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See also: Kosa, KOSA, kosá, kosą, koša, kòsa, kósa, kōsa, коса, and коша

Czech

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ko‧sa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech kosa, from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Noun

kosa f

  1. scythe
  2. (colloquial) cold temperature
    Synonyms: kláda, zima, mráz
    Antonyms: hic, vedro, horko
Declension
Declension of kosa (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative kosa kosy
genitive kosy kos
dative kose kosám
accusative kosu kosy
vocative koso kosy
locative kose kosách
instrumental kosou kosami

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kosa m anim

  1. genitive/accusative singular of kos

Further reading

  • kosa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kosa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • kosa in Internetová jazyková příručka

Esperanto

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Parolata kosa

Etymology

From koso +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kosa (accusative singular kosan, plural kosaj, accusative plural kosajn)

  1. Xhosan
  2. (la kosa) Clipping of la kosa lingvo (“the Xhosa language”).

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese coçar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kosa.

Verb

kosa

  1. to scratch

Ingrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian коса (kosa).

Pronunciation

Noun

kosa

  1. Only used in peräkosa

Declension

Declension of kosa (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative kosa kosat
genitive kosan kossiin
partitive kossaa kossia
illative kossaa kossii
inessive kosas kosis
elative kosast kosist
allative kosalle kosille
adessive kosal kosil
ablative kosalt kosilt
translative kosaks kosiks
essive kosanna, kossaan kosinna, kossiin
exessive1) kosant kosint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 198

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese coçar.

Verb

kosa

  1. to scratch

Ladino

Noun

kosa f (Latin spelling)

  1. thing

Latvian

Noun

kosa f (4th declension)

  1. horsetail

Lingala

Verb

-kosa (infinitive kokosa)

  1. to scrape, to scratch
  2. to itch
  3. to rub

See also

Lower Sorbian

Etymology 1

Noun

kosa f inan

  1. Superseded spelling of kósa.

Etymology 2

Noun

kosa

  1. Superseded spelling of kósa.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

kosa

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From German liebkosen, kosen.

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) to enjoy
    No kosar me oss.
    We are enjoying ourselves now.
  2. to snuggle

References

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कोश (kośa, “container”).

Noun

kosa m or n

  1. container, wrapper
    1. storehouse, storeroom
    2. sheath
    3. foreskin

Declension

As a masculine noun, the declension is:

Declension table of "kosa" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kosokosā
Accusative (second)kosaṃkose
Instrumental (third)kosenakosehi or kosebhi
Dative (fourth)kosassa or kosāya or kosatthaṃkosānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)kosasmā or kosamhā or kosākosehi or kosebhi
Genitive (sixth)kosassakosānaṃ
Locative (seventh)kosasmiṃ or kosamhi or kosekosesu
Vocative (calling)kosakosā

As a neuter noun, the nominative, vocative and accusative have a different set of forms:

Declension table of "kosa" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kosaṃkosāni
Accusative (second)kosaṃkosāni
Vocative (calling)kosakosāni

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kosa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Polish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.sa/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔsa
  • Syllabification: ko‧sa
  • Homophone: Kosa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish kosa, 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
    Synonym: szpyrk
  4. (slang) knife, shank
  5. (slang) beef, grudge
    Mieć z kimś kosę
    Have a beef with someone
Usage notes

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

Declension
Declension of kosa
singular plural
nominative kosa kosy
genitive kosy kos
dative kosie kosom
accusative kosę kosy
instrumental kosą kosami
locative kosie kosach
vocative koso kosy
Related terms
nouns
verb
See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kosa m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of kos

Adjective

kosa

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of kosy

References

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)

  1. hair (of a person, on the head)
Declension
Declension of kosa
singular plural
nominative kòsa kȍse
genitive kose kosa
dative kosi kosama
accusative kosu kose
vocative koso kose
locative kosi kosama
instrumental kosom kosama
See also

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)

  2. scythe
Declension
Declension of kosa
singular plural
nominative kosa kose
genitive kose kosa
dative kosi kosama
accusative kosu kose
vocative koso kose
locative kosi kosama
instrumental kosom kosama

Etymology 3

From kȏs.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)

  1. slope, declivity
  2. a mountain spur; a smaller ridge branching off from a mountain range
Declension
Declension of kosa
singular plural
nominative kosa kose
genitive kose kosa
dative kosi kosama
accusative kosu kose
vocative koso kose
locative kosi kosama
instrumental kosom kosama

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

kosa

  1. inflection of kos:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
    3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
    4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Noun

kosa (Cyrillic spelling коса)

  1. genitive/accusative singular of kos

References

  • “kosa” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “kosa” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “kosa” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Čolović, Gvozden R. (1969) Vojna topografija, Beograd: Vojnogeografski institut

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Pronunciation

Noun

kosa f (genitive singular kosy, nominative plural kosy, genitive plural kôs, declension pattern of žena)

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

Declension

Declension of kosa
singular plural
nominative kosa kosy
genitive kosy kôs
dative kose kosám
accusative kosu kosy
locative kose kosách
instrumental kosou kosami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “kosa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

kosa (ma class, plural makosa)

  1. fault

Verb

-kosa (infinitive kukosa)

  1. to do wrong
  2. to lack, be deficient (in)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kosa
Positive present -nakosa
Subjunctive -kose
Negative -kosi
Imperative singular kosa
Infinitives
Positive kukosa
Negative kutokosa
Imperatives
Singular kosa
Plural koseni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukosa
Positive past positive subject concord + -likosa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukosa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakosa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakosa/nakosa tunakosa
2nd person unakosa mnakosa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakosa wanakosa
other classes positive subject concord + -nakosa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kosi)
Singular Plural
1st person sikosi hatukosi
2nd person hukosi hamkosi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakosi hawakosi
other classes negative subject concord + -kosi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takosa
Negative future negative subject concord + -takosa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kose)
Singular Plural
1st person nikose tukose
2nd person ukose mkose
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akose wakose
other classes positive subject concord + -kose
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikose
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekosa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekosa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikosa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikosa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akosa)
Singular Plural
1st person nakosa twakosa
2nd person wakosa mwakosa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akosa wakosa
m-mi(III/IV) wakosa yakosa
ji-ma(V/VI) lakosa yakosa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakosa vyakosa
n(IX/X) yakosa zakosa
u(XI) wakosa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakosa
pa(XVI) pakosa
mu(XVIII) mwakosa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekosa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakosa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakosa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikosa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokosa
Consecutive kakosa / positive subject concord + -kakosa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakose
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikosa -tukosa
2nd person -kukosa -wakosa/-kukoseni/-wakoseni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkosa -wakosa
m-mi(III/IV) -ukosa -ikosa
ji-ma(V/VI) -likosa -yakosa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikosa -vikosa
n(IX/X) -ikosa -zikosa
u(XI) -ukosa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukosa
pa(XVI) -pakosa
mu(XVIII) -mukosa
Reflexive -jikosa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kosa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kosaye -kosao
m-mi(III/IV) -kosao -kosayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kosalo -kosayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kosacho -kosavyo
n(IX/X) -kosayo -kosazo
u(XI) -kosao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kosako
pa(XVI) -kosapo
mu(XVIII) -kosamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kosa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekosa -okosa
m-mi(III/IV) -okosa -yokosa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokosa -yokosa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokosa -vyokosa
n(IX/X) -yokosa -zokosa
u(XI) -okosa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokosa
pa(XVI) -pokosa
mu(XVIII) -mokosa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

From French course, similar to Dutch koers.

Noun

kosa c

  1. (in some expressions) course
    Jag styrde kosan mot baren
    I steered the course towards the bar (journeyed towards the bar)

Declension

Declension of kosa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kosa kosan kosor kosorna
Genitive kosas kosans kosors kosornas

See also

References

Wikious
Boobota
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