usuk

Afar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈusuk/
  • 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

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

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

Inuktitut

Noun

usuk

  1. Latin spelling of ᐅᓱᒃ (osok)

Inupiaq

Alternative forms

Noun

usuk

  1. penis
    Usuk aŋutim timaani ittuq.
    The penis is part of a man's body.

Tausug

Etymology

Akin to Cebuano usok.

Noun

usuk

  1. pole
  2. post
  3. stake
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