chus

See also: CHUs and Chus

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Verb

chus

  1. to trust
  2. to purchase using a credit card

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chus, from Latin plūs (more).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃus/ [ˈt͡ʃus̺]
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Hyphenation: chus

Adverb

chus

  1. only used in sen chus nin mus and its alternative forms

References

Old Galician-Portuguese

FWOTD – 30 October 2012

Etymology

Inherited from Latin plūs (more), from Old Latin *plous, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (many). Eventually displaced by mais.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃus̺/

Adverb

chus

  1. more
    • tres mouroſ q̇ entṙã / chus negroſ q̇ Satanaſ / no Caſtelo os de dentro / os fezeron en caer.
      three Moors who entered / blacker (more black) than Satan / in the Castle, the ones inside / made them fall.
    • 1305, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 498:
      et sse esto que eu mando he chus pouco cao quinto de todos meus bees assi movil como rrayz
      and if this that I'm granting is very little compared with a fifth of all of my possessions, chattel as well as real state, then [...]
    • 14th Century, Saint Benedict (480-547), Regra de São Bento (fragmento), Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, page 5:
      Sempre deve seer nẽbrado o abade o que é, e nẽbrar-se o que é dito, e saber ca a quem chus é dado chus lhe seera demandado.
      Always should the abbot be remembered of what he is, remember of what it's said, and know that to whom more is given, more is demanded.
    Synonym: mais

Descendants

  • Galician: chus
  • Portuguese: chus

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • chuz (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chus, from Latin plūs (more). Displaced by collateral mais.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃu(j)s/ [ˈʃu(ɪ̯)s]
 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -us, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃ
  • Hyphenation: chus

Adverb

chus (not comparable)

  1. only used in sem chus nem bus and its alternative forms
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (archaic) more

Derived terms

  • nem chus, nem bus
  • sem chus nem bus
  • sem dizer chus nem bus
  • sem fazer chus nem bus

References

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xus̪/

Noun

chus

  1. lenited form of cus