abusu

Asturian

Noun

abusu m (plural abusos)

1. abuse

Basque

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyt-der.?

Proto-Italic *oitōr

Latin ūtor

Latin abūtor

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin abūsuslbor.

Spanish abusobor.

Basque abusu

Borrowed from Spanish abuso (“abuse”), a learned borrowing from Latin abūsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abus̺u/ [a.β̞u.s̺u]
• Rhymes: -us̺u, -u
• Hyphenation: a‧bu‧su

Noun

abusu inan

1. abuse

Declension

Declension of abusu (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	abusu	abusua	abusuak	abusuok
ergative	abusuk	abusuak	abusuek	abusuok
dative	abusuri	abusuari	abusuei	abusuoi
genitive	abusuren	abusuaren	abusuen	abusuon
comitative	abusurekin	abusuarekin	abusuekin	abusuokin
causative	abusurengatik	abusuarengatik	abusuengatik	abusuongatik
benefactive	abusurentzat	abusuarentzat	abusuentzat	abusuontzat
instrumental	abusuz	abusuaz	abusuez	abusuotaz
inessive	abusutan	abusuan	abusuetan	abusuotan
locative	abusutako	abusuko	abusuetako	abusuotako
allative	abusutara	abusura	abusuetara	abusuotara
terminative	abusutaraino	abusuraino	abusuetaraino	abusuotaraino
directive	abusutarantz	abusurantz	abusuetarantz	abusuotarantz
destinative	abusutarako	abusurako	abusuetarako	abusuotarako
ablative	abusutatik	abusutik	abusuetatik	abusuotatik
partitive	abusurik	—	—	—
prolative	abusutzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• eskubide-abusu (“abuse of law”)
• sexu-abusu (“sexual abuse”)

Further reading

• “abusu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “abusu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Fala

Alternative forms

• abushu (Lagarteiru, Mañegu)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyt-der.?

Proto-Italic *oitōr

Latin ūtor

Latin abūtor

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin abūsuslbor.

Spanish abusobor.

Fala abusu

Borrowed from Spanish abuso, a learned borrowing from Latin abūsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbusu/
• Rhymes: -usu
• Syllabification: a‧bu‧su

Noun

abusu m (plural abusus)

1. (Valverdeñu) abuse

Derived terms

• abusal (“to abuse”)
• abusivu (“abusive”)

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 37

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈbuː.suː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈbuː.s̬u]

Verb

abūsū

1. ablative supine of abūtor

Noun

abūsū

1. ablative singular of abūsus