa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kogusa pa(XVI) -pogusa mu(XVIII) -mogusa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -gusia
  • Causative: -gusisha
  • Passive: -guswa
  • Reciprocal: -gusana
  • Stative: -gusika

• Nominal derivations:
  • kiguso (“touchpad, trackpad”)