fusa

Borrowed from Japanese 総 (fusa).

fusa pl (plural only)

1. (sumo) The four knotted tassels hanging from the roof of the dohyo; symbolising the four seasons.

• USAF, aufs, sauf

• IPA^(key): /fy.za/
• Homophones: fusas, fusât

fusa

1. third-person singular past historic of fuser

• usa

From earlier usa, from Old Irish assu. Similar to development of fuar and feic, the initial f- of Modern Irish comes from a misinterpretation of usa as fhusa in lenition environments.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠʊsˠə/

fusa

1. comparative degree of furasta (“easy”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fusa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 usa, ussa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• Entries containing “fusa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “fusa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.za/
• Rhymes: -uza
• Hyphenation: fù‧sa

fusa f sg

1. feminine singular of fuso

fusa f sg

1. feminine singular of fuso

Archaic irregular plural of fuso (“spindle”), used in sense 2 probably for the sound being similar to that of a spinning spindle.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.za/, (traditional) /ˈfu.sa/
• Rhymes: -uza, (traditional) -usa
• Hyphenation: fù‧sa

fusa f pl

1. (archaic, literary) plural of fuso (“spindle”)
2. (plural only) purr (sound made by a cat)

   fare le fusa ― to purr

Borrowed from French fusée (“fusil”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.za/
• Rhymes: -uza
• Hyphenation: fù‧sa

fusa f (plural fuse)

1. (music) quasihemidemisemiquaver, semihemidemisemiquaver (hundred twenty-eighth note)

• fusa (music) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

fusa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふさ

• (fūsa) (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.sa/, [ˈfuːs̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.sa/, [ˈfuːs̬ä]
• (fūsā) (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.saː/, [ˈfuːs̠äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.sa/, [ˈfuːs̬ä]

fūsa

1. inflection of fūsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

fūsā

1. ablative feminine singular of fūsus

fūsa f (genitive fūsae); first declension

1. (music) quaver (British), eighth note (US)

First-declension noun.

• fusa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• fuse (verb, e and split infinitives)

fusa (present tense fusar, past tense fusa, past participle fusa, passive infinitive fusast, present participle fusande, imperative fusa/fus)

1. rush

• “fusa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Italian fusa, from French fusée.

• Hyphenation: fu‧sa

fusa f (plural fusas)

1. (music) demisemiquaver (thirty-second note)

fusa

1. Alternative form of fasa

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “fusa”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 usa, ussa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

fusa f (plural fusas)

1. demisemiquaver

• “fusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014