kosa

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

kosa

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• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ko‧sa

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

kosa f

1. scythe
2. spit (narrow peninsula)
3. (colloquial) cold temperature

   Synonyms: kláda, zima, mráz

   Antonyms: hic, vedro, horko

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kosa m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of kos

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

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:

kosa

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From koso +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -osa
• Hyphenation: ko‧sa

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

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

From Portuguese coçar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kosa.

kosa

1. to scratch

• kosi

Borrowed from Russian коса (kosa).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkosɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkosɑ/,
• Rhymes: -osɑ
• Hyphenation: ko‧sa

kosa

1. Only used in peräkosa

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

From Portuguese coçar.

kosa

1. to scratch

kosa f (Latin spelling)

1. thing

kosa f (4th declension)

1. horsetail

-kosa (infinitive kokosa)

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

• -kósa

kosa f inan

1. Superseded spelling of kósa.

kosa

1. Superseded spelling of kósa.

• koset
• koste (simple past)
• kost (past participle)

kosa

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

• kose

From German liebkosen, kosen.

• IPA^(key): /kuːsa/

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

• “kosa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

kosa m or n

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

As a masculine noun, the declension is:

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

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

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

kosa

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.sa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔsa
• Syllabification: ko‧sa
• Homophone: Kosa

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

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

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

• sierp

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kosa m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of kos

kosa

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of kosy

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

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

kosa

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

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

kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)

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

• šišati (to cut hair)
• dlaka

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

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

kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)

2. scythe

From kȏs.

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

kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)

1. slope, declivity
2. a mountain spur; a smaller ridge branching off from a mountain range

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

kosa (Cyrillic spelling коса)

1. genitive/accusative singular of kos

• “kosa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “kosa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “kosa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• Čolović, Gvozden R. (1969) Vojna topografija, Beograd: Vojnogeografski institut

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

kosa

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔsa/

kosa f

1. scythe
2. spit (narrow peninsula)
3. (slang) cold, (temperature)

   Synonym: mráz

• kosička
• kosisko

• “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

• Audio (Kenya):

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kosa (ma class, plural makosa)

1. fault

-kosa (infinitive kukosa)

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

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -kosea
  • Causative: -kosesha
  • Reciprocal: -kosana
  • Stative: -koseka

• Nominal derivations:
  • mkosaji (“culprit”)
  • ukosefu (“shortage, lack”)

From French course, similar to Dutch koers.

kosa c

1. (in some expressions) course

   Jag styrde kosan mot baren

   I steered the course towards the bar (journeyed towards the bar)

• kos

• kosa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kosa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)