wósa

See also: wosa

Hamer-Banna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wósa/, [wósḁ]

Pronoun

wósa

1. genitive of wodí

See also

Hamer-Banna personal pronouns

		nominative	accusative	genitive	dative	dependent	allative	comitative	affective	optative	restrictive
exclusive	1st person sg.	ínta	íɗan, ɛ́ɛn	ísa	ína	intɛ́	ídar	ímbe	íxal	ɛ́nna	ímal
	2nd person sg.	yáa	háɗan, háan	hása	hána	hantɛ́	hádar	hambé	háxal	hánna	hámal
	3rd person masc.sg.	kidí, kisí	kíɗan, kɛ́ɛn	kísa	kína	kintɛ́	kídar	kimbé	kíxal	kɛ́nna	yímal
	3rd person fem.sg.	kodí, kosí	kóɗan, kɔ́ɔn	kósa	kóna	(?)	kódar	kombé	kóxal	kɔ́nna
	1st person pl.	wodí, wosí	wóɗan, wóon	wósa	wóna	wontɛ́	wódar	wombé	wóxal	wónna, wɔ́nna	wómal
	2nd person pl.	yedí, yesí	yéɗan, yéen	yésa	yéna	yentɛ́	yédar	yembé	yéxal	yénna, yɛ́nna	yémal
inclusive	1st person	íntal	—	ísal	—	—	—	—	—	ɛ́nnal	—
	2nd person	(?)	—	hásal	—	—	—	—	—	(?)	—
	3rd person masc.	kidíl, kisíl	—	kísal	—	—	—	—	—	kɛ́nnal	—
	3rd person fem.	kodíl, kosíl	—	kósal	—	—	—	—	—	kɔ́nnal	—
(?): unattested

Lower Sorbian

wósa

Alternative forms

• wosa (superseded)
• wossa (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *osa, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɨsa/, /ˈwɛsa/, (dated) /ˈwʊsa/

Noun

wósa f animal (diminutive wóska)

1. wasp

Declension

Declension of wósa

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	wósa	wósy	wóse
Genitive	wóse	wósowu	wósow
Dative	wósy	wósoma	wósam
Accusative	wósu	wósy	wóse
Instrumental	wósu	wósoma	wósami
Locative	wósy	wósoma	wósach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “wós_2”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “wós¹”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag