gusi

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡusi/ [ˈɡu.si]
• Rhymes: -usi
• Syllabification: gu‧si

From Malay gusi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gusi (“gums”), from Proto-Austronesian *gusi (“gums”).

gusi (plural gusi-gusi)

1. (anatomy) gum: the flesh around the teeth

From Malay gusi, probably from Persian گشا (gošâ, “opening, loosening, solving”).^[1]

gusi (plural gusi-gusi)

1. mizzen sail; gaff mainsail

• “gusi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gusi (“gums”), from Proto-Austronesian *gusi (“gums”).

• Rhymes: -i

gusi (Jawi spelling ݢوسي, plural gusi-gusi)

1. (anatomy) gum

• Indonesian: gusi

• “gusi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Onomatopoeic.

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.ɕi/

gusi

1. (Kuyavia) used to call geese

• Józef Bliziński (1860) “gusi”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 623
• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “gusi”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271

Borrowed from Malay guci (“jar”), possibly from Chinese.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡusiʔ/ [ˈɡuː.sɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -usiʔ
• Syllabification: gu‧si

gusì (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜐᜒ)

1. large burial jar
2. large vase of buried treasure (supposedly left by Hakka Chinese who migrated to pre-colonial Philippines)

• tapayan

• “gusi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• usig