/²pɵsta/
UrsprungFrom or related to Old Norse pustr (“slap in the face”), according to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell, inflate”).
Cognate of Danish puste, German pusten. Doublet of pussig, pysa, and pösa. See also origin of kindpust.
- to pant, to puff (as after exertion)
- common-gendera pusta (type of Hungarian steppe)
Formerpustar(present) · pustade(preterite) · pustat(supine) · pusta(imperative) · pusta(active, infinitive) · pustas(infinitive, passive) · pustat(active, supine) · pustats(passive, supine) · pusta(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · pusten(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · pustar(active, indicative, present) · pustade(active, indicative, past) · pustas(indicative, passive, present) · pustades(indicative, passive, past) · pusta(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · pustade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · pustas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · pustades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)