Cebuano

Pronoun

unsa

1. what

   Nag unsa ka?

   What are you doing?

2. which

   Unsa nga eskwela ka gikan?

   Which school do you come from?

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish onza.

Noun

únsa

1. ounce

Irish

Alternative forms

• únsa (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French once, from Latin uncia ‎(“1/12 part”).

Noun

unsa m ‎(genitive singular unsa, nominative plural unsaí)

1. ounce (1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, 28.3495 g)

Declension

Mutation

References

• "unsa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “un(n)sa” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.