fusa

Borrowed from Japanese 総 (fusa).

fusa pl (plural only)

1. (sumo) The four knotted tassels hanging from the roof of the dohyo; symbolising the four seasons.

• USAF, aufs, UFAs, Faus, sauf, Fasu

• IPA^(key): /fy.za/
• Homophones: fusas, fusât

fusa

1. third-person singular past historic of fuser

• usa

From earlier usa, from Old Irish assu. Similar to development of fuar and feic, the initial f- of Modern Irish comes from a misinterpretation of usa as fhusa in lenition environments.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠʊsˠə/

fusa

1. comparative degree of furasta (“easy”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fusa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 usa, ussa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “fusa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fusa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.za/
• Rhymes: -uza
• Hyphenation: fù‧sa

fusa f sg

1. feminine singular of fuso

fusa f sg

1. feminine singular of fuso

Archaic irregular plural of fuso (“spindle”), used in sense 2 probably for the sound being similar to that of a spinning spindle.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.za/, (traditional) /ˈfu.sa/
• Rhymes: -uza, (traditional) -usa
• Hyphenation: fù‧sa

fusa f pl

1. (archaic, literary) plural of fuso (“spindle”)
2. (plural only) purr (sound made by a cat)

   fare le fusa ― to purr

Borrowed from French fusée (“fusil”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.za/
• Rhymes: -uza
• Hyphenation: fù‧sa

fusa f (plural fuse)

1. (music) quasihemidemisemiquaver, semihemidemisemiquaver (hundred twenty-eighth note)

• fusa (music) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

fusa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふさ

• (fūsa) (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.sa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.s̬a]
• (fūsā) (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.saː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.s̬a]

fūsa

1. inflection of fūsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

fūsā

1. ablative feminine singular of fūsus

fūsa f (genitive fūsae); first declension

1. (music) quaver (British), eighth note (US)

First-declension noun.

• "fusa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• fuse (verb, e and split infinitives)

fusa (present tense fusar, past tense fusa, past participle fusa, passive infinitive fusast, present participle fusande, imperative fusa/fus)

1. rush

• “fusa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Italian fusa, from French fusée.

• Hyphenation: fu‧sa

fusa f (plural fusas)

1. (music) demisemiquaver (thirty-second note)

• “fusa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “fusa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

fusa

1. alternative form of fasa

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “fusa”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 usa, ussa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

fusa f (plural fusas)

1. demisemiquaver

• “fusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

From Proto-Sabaki *-fus-.

-fusa (infinitive kufusa)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) to soften by beating

Borrowed from Arabic فَسَا (fasā).

-fusa (infinitive kufusa)

1. to fart quietly