tussock

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• General-American, UK: /ˈtʌs.ək/
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Uncertain. Likely from or related to tusk + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle High German zūsach (“thicket”), a derivative of Middle High German zūse (“lock of hair”). Compare also Scottish Gaelic dosag (“little tuft”).

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Basque: belar-sasi — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• Bulgarian: туфа (tufa) — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• Dutch: pol — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• Dutch: graspol — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• Finnish: mätäs — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• Finnish: tupas — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• French: tussack — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• Galician: touza — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• Galician: toutizo — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• German: Grasbüschel — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• Hungarian: zsombék — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• Icelandic: þúfa — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• Ingrian: mätäs — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• Ingrian: könkörä — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• Irish: tom — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• Irish: tortóg — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• Māori: wi — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• Māori: wīwī — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• Polish: kępa — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• Russian: ко́чка (kóčka) — tuft or clump of grass or verdure
• Woiwurrung: bowat — tuft or clump of grass or verdure