kos

kos

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

kos (plural koses or kos)

1. Alternative spelling of coss.

• IPA^(key): /kos/
• Hyphenation: kos

kos m 

1. limp, lameness

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

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

• IPA^(key): /kɔs/

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kos (plural kosse, diminutive kossie)

1. food

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

• kitskos
• kosmenger

• koste

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]

• IPA^(key): /kɔs/

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

1. yogurt

• kosaxhi

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

kos

Wikipedia ^cs

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -os
• Homophone: koz

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

kos m anim

1. blackbird

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kos f

1. genitive plural of kosa

kos

1. second-person singular imperative of kosit

• “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)

• sok

kos c

1. indefinite genitive singular of ko

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoːs/

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kos

1. singular imperative of kosen

• IPA^(key): /kôs/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

kôs m

1. trump card

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]

• IPA^(key):

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• Hyphenation: kos
• Rhymes: -oʃ

kos (plural kosok)

1. ram, tup (a male sheep)

   Hypernym: (sheep) juh

   Hyponym: (a castrated ram) ürü

   aranygyapjas kos ― golden-fleeced ram (from Greek mythology)

2. tup (the head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer)

• 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

• sok

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

kos

Wikipedia ^id

• kost

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”).

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: kos

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

1. (colloquial) lodging

   Synonyms: indekosan, kosan, kos-kosan

kos

1. (colloquial) to rent a place to live or lodge

   Synonyms: berindekos, berkos, indekos, mengekos

• “kos” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

kos m animal

1. Superseded spelling of kós.

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

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: kos
• Rhymes: -os

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

1. cost

• “kos” in Kamus Dewan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2021, →ISBN, page 1159.
• “kos” in Kamus Bahasa Melayu Nusantara Edisi Kedua (‘Nusantara Malay Language Dictionary Second Edition’), Berakas: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei, 2011, →ISBN, page 1421.

• “kos” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From the verb kose.

kos m (definite singular kosen) (uncountable)

1. cosiness (UK) or coziness (US)

kos m

1. hug, cuddle

kos

1. imperative of kose

• “kos” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From the verb kose.

• IPA^(key): /kuːs/

kos m (definite singular kosen, uncountable)

1. cosiness (UK) or coziness (US)

kos

1. cozy

• IPA^(key): /koːs/

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

1. alternative typography of kòs

• “kos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Spanish cosa and Portuguese coisa.

kos

1. thing

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

kos

Wikipedia ^pl

• IPA^(key): /kɔs/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Syllabification: kos
• Homophone: Kos

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosъ.

kos m animal

1. blackbird, common blackbird, merle (Turdus merula)

   Synonym: kos zwyczajny

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kos f

1. genitive plural of kosa

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

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

kos

Wikipedia ^sh

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosъ.

• IPA^(key): /kôːs/

kȏs (Cyrillic spelling ко̑с, definite kȏsī)

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosъ.

• IPA^(key): /kôːs/

kȏs m (Cyrillic spelling ко̑с)

1. blackbird

• “kos” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “kos” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

kos

Wikipedia ^sl

From Proto-Slavic *kosъ.

• IPA^(key): /kóːs/

kọ̑s (comparative , superlative)

1. (archaic) slanted, inclined, skewed

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.

From Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ.

• IPA^(key): /kóːs/

kọ̑s m inan

1. piece

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.

From Proto-Slavic *kosъ.

• IPA^(key): /kóːs/

kọ̑s m anim

1. blackbird

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.

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

Doublet of kurs.

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

• kosa

kos

1. indefinite genitive singular of ko

• kos in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kos in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kos in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• oks, sko

From English cost.

kos

1. cost

From English cause.

kos

1. cause