tosa

See also: tosâ and ťösă

English

Etymology

< Japanese 土佐 (Tosa), according to the former Tosa province on the island of Shikoku where the dog was originally bred.

Noun

tosa (plural tosas)

1. A Japanese breed of fighting dog

Synonyms

• tosa inu (lit. "Tosa dog")

Translations

breed of dog

• Finnish: tosa

• German: Tosa m

Anagrams

• OTAs, SOTA, Sato, Sota, Taos, Tsao, as to, oast, oats, stoa, taos, toas

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Amis

Amis cardinal numbers

<  1	2	3  >
Cardinal : tosa     Ordinal : sakatatosa

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

tosa

1. two

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Catalan

Etymology

From tondre.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈto.zə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈto.za/

Noun

tosa f (plural toses)

1. shearing

   La tosa de les ovelles generava una gran quantitat de llana.

   The shearing of the sheep generates a large quantity of wool.

2. The time of sheepshearing, a traditional occasion for celebration.

Synonyms

• (act of shearing): esquilada, xolla

Further reading

• “tosa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

tosa

1. mole.

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʰɔːsa]

Verb

tosa (third person singular past indicative tosaði, third person plural past indicative tosað, supine tosað)

1. to talk, to speak

   tosa tygum enskt? - do you speak English?

Conjugation

Conjugation of tosa (group v-30)
infinitive	tosa
supine	tosað
participle (a6)1	tosandi	tosaður
	present	past
first singular	tosi	tosaði
second singular	tosar	tosaði
third singular	tosar	tosaði
plural	tosa	tosaðu
	imperative
singular	tosa!
plural	tosið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

See also

• práta
• fortelja
• svara
• spyrja

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Finnish

Etymology

< Japanese, see English etymology section above

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtosɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞s̠ɑ]
• Rhymes: -osɑ
• Syllabification: to‧sa

Noun

tosa

1. tosa (Japanese breed of fighting dog)

Declension

Inflection of tosa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		tosa	tosat
genitive		tosan	tosien
partitive		tosaa	tosia
illative		tosaan	tosiin
		singular	plural
nominative		tosa	tosat
accusative	nom.	tosa	tosat
	gen.	tosan
genitive		tosan	tosien tosainrare
partitive		tosaa	tosia
inessive		tosassa	tosissa
elative		tosasta	tosista
illative		tosaan	tosiin
adessive		tosalla	tosilla
ablative		tosalta	tosilta
allative		tosalle	tosille
essive		tosana	tosina
translative		tosaksi	tosiksi
instructive		—	tosin
abessive		tosatta	tositta
comitative		—	tosineen

Possessive forms of tosa (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	tosani	tosamme
2nd person	tosasi	tosanne
3rd person	tosansa

Synonyms

• tosa inu

Anagrams

• Atso, osat, osta, otsa, sato, sota, stoa, taos, taso

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Italian

Verb

tosa

1. inflection of tosare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Atos, osta

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Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• toza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toza/

Noun

tosa f (oblique plural tosas, nominative singular tosa, nominative plural tosas)

1. young woman, girl
   • c. 1130, Marcabru, pastorela:

     «Toza, fi·m eu, res faitissa, / Dol ai gran del ven que·us fissa.»

     ‘Girl,’ I said, ‘beautiful thing, I have great concern about the wind which is biting you.’

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀢𑁄𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• तोस (Devanagari script)
• তোস (Bengali script)
• තොස (Sinhalese script)
• တောသ or တေႃသ (Burmese script)
• โตส or โตสะ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩮᩣᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂຕສ or ໂຕສະ (Lao script)
• តោស (Khmer script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit तोष (toṣa).

Noun

tosa m

1. joy, satisfaction

Declension

Declension table of "tosa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	toso	tosā
Accusative (second)	tosaṃ	tose
Instrumental (third)	tosena	tosehi or tosebhi
Dative (fourth)	tosassa or tosāya or tosatthaṃ	tosānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	tosasmā or tosamhā or tosā	tosehi or tosebhi
Genitive (sixth)	tosassa	tosānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	tosasmiṃ or tosamhi or tose	tosesu
Vocative (calling)	tosa	tosā

Further reading

• “tosa”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, 1921-1925.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley, “tōṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, 1969–1985.

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Portuguese

Verb

tosa

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of tosar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of tosar

Noun

tosa f (plural tosas)

1. the act of cutting or trimming a pet's hair, such as in pet grooming

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Spanish

Verb

tosa

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of toser.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of toser.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of toser.