wuski

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wús.kíː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [wʊ́s.cíː]

Noun

wuskī m (plural wusā̀kē, possessed form wuskin)

1. destitute person
2. thief

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English whiskey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wús.kìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [wʊ́s.cìː]

Noun

wuskī̀ f (possessed form wuskìn)

1. whiskey

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ǫzъkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈus.kʲi/
• Rhymes: -uskʲi
• Syllabification: wus‧ki

Adjective

wuski (comparative wusčejšy, superlative nejwusčejšy, derived adverb wusko)

1. narrow

Declension

Declension of wuski

	singular					dual			plural
	masculine		neuter	feminine		virile	nonvirile		virile	nonvirile
	animate	inanimate
nominative vocative	wuski		wuske	wuska		wuskej			wuske
genitive	wuskego wuskeg¹			wuskeje wuskej¹		wuskeju			wuskich
dative	wuskemu wuskem¹			wuskej		wuskima			wuskim
accusative	wuskego wuskeg¹	wuski	wuske	wusku		wuskeju	wuskej		wuske, wuskich	wuske
instrumental	wuskim			wuskeju wuskej¹		wuskima			wuskimi
locative	wuskem wuskim²			wuskej		wuskima			wuskich

¹ poetic, colloquial
² obsolete, dialectal

Further reading

• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “wuski”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag