"kus" meaning in Afrikaans

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Noun

IPA: /kœs/ Forms: kuste [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch kust, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French coste, from Latin costa (“rib, side”). Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|kust}} Dutch kust, {{inh|af|dum|cost}} Middle Dutch cost, {{der|af|fro|coste}} Old French coste, {{der|af|la|costa||rib, side}} Latin costa (“rib, side”) Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|kuste|||||||||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} kus (plural kuste), {{af-noun|kuste}} kus (plural kuste)
  1. coast, shoreline, seashore
    Sense id: en-kus-af-noun-HbhRMwoG
  2. coastal region
    Sense id: en-kus-af-noun-u0oTkG8n Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 9 81 7 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kusbeskerming, kusgebergte, kusgebied, kuslangs, kusstad, rotskus, seekus
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kœs/ Forms: kusse [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch kus, from Middle Dutch kos, from Old Dutch *kos, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz. Cognate with English kiss, German Kuss, and Danish kys. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|kus}} Dutch kus, {{inh|af|dum|kos}} Middle Dutch kos, {{inh|af|odt|*kos}} Old Dutch *kos, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*kussaz}} Proto-Germanic *kussaz, {{cog|en|kiss}} English kiss, {{cog|de|Kuss}} German Kuss, {{cog|da|kys}} Danish kys Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|kusse|||||||||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} kus (plural kusse), {{af-noun|kusse}} kus (plural kusse)
  1. kiss
    Sense id: en-kus-af-noun-idGdY5Qa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: soen
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /kœs/ Forms: kus [present], kussende [participle, present], gekus [participle, past]
Etymology: From Dutch kussen, from Middle Dutch cussen, from Old Dutch kussen, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną. Cognate with English kiss, German küssen, and Danish kysse. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|kussen}} Dutch kussen, {{inh|af|dum|cussen}} Middle Dutch cussen, {{inh|af|odt|kussen}} Old Dutch kussen, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*kussijaną}} Proto-Germanic *kussijaną, {{cog|en|kiss}} English kiss, {{cog|de|küssen}} German küssen, {{cog|da|kysse}} Danish kysse Head templates: {{af-verb|kussende|gekus}} kus (present kus, present participle kussende, past participle gekus)
  1. to kiss
    Sense id: en-kus-af-verb-CQf0AzEz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: soen
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kussaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kussaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "kiss"
      },
      "expansion": "English kiss",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Kuss"
      },
      "expansion": "German Kuss",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "kys"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish kys",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch kus, from Middle Dutch kos, from Old Dutch *kos, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz. Cognate with English kiss, German Kuss, and Danish kys.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kusse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "kusse",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "f2request": "1",
        "f5accel-form": "diminutive",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kus (plural kusse)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kusse"
      },
      "expansion": "kus (plural kusse)",
      "name": "af-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Afrikaans terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She wraps her short arms around the old man's neck, but instead of listening to her secret he covers her little face with kisses.",
          "text": "1984, Eugène Nielen Marais, Versamelde werke, Leon Rousseau (ed.), Van Schaik (publ.), page 930.\nSy vou haar armpies om die ou man se nek maar in plaas van haar geheimpie te hoor, bedek hy die gesiggie met kusse.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kiss"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kiss",
          "kiss"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kœs/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "soen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kus"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Afrikaans dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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