See also: posí and Pòsī

English edit

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posi (not comparable)

  1. positive (optimistic, uplifting)
    • 2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 92:
      Think positive thoughts...k fuck...even posi thoughts like people are mirrors showing me parts of myself I don't love feel too intense.

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Amis edit

Noun edit

posi

  1. cat

References edit

Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎[1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

Catalan edit

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Verb edit

posi

  1. inflection of posar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Faroese edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

posi m (genitive singular posa, plural posar)

  1. bag (linen or plastic)

Declension edit

Declension of posi
m1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative posi posin posar posarnir
accusative posa posan posar posarnar
dative posa posanum posum posunum
genitive posa posans posa posanna

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse posi, from Proto-Germanic *pusô. Cognate with Faroese posi, Danish pose, Norwegian pose, Swedish påse. Also related to English purse.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

posi m (genitive singular posa, nominative plural posar)

  1. small bag

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Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpo.zi/, (traditional) /ˈpo.si/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ozi, (traditional) -osi
  • Hyphenation: pó‧si

Verb edit

posi

  1. first-person singular past historic of porre

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.zi/, (traditional) /ˈpɔ.si/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔzi, (traditional) -ɔsi
  • Hyphenation: pò‧si

Verb edit

posi

  1. inflection of posare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 posi in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams edit

Old Swedish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse posi, from Proto-Germanic *pusô.

Noun edit

posi m

  1. bag

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Swedish: påse

Yanomamö edit

Noun edit

posi

  1. anus

References edit

  • Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN

Yoruba edit

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Noun edit

pósí

  1. coffin, casket