Italian

Noun

blusa f ‎(plural bluse)

1. blouse
2. smock (of a painter)
3. overall (of a worker)

Latvian

Blusa

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *blusa (or perhaps Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšaH^{[source needed]}), from Proto-Indo-European *b(ʰ)lou / *plou-, *b(ʰ)lu / *plu- “flea” (< *bʰluseh₂). Cognates include Lithuanian blusà, Old Prussian place name Bluskaym (cf. Latvian Blusciems), Proto-Slavic *blъxa (Russian блоха ‎(bloxá), Belarusian блыха ‎(blyxá), Bulgarian блъха ‎(blǎhá), Czech blecha, Polish pchła, dialectal błycha), Old High German flōh (< *plouk-), German Floh, Sanskrit प्लुषिः ‎(pluṣiḥ), Ancient Greek ψύλλα ‎(psúlla) (< *blusya-), Latin pūlex (< *pusl-).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [blusa]

Noun

blusa f (4th declension)

1. flea (various small, wingless bloodsucking parasites of order Siphonaptera, famous for their ability to jump)

   blusas kodiens‎ ― flea bite

   cilvēka blusa‎ ― human flea

   ķert blusas‎ ― to catch fleas

   uz netīras ādas parazitē blusas, kas izplata infekciju slimības‎ ― dirty skin is parasitized by fleas which spread infectious diseases

Declension

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “blusa”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšaH ‎(“flea”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰluseh₂ ‎(“flea”).

Noun

blusà f

1. flea

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• blusen

Noun

blusa m, f

1. definite feminine singular of bluse

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• blusen

Noun

blusa m, f

1. definite feminine singular of bluse

Portuguese

Noun

blusa f (plural blusas)

1. blouse (woman's shirt)

Spanish

Etymology

From French blouse.

Noun

blusa f ‎(plural blusas)

1. blouse