masu
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Inupiaq masu.
==== Pronunciation ====
(UK) IPA(key): /ˈmasuː/
==== Noun ====
masu
A plant, Hedysarum alpinum, whose edible root is consumed by the Inuit of Alaska.
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Japanese 枡.
==== Noun ====
masu (plural masu)
A square wooden box, originally used to measure rice in Japan during the feudal period.
===== Translations =====
=== Etymology 3 ===
From Japanese 鱒 (masu, “trout, sea trout, salmon”).
==== Noun ====
masu (plural masu)
masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)
=== See also ===
masu-seki (possibly etymologically unrelated, but it is Japanese, like previous etymologies.)
=== Anagrams ===
AMUs, MSAU, MUAs, Maus, Musa, UMAs, USMA, amus, aums, saum
== Afar ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈmasu/ [ˈmʌsʊ]
Hyphenation: ma‧su
=== Noun ===
másu m
thickness
==== References ====
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
== Czech ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈmasu]
=== Noun ===
masu
dative/locative singular of maso
== Finnish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
massu
=== Etymology ===
Childish form of maha.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈmɑsu/, [ˈmɑ̝s̠u]
Rhymes: -ɑsu
Syllabification(key): ma‧su
Hyphenation(key): ma‧su
=== Noun ===
masu (colloquial, childish)
tummy
==== Declension ====
==== Synonyms ====
maha
vatsa
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“masu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
=== Anagrams ===
Samu, musa, suma, usma
== Japanese ==
=== Romanization ===
masu
Rōmaji transcription of ます
Rōmaji transcription of マス
== Old French ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mansūtus, from Latin mansus, past participle of maneō (“to stay, to remain”).
=== Verb ===
masu
past participle of manoir
== Old Irish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
maso, massu
=== Etymology ===
Univerbation of má (“if”) + is (“is”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ma.so/
=== Verb ===
masu (triggers lenition)
if… is
For quotations using this term, see Citations:masu.