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pusta.

to pant, to puff (as after exertion)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

verb/²pɵsta/
  1. to pant, to puff (as after exertion)

Where this word comes from

From 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.

noun/²pɵsta/
  1. a pusta (type of Hungarian steppe)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Hungarian puszta.

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