kosa
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Czech kosa, from Proto-Slavic *kosa.
Noun edit
kosa f
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
kosa m anim
Further reading edit
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kosa (accusative singular kosan, plural kosaj, accusative plural kosajn)
Guinea-Bissau Creole edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese coçar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kosa.
Verb edit
kosa
- to scratch
Ingrian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian коса (kosa).
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkosɑ/, [ˈko̞s̠ɑ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkosɑ/, [ˈko̞ʒ̥ɑ]
- Rhymes: -osɑ
- Hyphenation: ko‧sa
Noun edit
kosa
- Only used in peräkosa
Declension edit
Declension of kosa (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kosa | kosat |
genitive | kosan | kossiin |
partitive | kossaa | kossia |
illative | kossaa | kossii |
inessive | kosas | kosis |
elative | kosast | kosist |
allative | kosalle | kosille |
adessive | kosal | kosil |
ablative | kosalt | kosilt |
translative | kosaks | kosiks |
essive | kosanna, kossaan | kosinna, kossiin |
exessive1) | kosant | kosint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 198
Kabuverdianu edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese coçar.
Verb edit
kosa
- to scratch
Ladino edit
Noun edit
kosa f (Latin spelling)
Latvian edit
Noun edit
kosa f (4th declension)
Lingala edit
Verb edit
-kosa (infinitive kokosa)
See also edit
Lower Sorbian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
kosa f inan
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
kosa
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
kosa
- inflection of kose:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kosa (present tense kosar/koser, past tense kosa/koste, past participle kosa/kost, passive infinitive kosast, present participle kosande, imperative kosa/kos)
- (takes pronoun in objective case) to enjoy
- No kosar me oss.
- We are enjoying ourselves now.
- to snuggle
References edit
- “kosa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit कोश (kośa, “container”).
Noun edit
kosa m or n
Declension edit
As a masculine noun, the declension is:
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | koso | kosā |
Accusative (second) | kosaṃ | kose |
Instrumental (third) | kosena | kosehi or kosebhi |
Dative (fourth) | kosassa or kosāya or kosatthaṃ | kosānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | kosasmā or kosamhā or kosā | kosehi or kosebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | kosassa | kosānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | kosasmiṃ or kosamhi or kose | kosesu |
Vocative (calling) | kosa | kosā |
As a neuter noun, the nominative, vocative and accusative have a different set of forms:
References edit
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kosa”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Polish kosa, from Proto-Slavic *kosa.
Noun edit
kosa f
- scythe
- (dated) braid
- (geography) spit that extends into the deep sea, instead of closing off a lagoon
- Synonym: szpyrk
- (slang) knife, shank
- (slang) beef, grudge
- Mieć z kimś kosę
- Have a beef with someone
Usage notes edit
Examples of landforms in sense #3 are the Farewell Spit in New Zealand and the Hel Peninsula in Poland.
Declension edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
kosa m animal
Adjective edit
kosa
References edit
Further reading edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)
- hair (of a person, on the head)
Declension edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)
Declension edit
Etymology 3 edit
From kȏs.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)
Declension edit
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
kosa
- inflection of kos:
Noun edit
kosa (Cyrillic spelling коса)
References edit
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kosa f (genitive singular kosy, nominative plural kosy, genitive plural kôs, declension pattern of žena)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kosa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
kosa (ma class, plural makosa)
Verb edit
-kosa (infinitive kukosa)
Conjugation edit
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Derived terms edit
- Nominal derivations:
- ukosefu (“shortage, lack”)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From French course, similar to Dutch koers.
Noun edit
kosa c
- (in some expressions) course
- Jag styrde kosan mot baren
- I steered the course towards the bar (journeyed towards the bar)
Declension edit
Declension of kosa | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kosa | kosan | kosor | kosorna |
Genitive | kosas | kosans | kosors | kosornas |