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

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Cardinal : tosa     Ordinal : sakatatosa

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

tosa

1. two

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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

v-30
infinitive	tosa
present participle	tosandi
past participle a6	tosaður
supine	tosað
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
indicative	eg	tú	hann/hon/tað	vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present	tosi	tosar	tosar	tosa
past	tosaði	tosaði	tosaði	tosaðu
imperative	–	tú	–	tit
present	—	tosa!	—	tosið!

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 forms

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

Noun

tosa m

1. joy
2. satisfaction

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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.