kos

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Translingual

Symbol

kos

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kosraean.

English

Noun

kos (plural koses or kos)

  1. Alternative spelling of coss.

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kos/
  • Hyphenation: kos

Noun

kos m 

  1. limp, lameness

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kost, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French cost.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔs/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

kos (plural kosse, diminutive kossie)

  1. food

Usage notes

The diminutive singular is rarely used, while the diminutive plural, kossies, is more commonly found in language used for infants and small children.

Derived terms

Albanian

Etymology

From a South Slavic language, compare Old Church Slavonic квасъ (kvasŭ, sour dough, sour drink), archaic Serbo-Croatian квас (yeast), Slovene kvas (yeast). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kvasъ (leaven, fermented drink).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

kos m (plural kosë, definite kosi, definite plural kosët)

  1. yogurt

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kos”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 192

Czech

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech kos, from Proto-Slavic *kosъ.

Noun

kos m anim

  1. blackbird
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kos f

  1. genitive plural of kosa

Verb

kos

  1. second-person singular imperative of kosit

Further reading

  • kos”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • kos”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • kos”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

kos c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of ko

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

kos m (plural kossen, diminutive kosje n)

  1. Dialectal form of kus (kiss)

German

Pronunciation

Verb

kos

  1. singular imperative of kosen

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

kôs m

  1. trump card

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). Compare Turkish koç.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

kos (plural kosok)

  1. ram, tup (a male sheep)
    Hypernym: (sheep) juh
    Hyponym: (a castrated ram) ürü
    aranygyapjas kosgolden-fleeced ram (from Greek mythology)
  2. tup (the head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kos kosok
accusative kost kosokat
dative kosnak kosoknak
instrumental kossal kosokkal
causal-final kosért kosokért
translative kossá kosokká
terminative kosig kosokig
essive-formal kosként kosokként
essive-modal
inessive kosban kosokban
superessive koson kosokon
adessive kosnál kosoknál
illative kosba kosokba
sublative kosra kosokra
allative koshoz kosokhoz
elative kosból kosokból
delative kosról kosokról
ablative kostól kosoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kosé kosoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
koséi kosokéi
Possessive forms of kos
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kosom kosaim
2nd person sing. kosod kosaid
3rd person sing. kosa kosai
1st person plural kosunk kosaink
2nd person plural kosotok kosaitok
3rd person plural kosuk kosaik

References

  1. ^ kos in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • kos in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Anagrams

Indonesian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch kost, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French cost, from Latin constare, present infinitive of consto (I stand firm (at a price)). Compare to Malay kos (cost).

Pronunciation

Noun

kos (first-person possessive kosku, second-person possessive kosmu, third-person possessive kosnya)

  1. (colloquial) lodging
    Synonyms: indekosan, kosan, kos-kosan

Verb

kos

  1. (colloquial) to rent a place to live or lodge
    Synonyms: berindekos, berkos, indekos, mengekos

Derived terms

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Noun

kos m animal

  1. Superseded spelling of kós.

Declension

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch kost, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French cost, from Latin constare, present infinitive of consto (I stand firm (at a price)).

Pronunciation

Noun

kos (Jawi spelling کوس, plural kos-kos, informal 1st possessive kosku, 2nd possessive kosmu, 3rd possessive kosnya)

  1. cost

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb kose.

Noun

kos m (definite singular kosen) (uncountable)

  1. cosiness (UK) or coziness (US)

Etymology 2

Noun

kos m

  1. hug, cuddle

Etymology 3

Verb

kos

  1. imperative of kose

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the verb kose.

Pronunciation

Noun

kos m (definite singular kosen, uncountable)

  1. cosiness (UK) or coziness (US)

Adjective

kos

  1. cozy

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

kos f (definite singular kosa, indefinite plural kaser, definite plural kasene)

  1. alternative typography of kòs

References

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish cosa and Portuguese coisa.

Noun

kos

  1. thing

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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kos

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosъ.

Noun

kos m animal

  1. blackbird, common blackbird, merle (Turdus merula)
    Synonym: kos zwyczajny
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kos f

  1. genitive plural of kosa

Further reading

  • kos in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kos in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kȏs (Cyrillic spelling ко̑с, definite kȏsī)

  1. slant, inclined, skew
  2. (grammar) oblique (of a case)
Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

kȏs m (Cyrillic spelling ко̑с)

  1. blackbird
Declension

References

  • kos”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • kos”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kosъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kọ̑s (comparative , superlative)

  1. (archaic) slanted, inclined, skewed
Inflection
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Hard
masculine feminine neuter
nom. sing. kós kósa kóso
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative kós ind
kósi def
kósa kóso
genitive kósega kóse kósega
dative kósemu kósi kósemu
accusative nominativeinan or
genitive
anim
kóso kóso
locative kósem kósi kósem
instrumental kósim kóso kósim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative kósa kósi kósi
genitive kósih kósih kósih
dative kósima kósima kósima
accusative kósa kósi kósi
locative kósih kósih kósih
instrumental kósima kósima kósima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative kósi kóse kósa
genitive kósih kósih kósih
dative kósim kósim kósim
accusative kóse kóse kósa
locative kósih kósih kósih
instrumental kósimi kósimi kósimi

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

kọ̑s m inan

  1. piece
Inflection
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. kós
gen. sing. kósa
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
kós kósa kósi
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
kósa kósov kósov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
kósu kósoma kósom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
kós kósa kóse
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
kósu kósih kósih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
kósom kósoma kósi

Etymology 3

From Proto-Slavic *kosъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

kọ̑s m anim

  1. blackbird
Inflection
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. kós
gen. sing. kósa
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
kós kósa kósi
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
kósa kósov kósov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
kósu kósoma kósom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
kósa kósa kóse
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
kósu kósih kósih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
kósom kósoma kósi

Further reading

  • kos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Etymology

Doublet of kurs.

Noun

kos c

  1. (in some expressions) course (often away)
    Tjuven flydde sin kos
    The thief fled his course (fled)
    Fågeln flög sin kos
    The bird flew its course (flew away)
    att styra sin kos någonstans
    to head towards some place

See also

Noun

kos

  1. indefinite genitive singular of ko

References

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English cost.

Noun

kos

  1. cost

Etymology 2

From English cause.

Noun

kos

  1. cause