uss

Possibly onomatopoetic. A similar root is seen in Livonian ūška (“worm”).

Alternatively, derived from Old East Slavic ѫжь (ǫžĭ, “grass snake”), whence Russian уж (už).

• IPA^(key): /ˈusʲː/, [ˈusʲː]
• Rhymes: -usʲː
• Hyphenation: uss

uss (genitive ussi, partitive ussi)

1. worm
   1. (in the plural, zoology) invertebrates with a long slender body (Vermes)

      Kaanid kuuluvad usside hulka. ― Leeches are worms.

   2. as live bait for fish

      Poiss ajas õnge otsa priske ussi.

      The boy baited a hook with a worm.

   3. maggot, larva

      usse täis õun ― an apple full of maggots

      Jahu on ussidest rikutud.

      The flour is spoiled by maggots.

      Keha saab ussidele söödaks.

      The body will become food for worms.

2. snake

   ussi sisin ― the hissing of a snake

   ussilt salvata saama ― get bitten by a snake

   ussina looklev rongkäik ― a winding parade (like a snake)

   vihkama nagu ussi aia all ― hate someone like a snake under the fence

   Synonym: madu

3. (figuratively) a mean, sneaky, deceitful person

   Synonym: madu

Uss in the definition of "snake" is commonly used for smaller snakes, that are native to Estonia, such as a viper or a grass snake, whereas larger, poisonous snakes are referred to as madu.

• (snake): madu

• usjas
• ussilik
• ussitama

• uss in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “uss”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

uss

1. shush!, be quiet!

   Synonym: suss

2. tsk!, pshaw!, pht!, used to indicate disapproval or disgust

   Synonyms: fuss, svei, iss, fussum svei

   Uss nei! ― Pht, no way!

• ussa (“to shush”)

Akin to Italian uscio, from Latin ostium.

uss

1. door

From a Middle Irish [Term?] lenited form of Old Irish tussu.

uss

1. Second person singular informal emphatic personal pronoun; you

• oo (non-emphatic)

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• üss

• IPA^(key): /ys/

uss m (plural uss)

1. door