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kosa

kosa

See also: kòsa and kósa

Czech

Noun

kosa f

  1. scythe
  2. (colloquial) cold temperature

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Latvian

Noun

kosa f (4th declension)

  1. (botany) horsetail

Lower Sorbian

Noun

kosa f

  1. Superseded spelling of kósa.

Declension

Noun

kosa

  1. Superseded spelling of kósa.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

kosa

  1. simple past of kose
  2. past participle of kose

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From German liebkosen, kosen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːsa/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

kosa (present tense kosar/koser, past tense kosa/koste, past participle kosa/kost, passive infinitive kosast, present participle kosande, imperative kosa/kos)

  1. (takes pronoun in objective case) enjoy
    No kosar me oss.
    We are enjoying ourselves now.
  2. snuggle

References


Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔsa/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Noun

kosa f

  1. scythe
  2. (dated) braid
  3. (geography) spit that extends into the deep sea, instead of closing off a lagoon
Usage notes

Examples of landforms in sense #3 are the Farewell Spit in New Zealand and the Hel Peninsula in Poland.

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Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

kosa

  1. genitive singular of kos
  2. accusative singular of kos

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kosa (Russian коса́ (kosá), Polish kosa); compare Lithuanian kasa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒsa/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧sa

Noun

kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)

  1. hair (of a person, on the head)
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kosa (Russian коса́ (kosá), Polish kosa); compare Lithuanian kasti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒsa/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧sa

Noun

kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)

  1. scythe
Declension

Etymology 3

From kȏs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒsa/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧sa

Noun

kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)

  1. slope, declivity
Declension

References

  • kosa” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • kosa” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • kosa” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Noun

kosa f

  1. scythe
  2. (slang) cold, low temperature

Swahili

Verb

kosa

  1. to do wrong

Noun

kosa (ma class, plural makosa)

  1. fault