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usta

usta

See also: ústa

English

Contraction

usta

  1. (informal, eye dialect) used to
    • 1941, James Howell Street, In my father's house:
      We usta have a rule that if a trusty shot an escaping convict, then the trusty would go free.

Anagrams


Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [Term?].

Noun

usta m

  1. mason
  2. master

Latin

Participle

usta

  1. nominative feminine singular of ustus
  2. nominative neuter plural of ustus
  3. accusative neuter plural of ustus
  4. vocative feminine singular of ustus
  5. vocative neuter plural of ustus

ustā

  1. ablative feminine singular of ustus

References


Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *usta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈusta]

Noun

usta pl (plural only)

  1. mouth

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *usta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǔːsta/
  • Hyphenation: u‧sta

Noun

ústa n pl (Cyrillic spelling у́ста)

  1. (plural only) mouth

Declension


Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *usta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈùːsta/
  • Tonal orthography: ústa

Noun

ústa n pl (genitive úst, plurale tantum)

  1. mouth (the opening of an animal through which food is ingested)

Declension


Turkish

Etymology

From Persian اوستا (ustâ) / استاد (ostâd).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [usta]
  • Hyphenation: us‧ta

Noun

usta (definite accusative ustayı, plural ustalar)

  1. master

Derived terms

  • ustaca
  • ustalık

Declension

See also

Related terms


Venetian

Noun

usta f (plural uste)

  1. smell (the sense of smell)
  2. nose (intuition)

Synonyms