ус

From Proto-Turkic *ạbuč (“palm, handful”).

Cognate with Kazakh уыс (wıs), Kyrgyz ууч (uuç, “handful”), Turkish avuç (“palm, handful”).

• IPA^(key): [us]
• Hyphenation: ус (one syllable)

ус • (us)

1. (anatomy) palm
2. handful

From Proto-Mongolic *usun. Compare Dongxiang usu.

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /ʊs/, [o̙s]

ус • (us) (Mongolian spelling ᠤᠰᠤ (usu)); (hidden-n declension )

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

From Old East Slavic усъ (usŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ < *vǫsъ < *vǫdsъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wónsa, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰsom, s-expansion of root *wendʰ- (“hair, wool, beard”).

• IPA^(key): [us]

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ус • (us) m inan (genitive у́са, nominative plural усы́, genitive plural усо́в)

1. (usually in the plural) moustache
2. whisker
3. feeler, antenna
4. tendril, awn

• уса́тый (usátyj)
• усач (usač), у́сик (úsik)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ус”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
• Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “усы”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 293