pusha

Papiamentu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pel-

Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *pl̥néh₂ti

Proto-Italic *pelnō

Latin pellō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin pulsō

Old French poulser

Middle French pousserbor.

Middle English pushen

English pushder.

Papiamentu pusha

Derived from English push. Compare Portuguese puxar "to pull" (ac Kramer).

Verb

pusha

1. to push

Swedish

Etymology

From English push.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²pɵɧa/, /²pʊɧa/

Verb

pusha (present pushar, preterite pushade, supine pushat, imperative pusha)

1. (transitive, colloquial) to support and encourage
2. (transitive, colloquial) to promote, to create interest for something

Conjugation

Conjugation of pusha (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	pusha		pushas
supine	pushat		pushats
imperative	pusha		—
imper. plural1	pushen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	pushar	pushade	pushas	pushades
ind. plural1	pusha	pushade	pushas	pushades
subjunctive2	pushe	pushade	pushes	pushades
present participle		pushande
past participle		pushad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• “pusha”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)