Bhusa¹

chaff, husks AN.i.241 (-āgāra chaff-house); Dhp.252 (opuṇāti bhusaṃ to sift husks); Ud.78; Pv.iii.4#1; Pv.iii.10#7; Vv-a.47 (tiṇa litter).

cp. Vedic busa (nt.) & buśa (m.)

Bhusa²

adjective strong, mighty, great Dhp.339 (taṇhā = balavā Dhp-a.iv.48); Ja.v.361 (daṇḍa daḷha, balavā C.)
■ nt. bhusaṃ (adv.) much, exceedingly, greatly, vehemently. In compounds bhusaṃ˚ & bhusa˚-SN.i.69; Ja.iii.441; Ja.iv.11; Ja.v.203 (bhusa-dassaneyya), Ja.vi.192; Vv.6#9; Pv.3#38; Pv.iv.7#7; Mil.346; Snp-a.107 (“verbum intensivum”); Sdhp.289.

cp. Vedic bhṛśa