See also: OSU, ošu, oṣu, and -osu

Akan edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Akuapem) Tone: LH[1]

Noun edit

osu

  1. rain[2][1]
    Synonym: (Fante) nyankom
  2. (Akuapem) weeping, wail[1]
  3. rain cloud[2]
    osu amunait is cloudy[2][1]

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881) “o-su”, in A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)[1], Basel, page 458

Asturian edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *ussus, from Latin ursus. Compare Spanish and Galician oso, Old Portuguese usso.

Noun edit

osu m (plural osos)

  1. bear

Finnish edit

Verb edit

osu

  1. inflection of osua:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams edit

Istro-Romanian edit

Noun edit

osu n

  1. definite singular of os The bone

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

osu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おす

Kabuverdianu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese osso.

Noun edit

osu

  1. bone

Latvian edit

Noun edit

osu f

  1. inflection of osa:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural

Leonese edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

osu m (plural osos)

  1. bear

References edit

Olukumi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Yoruboid *ó-cù, cognate with Igala ochu, Yoruba ochù, Yoruba oṣù, Yoruba osù

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

osù

  1. moon

Romanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

osu n

  1. Eye dialect spelling of osul.
  2. Archaic spelling of osul.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of osul.

Serbo-Croatian edit

Noun edit

osu (Cyrillic spelling осу)

  1. accusative singular of osa

Slovak edit

Noun edit

osu

  1. accusative singular of osa

West Makian edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

osu

  1. (intransitive) to get up, to rise (from sitting)
  2. (intransitive) to get up, to wake up (from sleep)

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of osu (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person toosu moosu aosu
2nd person noosu foosu
3rd person inanimate iosu doosu
animate
imperative noosu, osu foosu, osu

References edit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics