mosi

See also: Mosi, mósí, môi, mōši, and mösi

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse mosi, from Proto-Germanic *musą, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːsɪ/
• Rhymes: -oːsɪ

Noun

mosi m (genitive singular mosa, plural mosar)

1. moss

Declension

Declension of mosi
m1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mosi	mosin	mosar	mosarnir
accusative	mosa	mosan	mosar	mosarnar
dative	mosa	mosanum	mosum	mosunum
genitive	mosa	mosans	mosa	mosanna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mosi, from Proto-Germanic *musą. Cognate with Faroese mosi, Danish mose, English moss, German Moos, Dutch mos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːsɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːsɪ

Noun

mosi m (genitive singular mosa, nominative plural mosar)

1. moss

Declension

declension of mosi

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mosi	mosinn	mosar	mosarnir
accusative	mosa	mosann	mosa	mosana
dative	mosa	mosanum	mosum	mosunum
genitive	mosa	mosans	mosa	mosanna

Derived terms

• barnamosi (“sphagnum, peat moss”)
• dýjamosi (“fountain apple-moss, Philonotis fontana”)
• gamburmosi (“woolly fringe-moss, Racomitrium languinosum”)
• grámosi (“hoary fringe-moss, Racomitrium canescens”)
• hreindýramosi (“reindeer moss, Cladonia rangiferina”)
• hvítmosi (“sphagnum, peat moss”)
• mosaburkni (“Wilson's filmy fern, Hymenophyllum wilsonii”)
• mosadýr (“bryozoon, moss animal”)
• mosafræði (“bryology”)
• mosagróinn (“mossgrown”)
• mosagrænn (“moss-green”)
• mosajafni (“lesser clubmoss, Selaginella selaginoides”)
• mosalyng (“moss bell heather, Harrimanella hypnoides”)
• mosasteinbrjótur (“mossy saxifrage, Saxifraga hypnoides”)
• mosategund (“moss species”)
• mosavaxinn (“mossgrown”)
• mosaþemba (“mossy area”)
• svarðmosi (“sphagnum, peat moss”)

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch motie, from French motion, from English motion, from Old French motion, from Latin motio (“movement, motion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmo.si]
• Hyphenation: mo‧si

Noun

mosi

1. motion, vote, proposal

   Parlemen setuju usulan mosi tidak percaya atas Perdana Menteri. ― Parliament pass the proposal of no confidence motion in Prime Minister.

Further reading

• “mosi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jíkì.

Noun

mosi 3 (uncountable)

1. smoke

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Swahili

Swahili numbers ^(edit)

	10
←  0	1	2  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: -moja, mosi     Ordinal: -a kwanza

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Numeral

mosi

1. one

Usage notes

Used as an abstract value as in "the number one"; when the number is being used as an adjective, use -moja, for counting, use moja.

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Yami

Noun

mosi

1. weevil