kósa

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "kosa"

Hamer-Banna

Pronunciation

Pronoun

kósa

  1. genitive of kodí

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

Lingala

Verb

-kósa (infinitive kokósa)

  1. to lie
  2. to deceive, to cheat

See also

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɨsa/, /ˈkɛsa/, (dated) /ˈkʊsa/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Noun

kósa f

  1. scythe (farm tool)
Declension
Declension of kósa
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative kósa kósy kóse
Genitive kóse kósowu kósow
Dative kósy kósoma kósam
Accusative kósu kósy kóse
Instrumental kósu kósoma kósami
Locative kósy kósoma kósach

Etymology 2

Inflected form of kós (“blackbird”).

Noun

kósa

  1. inflection of kós (“blackbird”):
    1. genitive/accusative singular
    2. nominative dual

Further reading

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