unsa

See also: unsã and únsa

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *qunuh + *-sa "rapport particle", from Proto-Central Philippine *qanuh, *qunuh, from Proto-Philippine *anu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anu, from Proto-Austronesian *(na-)nu.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: un‧sa
  • IPA(key): /ʔunˈsa/, [ʔʊn̪ˈs̪a]

Pronoun

unsá (Badlit spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜐ)

  1. (interrogative) what
    Nag-unsa ka? ― What are you doing?
    Unsa ang imong kinahanglan? ― What do you need?
  2. (interrogative) which
    Unsa nga eskwelahan ka nanggikan? ― Which school do you came from?

Interjection

unsá? (Badlit spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜐ)

  1. said in surprise or disbelief: what?

Derived terms

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish onza.

Noun

únsa

  1. ounce

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“1/12 part”).

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʌn̪ˠsˠə/

Noun

unsa m (genitive singular unsa, nominative plural unsaí)

  1. ounce (1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, 28.3495 g)

Declension
Declension of unsa

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative unsa unsaí
Vocative a unsa a unsaí
Genitive unsa unsaí
Dative unsa unsaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-unsa na hunsaí
Genitive an unsa na n-unsaí
Dative leis an unsa

don unsa

 leis na hunsaí

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
unsa n-unsa hunsa t-unsa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

unsa f (definite singular unsa, indefinite plural unser or unsor, definite plural unsene or unsone)

  1. definite singular of unse
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of unse
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