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See also: USTA, U.S.T.A., ušta, ústa, and -usta

English

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Pronunciation

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Contraction

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usta

  1. (informal) used to: accustomed to
    • 1918, Adventure, page 71:
      That safe's one o' th' kind I'm usta.
    • 2011, By Red Neck Crick, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 324:
      It needs a lot of work, and it's a tad smaller than I'm usta, but you know what they say...
  2. (informal) used to: formerly did
    • 1941, James Howell Street, In my father's house:
      We usta have a rule that if a trusty shot an escaping convict, then the trusty would go free.
  3. (informal) use to (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Anagrams

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوستا (usta).

Noun

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ustá m

  1. mason
  2. master

Declension

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Declension of usta
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative usta usti ustallarë ustallarët
accusative ustin
dative usti ustit ustallarëve ustallarëve
ablative ustallarësh

Synonyms

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Azerbaijani

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Other scripts
Cyrillic уста
Arabic classical sp اوستا
modern Iranian sp

Etymology

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From Persian اوستا (ustâ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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usta (definite accusative ustanı, plural ustalar)

  1. master, craftsman, expert
  2. foreman
  3. repairman

Declension

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Declension of usta
singular plural
nominative ustaustalar
definite accusative ustanıustaları
dative ustayaustalara
locative ustadaustalarda
ablative ustadanustalardan
definite genitive ustanınustaların
Possessive forms of usta
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ustam ustalarım
sənin (“your”) ustan ustaların
onun (“his/her/its”) ustası ustaları
bizim (“our”) ustamız ustalarımız
sizin (“your”) ustanız ustalarınız
onların (“their”) ustası or ustaları ustaları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ustamı ustalarımı
sənin (“your”) ustanı ustalarını
onun (“his/her/its”) ustasını ustalarını
bizim (“our”) ustamızı ustalarımızı
sizin (“your”) ustanızı ustalarınızı
onların (“their”) ustasını or ustalarını ustalarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ustama ustalarıma
sənin (“your”) ustana ustalarına
onun (“his/her/its”) ustasına ustalarına
bizim (“our”) ustamıza ustalarımıza
sizin (“your”) ustanıza ustalarınıza
onların (“their”) ustasına or ustalarına ustalarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ustamda ustalarımda
sənin (“your”) ustanda ustalarında
onun (“his/her/its”) ustasında ustalarında
bizim (“our”) ustamızda ustalarımızda
sizin (“your”) ustanızda ustalarınızda
onların (“their”) ustasında or ustalarında ustalarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ustamdan ustalarımdan
sənin (“your”) ustandan ustalarından
onun (“his/her/its”) ustasından ustalarından
bizim (“our”) ustamızdan ustalarımızdan
sizin (“your”) ustanızdan ustalarınızdan
onların (“their”) ustasından or ustalarından ustalarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ustamın ustalarımın
sənin (“your”) ustanın ustalarının
onun (“his/her/its”) ustasının ustalarının
bizim (“our”) ustamızın ustalarımızın
sizin (“your”) ustanızın ustalarınızın
onların (“their”) ustasının or ustalarının ustalarının

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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From Persian اوستا (ustâ).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: us‧ta

Noun

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usta

  1. master
    Synonym: ustaz

Declension

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Declension of usta
singular plural
nominative usta ustalar
genitive ustanıñ ustalarnıñ
dative ustağa ustalarğa
accusative ustanı ustalarnı
locative ustada ustalarda
ablative ustadan ustalardan

Derived terms

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References

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Finnish

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Noun

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usta

  1. partitive singular of uksi

Anagrams

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈus.ta/
  • Rhymes: -usta
  • Hyphenation: ù‧sta

Noun

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usta f (plural uste)

  1. the characteristic smell left by wild animals and traced by hunting dogs

Anagrams

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Latin

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Participle

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usta

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

Participle

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ustā

  1. ablative feminine singular of ustus

References

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  • “usta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “usta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Czech

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃(u)s-(t)o-sder.
Proto-Slavic *usta
Old Czech usta

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *usta.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    usta n pl

    1. (plural only, anatomy) mouth

    Declension

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    Declension of usta (pl-only hard o-stem)
    plural
    nominative usta
    genitive ust
    dative ustóm
    accusative usta
    vocative usta
    locative ustiech
    instrumental usty
    This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

    Descendants

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    • Czech: ústa

    Further reading

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    Old Polish

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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃(u)s-(t)o-sder.
    Proto-Slavic *usta
    Old Polish usta

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *usta. First attested in the 14th century.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /usta/
      • IPA(key): (15th CE) /usta/

      Noun

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      usta nvir pl (diminutive ustka, related adjective ustny)

      1. (anatomy, attested in Lesser Poland) mouth
        • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 21, 1, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
          Otworzili sø na mø vsta (os) swoia iaco lew chwataiøcy y riczøcy
          [Otworzyli są na mię usta (os) swoja jako lew chwatający i ryczący]
        • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 77, 34, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
          Ieszcze karme gich bechø w usczech (in ore) gich
          [Jeszcze karmie jich biechą w uściech (in ore) jich]
        • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 68, 19, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
          Ani zatwarzay nade mnø szachta vst (os) swogich
          [Ani zatwarzaj nade mną szachta ust (os) swojich]
        • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 32, 6, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
          Slowem boszim nebosa sø sczwerdzona a duchem vst (spiritu oris) iego wszitka mocz gich
          [Słowem bożym niebiosa są śćwierdzona a duchem ust (spiritu oris) jego wszytka moc jich]
      2. (anatomy) lips
        • 1970 [Middle of the 15th century], Józef Reczek, Wacław Twardzik, editors, List Lentulusa w staropolskim przekładzie‎[3]:
          Nos yego y vsta (oris) bez wschey ganybi
          [Nos jego i usta (oris) bez wszej gańby]
        • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 16, 5, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
          Bichø ne molwila usta (os) moia scutkow ludzkich
          [Bychą nie mołwiła usta (os) moja skutkow ludzkich]
        • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, number I Prol 1, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
          Duszø welbi, vsta cziscy, sercze weseli
          [Duszę wielbi, usta czyści. Sierce wiesieli]
      3. (zootomy, attested in Lesser Poland) mouth; beak
        • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 21, 22, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
          Zbaw me z ust (ex ore) lwowich
          [Zbaw mie z ust (ex ore) lwowych]
      4. mistranslation of the ambiguous ōs as mouth instead of bone
        • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 138, 14, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
          Ne gest se vtagyla vsta moga ot czebe
          [Nie jest sie utajiła usta moja ot ciebie]

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      Polish

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      Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia pl

      Etymology

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      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃(u)s-(t)o-sder.
      Proto-Slavic *usta
      Old Polish usta
      Polish usta

        Inherited from Old Polish usta.

        Pronunciation

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        • Rhymes: -usta
        • Syllabification: us‧ta

        Noun

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        usta nvir pl (diminutive ustka, related adjective ustny)

        1. (anatomy) mouth
          Synonyms: jadaczka, kopara
        2. (anatomy) lips
          Synonym: wargi
        3. (obsolete, rare) face (person as an entity)
          Synonym: twarz

        Declension

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        Declension of usta
        plural
        nominative usta
        genitive ust
        dative ustom
        accusative usta
        instrumental ustami
        locative ustach
        vocative usta

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        adjectives
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        nouns
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        adjectives
        adverbs
        nouns

        Trivia

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        According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), usta is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 12 times in scientific texts, 0 times in news, 1 time in essays, 40 times in fiction, and 17 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 70 times, making it the 926th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

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        1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “usta”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 639

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        Romanian

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        Etymology

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        Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوسته (usta), from Persian اوستا (ustâ).

        Noun

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        usta f (plural ustale)

        1. supervisor

        Declension

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        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative usta ustaua ustale ustalele
        genitive-dative ustale ustalei ustale ustalelor
        vocative usta ustalelor

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        • usta in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

        Serbo-Croatian

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        Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia sh

        Etymology

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          Inherited from Proto-Slavic *usta.

          Pronunciation

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          • IPA(key): /ǔːsta/
          • Hyphenation: u‧sta

          Noun

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          ústa n pl (Cyrillic spelling у́ста)

          1. mouth

          Declension

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          Declension of usta
          plural
          nominative ústa
          genitive ústā
          dative ustima
          accusative usta
          vocative usta
          locative ustima
          instrumental ustima

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          • “usta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

          Slovene

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          Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
          Wikipedia sl

          Etymology

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          From Proto-Slavic *usta. First attested in the 10th century.

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          ústa n pl

          1. mouth (the opening of an animal through which food is ingested)

          Declension

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          Unknown tone or non-tonal
          		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
          Neuter, hard
          nominative ústa
          genitive úst
          plural
          nominative
          (imenovȃlnik)           		ústa
          genitive
          (rodȋlnik)           		úst
          dative
          (dajȃlnik)           		ústom
          accusative
          (tožȋlnik)           		ústa
          locative
          (mẹ̑stnik)           		ústih
          instrumental
          (orọ̑dnik)           		ústi

          Further reading

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          • “usta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

          Turkish

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          Etymology

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          Inherited from Ottoman Turkish استا (usta), derived from Classical Persian اوستا (ūstā).

          Pronunciation

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          • IPA(key): /usˈta/
          • Audio:(file)
          • Hyphenation: us‧ta

          Noun

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          usta (definite accusative ustayı, plural ustalar)

          1. master, expert
            Synonym: (dated) hazık
            Coordinate terms: çırak, kalfa
          2. any self-employed blue-collar worker such as a plumber, electrician, carpenter etc.
            Usta çağırsak mı?
            Should we call a repairman?

          Declension

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          Declension of usta
          singular plural
          nominative usta ustalar
          definite accusative ustayı ustaları
          dative ustaya ustalara
          locative ustada ustalarda
          ablative ustadan ustalardan
          genitive ustanın ustaların
          Possessive forms
          nominative
          singular plural
          1st singular ustam ustalarım
          2nd singular ustan ustaların
          3rd singular ustası ustaları
          1st plural ustamız ustalarımız
          2nd plural ustanız ustalarınız
          3rd plural ustaları ustaları
          definite accusative
          singular plural
          1st singular ustamı ustalarımı
          2nd singular ustanı ustalarını
          3rd singular ustasını ustalarını
          1st plural ustamızı ustalarımızı
          2nd plural ustanızı ustalarınızı
          3rd plural ustalarını ustalarını
          dative
          singular plural
          1st singular ustama ustalarıma
          2nd singular ustana ustalarına
          3rd singular ustasına ustalarına
          1st plural ustamıza ustalarımıza
          2nd plural ustanıza ustalarınıza
          3rd plural ustalarına ustalarına
          locative
          singular plural
          1st singular ustamda ustalarımda
          2nd singular ustanda ustalarında
          3rd singular ustasında ustalarında
          1st plural ustamızda ustalarımızda
          2nd plural ustanızda ustalarınızda
          3rd plural ustalarında ustalarında
          ablative
          singular plural
          1st singular ustamdan ustalarımdan
          2nd singular ustandan ustalarından
          3rd singular ustasından ustalarından
          1st plural ustamızdan ustalarımızdan
          2nd plural ustanızdan ustalarınızdan
          3rd plural ustalarından ustalarından
          genitive
          singular plural
          1st singular ustamın ustalarımın
          2nd singular ustanın ustalarının
          3rd singular ustasının ustalarının
          1st plural ustamızın ustalarımızın
          2nd plural ustanızın ustalarınızın
          3rd plural ustalarının ustalarının
          Predicative forms
          singular plural
          1st singular ustayım ustalarım
          2nd singular ustasın ustalarsın
          3rd singular usta
          ustadır           		ustalar
          ustalardır
          1st plural ustayız ustalarız
          2nd plural ustasınız ustalarsınız
          3rd plural ustalar ustalardır

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          Venetan

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          Noun

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          usta f (plural uste)

          1. smell (the sense of smell)
          2. nose (intuition)

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