Kashubian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɔʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔʃ
  • Syllabification: cosz

Pronoun

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cosz

  1. (regional) Alternative form of cos.

Further reading

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  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “coś”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • cos/cosz”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Masurian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish coś. By surface analysis, co +‎ -sz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɔʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔʃ
  • Syllabification: cosz

Pronoun

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cosz n

  1. something (uncertain or unspecified thing)
  2. some, a little (uncertain or unspecified amount)

Particle

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cosz

  1. somehow (in an uncertain or unspecified way)

Further reading

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  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “coś”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur[2], volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 359