cuza

== Galician == === Alternative forms === cuça (reintegrationist) === Etymology === Unknown. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kū (“dog”). Cognate with Asturian cusu. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: cu‧za === Noun === cuza f (plural cuzas) bitch, brach, she-dog Synonym: cadela (dated) a low face value coin Synonyms: cadela, can, patacón (derogatory) gossip, meddler; scheming ==== Derived terms ==== ladrar a cuza ==== Related terms ==== cuzo (“dog”) === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cuza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cuza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cuza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Further reading === “cuza”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Macanese == === Alternative forms === cusa === Etymology === Senses 1 and 2 a clipping of qui cuza or quê cuza (literally “which thing”), while sense 3 a clipping of pa qui cuza (literally “for which thing”). Ultimately derives from dated Portuguese cousa (as opposed to modern Portuguese coisa), as does the -cusa component in ancusa. Semantically, compare Italian cosa. === Pronoun === cuza what? which? why? Synonyms: qui-foi, pa qui cuza === Noun === cuza (obsolete, or only in fixed phrases) thing (a physical object, entity or situation) Synonym: (modern term) ancusa quê cuza? ― what? which? (literally, “what thing?”) pa qui cuza? ― why? (literally, “for which thing?”) ==== Derived terms ==== cuza suzo (“rubbish, bad thing, cursed thing”) === See also === ancusa, ancuza === References === https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm