usá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "usa"

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ut͡ʃa (crab).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈsa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: u‧sá

Noun

usá (female equivalent kunduru) (unpossessable)

  1. fiddler crab (Uca sp.)
  2. swamp ghost crab (Ucides cordatus)

Derived terms

  • usagûasu
  • usapeba
  • usaúna
  • agûarusá

Descendants

  • Portuguese: uçá, usá
  • Translingual: Uca

Further reading

  1. Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Capítulo III - Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos”, in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 203, line 670

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: u‧sá

Noun

usá m (plural usás)

  1. Alternative form of uçá

Spanish

Verb

usá

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of usar
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