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# {{label|gnym|transitive|nocat=1}} to smell | # {{label|gnym|transitive|nocat=1}} to smell | ||
#: {{ux|gnym|Tu '''nusa''' ke mama faña?|Do you '''smell''' what mum is cooking?}} | #: {{ux|gnym|Tu '''nusa''' ke mama faña?|Do you '''smell''' what mum is cooking?}} | ||
===Noun=== | |||
{{head|gnym|n|g=cI|plural|wanusa}} | |||
# nose | |||
#: {{ux|gnym|Ye lidi mi keten '''nusa''' gran. Badá ye lidi kegusta '''nusa''' gran mi.|She said that I had a big '''nose'''. Then she said she liked my big '''nose'''.}} | |||
Latest revision as of 22:57, 31 May 2026
Ganymedian
Etymology
From Swahili -nusa "to smell"; sense of "nose" from the deverbalised form.
Pronunciation
Verb
nusa (past linusa, future tanusa, subjunctive kenusa, infinitive kunusa)
- (transitive) to smell
- Tu nusa ke mama faña?
- Do you smell what mum is cooking?
Noun
nusa class I (plural wanusa)
- nose
- Ye lidi mi keten nusa gran. Badá ye lidi kegusta nusa gran mi.
- She said that I had a big nose. Then she said she liked my big nose.