usuk

Afar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈusuk/ [ˈʔʊsʊʰk]
• 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.

See also

Afar personal pronouns

		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
				m	f
subject	singular	anú	atú	úsuk	ís
	plural	nanú	isín	úsun
object	singular	yó	kó	ká	tét
	plural	né	sín	kén

References

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

Greenlandic

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.

Declension

Declension of usuk

case	singular	plural
absolutive	usuk	usuit
ergative	usuup
allative	usummut	usunnut
ablative	usummit	usunniit
prolative	usukkut	usutsigut
locative	usummi	usunni
instrumental	usummik	usunnik
equative	usuttut

Indonesian

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 [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Inuktitut

Noun

usuk

1. Latin spelling of ᐅᓱᒃ (osok)

Inupiaq

Alternative forms

• usruk (Kobuk)

Noun

usuk

1. penis

   Usuk aŋutim timaani ittuq.

   The penis is part of a man's body.

Javanese

Romanization

usuk

1. romanization of ꦲꦸꦱꦸꦏ꧀

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Noun

usuk

1. rafter

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦸꦱꦸꦏ꧀ (usuk)
  • → Indonesian: usuk
  • → Sundanese: usuk

References

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

Sundanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese usuk, from Old Javanese usuk.

Noun

usuk (Sundanese script ᮅᮞᮥᮊ᮪)

1. rafter

   Synonyms: kaso, layeus

References

• "usuk" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (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

Tausug

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