"lus" meaning in Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

IPA: /lʉːs/ Forms: lusa [plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse lús, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *luHs-, *lewH-. Germanic cognates include Icelandic and Faroese lús, Danish and Swedish lus, German Laus, Dutch luis, and English louse. Wider Indo-European cognates may include some in Brythonic languages, such as Welsh llau and Breton laou. Etymology templates: {{inh|nn|non|lús}} Old Norse lús, {{inh|nn|gem-pro|*lūs}} Proto-Germanic *lūs, {{der|nn|ine-pro|*luHs-}} Proto-Indo-European *luHs-, {{m|ine-pro|*lewH-}} *lewH-, {{cog|is|-}} Icelandic, {{cog|fo|lús}} Faroese lús, {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|sv|lus}} Swedish lus, {{cog|de|Laus}} German Laus, {{cog|nl|luis}} Dutch luis, {{,}} ,, {{cog|en|louse}} English louse, {{cog|cy|llau}} Welsh llau, {{cog|br|laou}} Breton laou Head templates: {{head|nn|noun|g=f|head=}} lus f, {{nn-noun|f|lusa|lus|lusene|dp2=lysene|ip2=lyser}} lus f (plural lusa)
  1. (entomology) a louse (a small blood-sucking insect in the order Psocodea) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Entomology
    Sense id: en-lus-nn-noun-nn:louse Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
  2. (entomology) a small insect that is either closely related or similar in behaviour or appearance to a true louse, e.g. sea lice Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Entomology
    Sense id: en-lus-nn-noun-nn:lice Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
  3. (figurative of a person) a miser; a stingy and miserly person Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-lus-nn-noun-nn:miser
  4. (figurative of a person) someone who is poor and to be pitied; poor thing Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-lus-nn-noun-nn:poor_thing
  5. (knitting) a single stitch (if not multiple adjacent stitches forming a single-stitch-like v-shape) of a different colour from that of the surrounding fabric, used to form a knitted pattern Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Knitting
    Sense id: en-lus-nn-noun-nn:knitting Topics: business, knitting, manufacturing, textiles
  6. (colloquial botany) a hairy seed from a rosehip Tags: colloquial, feminine Categories (topical): Botany, Hair Synonyms (rose hip seed): nypefrø, kløpulver
    Sense id: en-lus-nn-noun-nn:rosehip_seed Disambiguation of Hair: 8 16 6 9 10 25 3 5 6 4 8 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'rose hip seed': 6 12 4 13 12 24 5 8 3 2 10
  7. (carpentry, woodworking) a piece of wood made to fill a gap that is left open, typically as a mistake during the moulding Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Carpentry, Woodworking
    Sense id: en-lus-nn-noun-nn:carpentry Topics: arts, business, carpentry, construction, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle, manufacturing, woodworking
  8. (carpentry, woodworking) a dowel pin Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Carpentry, Woodworking Synonyms: dimling
    Sense id: en-lus-nn-noun-nn:carpentry1 Topics: arts, business, carpentry, construction, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle, manufacturing, woodworking
  9. (colloquial, now rare) a crayon Tags: archaic, colloquial, feminine Synonyms (crayon): teiknestift
    Sense id: en-lus-nn-noun-nn:crayon Disambiguation of 'crayon': 3 2 1 2 4 2 1 2 80 1 1
  10. (dialectal, rare) gills on a crab Tags: dialectal, feminine, rare
    Sense id: en-lus-nn-noun-XHqQXSL0
  11. a hairgrip Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-lus-nn-noun-nn:hairgrip
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mus (english: mouse; for its morphological similarities) [feminine], gnet [feminine]
Synonyms: gjerrigknark, gniar, knip, knipar, gnik, gnikar, gnaur, knark, pist, pugar, knøl Synonyms (computer bug): glitsj Disambiguation of 'computer bug': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Derived forms: avluse, bladlus, duelus, fattiglus, flatlus, gjellelus, granbarlus, gutelus, hovudlus, jentelus, kjenne lusa på gangen, lakselus, linselus, lus i magen, luse, lusefart, lusefrø, lusegras, lusekam, luseknekkar, lusekufte, lusekøyrar, luseløn, lusen, lusete, lusfluge, lushatt, lyske, skjoldlus, som ei lus på ein tjørekost, tanglus, tusselus, ull-lus, veggelus

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "word": "bladlus"
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      "word": "duelus"
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      "word": "flatlus"
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      "word": "gjellelus"
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      "word": "granbarlus"
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      "word": "gutelus"
    },
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      "word": "hovudlus"
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    },
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      "word": "lakselus"
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      "word": "linselus"
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    {
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      "word": "lus i magen"
    },
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      "word": "luse"
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      "word": "lusekam"
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    },
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      "word": "lusete"
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      "word": "lusfluge"
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      "word": "lyske"
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      "word": "skjoldlus"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "som ei lus på ein tjørekost"
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      "word": "tanglus"
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      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "lús"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese lús",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "lus"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish lus",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Laus"
      },
      "expansion": "German Laus",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "luis"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch luis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": ",",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "louse"
      },
      "expansion": "English louse",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "llau"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh llau",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "laou"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton laou",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lusa",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mouse; for its morphological similarities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nn",
          "name": "Entomology",
          "orig": "nn:Entomology",
          "parents": [
            "Arthropodology",
            "Zoology",
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Well hidden between the hairs, sits the louse and sucks blood from its host.",
          "ref": "2000, Erna Osland, Hår i millionar år, Oslo: Samlaget, page 57",
          "text": "Godt gøymd mellom hårstråa sit lusa og syg blod frå verten sin.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "She is likely used to finding lice in child's hair.",
          "ref": "1996, Sissel Solbjørg Bjugn, Lus [Lice], Oslo: Samlaget, page 24",
          "text": "Å finne lus i barnehår er ho vel van med.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "a louse (a small blood-sucking insect in the order Psocodea)"
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        [
          "entomology",
          "entomology"
        ],
        [
          "louse",
          "louse#English"
        ],
        [
          "blood-sucking",
          "blood-sucking#English"
        ],
        [
          "insect",
          "insect#English"
        ],
        [
          "Psocodea",
          "Psocodea#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(entomology) a louse (a small blood-sucking insect in the order Psocodea)"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "entomology",
        "natural-sciences"
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            "Zoology",
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This could lead to a bloom of sea lice, threatening the wild salmon.",
          "ref": "2008 December 11, Møre, page 10",
          "text": "Dette kan føre til ei oppblomstring av lus som trugar villaksen.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a small insect that is either closely related or similar in behaviour or appearance to a true louse, e.g. sea lice"
      ],
      "id": "en-lus-nn-noun-nn:lice",
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          "entomology"
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        [
          "behaviour",
          "behaviour"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "louse",
          "louse"
        ],
        [
          "sea lice",
          "sea louse"
        ]
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        "(entomology) a small insect that is either closely related or similar in behaviour or appearance to a true louse, e.g. sea lice"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "nn:lice"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
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        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a miser; a stingy and miserly person"
      ],
      "id": "en-lus-nn-noun-nn:miser",
      "links": [
        [
          "miser",
          "miser#English"
        ],
        [
          "stingy",
          "stingy"
        ],
        [
          "miserly",
          "miserly"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative of a person) a miser; a stingy and miserly person"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "nn:miser"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1890, Per Sivle, Sogor, Bergen: Mons Litlere, page 109",
          "text": "Eg kom samstundes og til aa nemja som aldri fyrr, kor ufysi ho var, den Lukti av Klædi hans; og naar eg tenkte på den Lusi – uhh! so totte eg det var mest Uraad hava sovoret ved Sida.\nIn that moment, I also came to perceive as never before how foul the smell of his clothes was. And when I thought of that poor thing – Yuck! I thought it'd been most trouble to have such by one's side.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "someone who is poor and to be pitied; poor thing"
      ],
      "id": "en-lus-nn-noun-nn:poor_thing",
      "links": [
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        [
          "pitied",
          "pity"
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          "poor thing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative of a person) someone who is poor and to be pitied; poor thing"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "nn:poor thing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nn",
          "name": "Knitting",
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            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The jacket is a traditional cardigan with lice and borders.",
          "ref": "2013 February 28, Sulaposten, page 12",
          "text": "Jakka er tradisjonell kufte med lus og bordar.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a single stitch (if not multiple adjacent stitches forming a single-stitch-like v-shape) of a different colour from that of the surrounding fabric, used to form a knitted pattern"
      ],
      "id": "en-lus-nn-noun-nn:knitting",
      "links": [
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        ],
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          "colour",
          "colour"
        ],
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          "fabric",
          "fabric"
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        [
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      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
      "senseid": [
        "nn:knitting"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "business",
        "knitting",
        "manufacturing",
        "textiles"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nn",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "nn:Botany",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 16 6 9 10 25 3 5 6 4 8",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nn",
          "name": "Hair",
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          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1920, A. Holmsen, Naturkunnskap for folkeskulen, 4th edition, Kristiania: Cappelen, page 58",
          "text": "fruktemni vert til smaa neter („lus“)",
          "type": "quotation"
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        ],
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 12 4 13 12 24 5 8 3 2 10",
          "sense": "rose hip seed",
          "word": "nypefrø"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 12 4 13 12 24 5 8 3 2 10",
          "sense": "rose hip seed",
          "word": "kløpulver"
        }
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
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      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
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    },
    {
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nn",
          "name": "Carpentry",
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            "Woodworking",
            "Architecture",
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            "Crafts",
            "Applied sciences",
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            "Technology",
            "Society",
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        }
      ],
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        "a piece of wood made to fill a gap that is left open, typically as a mistake during the moulding"
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        ],
        [
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        [
          "mistake",
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        ],
        [
          "moulding",
          "molding#English"
        ]
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        "(carpentry, woodworking) a piece of wood made to fill a gap that is left open, typically as a mistake during the moulding"
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "manufacturing",
        "woodworking"
      ]
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            "Engineering",
            "Crafts",
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            "Art",
            "Technology",
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            "Culture",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "kind": "topical",
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            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        "a dowel pin"
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          "woodworking",
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        ],
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          "dowel pin",
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      ],
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        "nn:carpentry"
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          "word": "dimling"
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        "feminine"
      ],
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        "arts",
        "business",
        "carpentry",
        "construction",
        "crafts",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "manufacturing",
        "woodworking"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
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        "a crayon"
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      "id": "en-lus-nn-noun-nn:crayon",
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        [
          "crayon",
          "crayon#English"
        ]
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        "(colloquial, now rare) a crayon"
      ],
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        "nn:crayon"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 1 2 4 2 1 2 80 1 1",
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        }
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ]
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      "categories": [],
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        "gills on a crab"
      ],
      "id": "en-lus-nn-noun-XHqQXSL0",
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        [
          "gill",
          "gill"
        ],
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          "crab",
          "crab"
        ]
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        "(dialectal, rare) gills on a crab"
      ],
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        "dialectal",
        "feminine",
        "rare"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "a hairgrip"
      ],
      "id": "en-lus-nn-noun-nn:hairgrip",
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        [
          "hairgrip",
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      "senseid": [
        "nn:hairgrip"
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/lʉːs/"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gjerrigknark"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gniar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "knip"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "knipar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gnik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gnikar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gnaur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "knark"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pist"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pugar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "knøl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "sense": "computer bug",
      "word": "glitsj"
    }
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}
{
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    },
    {
      "word": "bladlus"
    },
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      "word": "duelus"
    },
    {
      "word": "fattiglus"
    },
    {
      "word": "flatlus"
    },
    {
      "word": "gjellelus"
    },
    {
      "word": "granbarlus"
    },
    {
      "word": "gutelus"
    },
    {
      "word": "hovudlus"
    },
    {
      "word": "jentelus"
    },
    {
      "word": "kjenne lusa på gangen"
    },
    {
      "word": "lakselus"
    },
    {
      "word": "linselus"
    },
    {
      "word": "lus i magen"
    },
    {
      "word": "luse"
    },
    {
      "word": "lusefart"
    },
    {
      "word": "lusefrø"
    },
    {
      "word": "lusegras"
    },
    {
      "word": "lusekam"
    },
    {
      "word": "luseknekkar"
    },
    {
      "word": "lusekufte"
    },
    {
      "word": "lusekøyrar"
    },
    {
      "word": "luseløn"
    },
    {
      "word": "lusen"
    },
    {
      "word": "lusete"
    },
    {
      "word": "lusfluge"
    },
    {
      "word": "lushatt"
    },
    {
      "word": "lyske"
    },
    {
      "word": "skjoldlus"
    },
    {
      "word": "som ei lus på ein tjørekost"
    },
    {
      "word": "tanglus"
    },
    {
      "word": "tusselus"
    },
    {
      "word": "ull-lus"
    },
    {
      "word": "veggelus"
    }
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "-"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "-"
      },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Swedish lus",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Laus"
      },
      "expansion": "German Laus",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "luis"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch luis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": ",",
      "name": ","
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "louse"
      },
      "expansion": "English louse",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "llau"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh llau",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "laou"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton laou",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lusa",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "lusa",
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        "4": "lusene",
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        "ip2": "lyser"
      },
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      "name": "nn-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "mouse; for its morphological similarities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mus"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gnet"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms with quotations",
        "nn:Entomology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Well hidden between the hairs, sits the louse and sucks blood from its host.",
          "ref": "2000, Erna Osland, Hår i millionar år, Oslo: Samlaget, page 57",
          "text": "Godt gøymd mellom hårstråa sit lusa og syg blod frå verten sin.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "She is likely used to finding lice in child's hair.",
          "ref": "1996, Sissel Solbjørg Bjugn, Lus [Lice], Oslo: Samlaget, page 24",
          "text": "Å finne lus i barnehår er ho vel van med.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a louse (a small blood-sucking insect in the order Psocodea)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "entomology",
          "entomology"
        ],
        [
          "louse",
          "louse#English"
        ],
        [
          "blood-sucking",
          "blood-sucking#English"
        ],
        [
          "insect",
          "insect#English"
        ],
        [
          "Psocodea",
          "Psocodea#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(entomology) a louse (a small blood-sucking insect in the order Psocodea)"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "nn:louse"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "entomology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms with quotations",
        "nn:Entomology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This could lead to a bloom of sea lice, threatening the wild salmon.",
          "ref": "2008 December 11, Møre, page 10",
          "text": "Dette kan føre til ei oppblomstring av lus som trugar villaksen.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a small insect that is either closely related or similar in behaviour or appearance to a true louse, e.g. sea lice"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "entomology",
          "entomology"
        ],
        [
          "behaviour",
          "behaviour"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "louse",
          "louse"
        ],
        [
          "sea lice",
          "sea louse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(entomology) a small insect that is either closely related or similar in behaviour or appearance to a true louse, e.g. sea lice"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "nn:lice"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "entomology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a miser; a stingy and miserly person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "miser",
          "miser#English"
        ],
        [
          "stingy",
          "stingy"
        ],
        [
          "miserly",
          "miserly"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative of a person) a miser; a stingy and miserly person"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "nn:miser"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1890, Per Sivle, Sogor, Bergen: Mons Litlere, page 109",
          "text": "Eg kom samstundes og til aa nemja som aldri fyrr, kor ufysi ho var, den Lukti av Klædi hans; og naar eg tenkte på den Lusi – uhh! so totte eg det var mest Uraad hava sovoret ved Sida.\nIn that moment, I also came to perceive as never before how foul the smell of his clothes was. And when I thought of that poor thing – Yuck! I thought it'd been most trouble to have such by one's side.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "someone who is poor and to be pitied; poor thing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "pitied",
          "pity"
        ],
        [
          "poor thing",
          "poor thing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative of a person) someone who is poor and to be pitied; poor thing"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "nn:poor thing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms with quotations",
        "nn:Knitting"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The jacket is a traditional cardigan with lice and borders.",
          "ref": "2013 February 28, Sulaposten, page 12",
          "text": "Jakka er tradisjonell kufte med lus og bordar.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a single stitch (if not multiple adjacent stitches forming a single-stitch-like v-shape) of a different colour from that of the surrounding fabric, used to form a knitted pattern"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knitting",
          "knitting#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "stitch",
          "stitch"
        ],
        [
          "colour",
          "colour"
        ],
        [
          "fabric",
          "fabric"
        ],
        [
          "pattern",
          "pattern"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(knitting) a single stitch (if not multiple adjacent stitches forming a single-stitch-like v-shape) of a different colour from that of the surrounding fabric, used to form a knitted pattern"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "nn:knitting"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "knitting",
        "manufacturing",
        "textiles"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk colloquialisms",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Norwegian Nynorsk quotations",
        "nn:Botany"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1920, A. Holmsen, Naturkunnskap for folkeskulen, 4th edition, Kristiania: Cappelen, page 58",
          "text": "fruktemni vert til smaa neter („lus“)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a hairy seed from a rosehip"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "hairy",
          "hairy"
        ],
        [
          "seed",
          "seed"
        ],
        [
          "rosehip",
          "rosehip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial botany) a hairy seed from a rosehip"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "nn:rosehip seed"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "nn:Carpentry",
        "nn:Woodworking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a piece of wood made to fill a gap that is left open, typically as a mistake during the moulding"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "carpentry",
          "carpentry"
        ],
        [
          "woodworking",
          "woodworking"
        ],
        [
          "wood",
          "wood"
        ],
        [
          "mistake",
          "mistake"
        ],
        [
          "moulding",
          "molding#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(carpentry, woodworking) a piece of wood made to fill a gap that is left open, typically as a mistake during the moulding"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "nn:carpentry"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "business",
        "carpentry",
        "construction",
        "crafts",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "manufacturing",
        "woodworking"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "nn:Carpentry",
        "nn:Woodworking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a dowel pin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "carpentry",
          "carpentry"
        ],
        [
          "woodworking",
          "woodworking"
        ],
        [
          "dowel pin",
          "dowel pin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(carpentry, woodworking) a dowel pin"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "nn:carpentry"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dimling"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "business",
        "carpentry",
        "construction",
        "crafts",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "manufacturing",
        "woodworking"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk colloquialisms",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a crayon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crayon",
          "crayon#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, now rare) a crayon"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "nn:crayon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk dialectal terms",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gills on a crab"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gill",
          "gill"
        ],
        [
          "crab",
          "crab"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, rare) gills on a crab"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "feminine",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a hairgrip"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hairgrip",
          "hairgrip"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "nn:hairgrip"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lʉːs/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "gjerrigknark"
    },
    {
      "word": "gniar"
    },
    {
      "word": "knip"
    },
    {
      "word": "knipar"
    },
    {
      "word": "gnik"
    },
    {
      "word": "gnikar"
    },
    {
      "word": "gnaur"
    },
    {
      "word": "knark"
    },
    {
      "word": "pist"
    },
    {
      "word": "pugar"
    },
    {
      "word": "knøl"
    },
    {
      "sense": "rose hip seed",
      "word": "nypefrø"
    },
    {
      "sense": "rose hip seed",
      "word": "kløpulver"
    },
    {
      "sense": "computer bug",
      "word": "glitsj"
    },
    {
      "sense": "crayon",
      "word": "teiknestift"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lus"
}
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  "path": [
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  "section": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "lus",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Norwegian Nynorsk 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.