pusė

See also: puse, pusē, pusę, and puše

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian puse (half; side); further origin outside of Baltic unclear.[1] Suggested links to Tocharian B poṣiya (wall) are far from certain.[2]

Noun

pùsė f (plural pùsės) stress pattern 2

  1. half
  2. side
    Synonyms: šonas, kraštas
  3. direction
    Synonym: kryptis

Declension

References

  1. Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “pùsė”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 491-2
  2. pusė”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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