gus

gus

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Guinean Sign Language.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Guinean Sign Language terms

gus

1. plural of gu

gus (plural gushínga)

1. woman

gus c (singular definite gusen, plural indefinite gus)

1. haar (or sea fret) Thick, cold fog, especially coming from the sea.

From Occitan gus.

• IPA^(key): /ɡys/

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gus m (invariable)

1. (colloquial) bloke, guy

• “gus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦸꦱ꧀ (gus).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡus/ [ˈɡʊs]
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: gus

gus (uncountable)

1. (polite) term of address by adults to boys or young men

• “gus”, 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

• dos, dus

From Old Irish gus, guss (“vigour”), from Proto-Celtic *gustus (“excellence, force”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“choice, taste”).

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡʊsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡɞsˠ/

gus m (genitive singular gusa)

1. vigor, force

• “gus”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “gus”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 388
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gus”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

• IPA^(key): /ɡus/

gus f

1. goose

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “gus”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “gus”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

• (Standard Literary, Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): /ˈɡus/ [ˈɡus]
• Rhymes: -us
• Hyphenation: gus

gus (Jawi spelling ݢوس)

1. simultaneously^[1]

• "gus" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

• göis (Mooring)
• Guus (Sylt)

From Old Frisian *gōs, from Proto-Germanic *gans.

gus f (plural ges)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) goose

From Proto-Celtic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“choice, taste”).

gus m (genitive gossa)

1. force, vigour

• Middle Irish: gus
  • Irish: gus

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Form of gu.

• IPA^(key): /ɡ̥ɔs̪/^[1]

gus (+ nominative with the definite article, + dative otherwise)

1. to, up to, as far as

• gu ruige

gus

1. in order to

   Chaidh e dhan bhùth gus biadh a cheannach. ― He went to the shop to buy some food.

   • 2020 December 11, “Na h-Eileanan Siar gun chùisean ùra Diardaoin”, in BBC News‎^[1]:

     Thuirt am Bòrd gu bheil siostaman ann gus nach bi buaidh air seirbheisean.

     The Board said that systems are in place to ensure that services will not be affected.

     (literally, “The Board said that there are systems so that there will not be an effect on services.”)

Inherited from Proto-Cushitic *gʷis-/*gus- (“male genitals”). Compare Maay gus, Yaaku guus (“anus”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡūs/

gus m (plural gusas m)

1. male genitalia

• “gus”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012