kus
Afrikaans
/kœs/
noun
Definitions
- coast, shoreline, seashore
- coastal region
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish kust (coast, choice, choosing) inherited from Middle Dutch cost derived from Old French coste (rib, side, coast) derived from Latin costa (rib, side, edge, wall).
Origin
Latin
costa
Gloss
rib, side, edge, wall
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
端, 縁
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- costa English
- costamere English
- costard English
- albicostus Latin
- costa Latin
- costula Latin
- cōnstō Latin
- flavicostus Latin
- fuscicostus Latin
- nigricostus Latin
- pallidicostus Latin
- rubricostus Latin
- Costa Italian
- accostare Italian
- costa Italian
- Goudkust Dutch, Flemish
- Ivoorkust Dutch, Flemish
- in de kost Dutch, Flemish
- kost Dutch, Flemish
- kust Dutch, Flemish
- kustgebergte Dutch, Flemish
- kustgebied Dutch, Flemish
- kustlijn Dutch, Flemish
- kustlinie Dutch, Flemish
- kustplaats Dutch, Flemish
- kustverdediging Dutch, Flemish
- kustwacht Dutch, Flemish
- kustwater Dutch, Flemish
- oostkust Dutch, Flemish
- westkust Dutch, Flemish
- zeekust Dutch, Flemish
- zuidkust Dutch, Flemish
- Côté French
- accoster French
- Cuesta Spanish, Castilian
- cuesta Spanish, Castilian
- *kost- Proto-Indo-European
- kyst Norwegian Bokmål
- costa Portuguese
- da Costa Portuguese
- kyst Norwegian Nynorsk
- coste Middle English
- cost Old French
- coste Old French
- Costa Catalan, Valencian
- costa Catalan, Valencian
- Dacosta Galician
- costeiro Galician
- costela Galician
- coastă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cost Middle Dutch
- côte Norman
- kost Middle High German
- coste Middle French
- costelette Middle French
- costé Middle French
- costa Old Portuguese
- costas Old Portuguese
- kost Middle Low German
- coastã Aromanian
- Costa Occitan
- còsta Occitan
- kustilja Maltese
- costa Asturian
- costiella Asturian
- cueste Friulian
- coste xno
- cuasta Dalmatian