kosi

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -osɪ
• Hyphenation: ko‧si
• Homophone: kosy

Noun

kosi

1. nominative/vocative plural of kos

Finnish

Verb

kosi

1. inflection of kosia:
   1. third-person singular past indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• Isko, oksi

Ingrian

Etymology 1

Back-formation from kossia (“to propose to”).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkosi/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkosi/,
• Rhymes: -osi
• Hyphenation: ko‧si

Noun

kosi

1. act of asking the parents for their blessing in marriage

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkosi/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkosi/,
• Rhymes: -osi
• Hyphenation: ko‧si

Noun

kosi

1. Alternative form of kosa

Declension

References

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

Kilivila

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkos(i)/

Noun

kosi

1. ghost; an immortal aspect of the dead, which did not go to Tuma Island and scares living people by playing tricks on them

See also

• baloma

References

• Bronisław Malinowski (1916), Baloma; the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands, pp. 150-152. (retrieved 17 December 2015)
• Gunter Senft (1986), Kilivila: the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin • New York • Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 291. →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Participle

kosi

1. (non-standard since 2012) feminine of kosen
2. (non-standard since 2012) neuter of kosen

Verb

kosi

1. (non-standard since 2012) supine of kjosa

Etymology 2

Noun

kosi f

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of kos
2. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of kòs

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ɕi/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔɕi
• Syllabification: ko‧si

Adjective

kosi

1. virile nominative/vocative plural of kosy

Verb

kosi

1. third-person singular present of kosić

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

kosi

1. inflection of kos:
   1. masculine nominative/vocative plural
   2. definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
   3. definite inanimate masculine accusative singular

Verb

kosi (Cyrillic spelling коси)

1. inflection of kositi:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English curse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.si/

Verb

kosi

1. to swear, to curse
2. to insult, to swear at
   • 2011, Selectabeats, Kayente (lyrics and music), “Djoegoe Djoegoe”:

     Ei Selecta, mi granmama ben leri mi altèit, "no kosi kaiman fosi abra liba, boi".

     Hey Selecta, my grandmother always taught me: "don't curse the caiman before crossing the river, boy"

Noun

kosi

1. curse, swear

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

kosi

1. plural of ukosi

Tocharian B

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s-u-en-, a form of *kʷeh₂s- (“to cough”). Cognate with German Husten, Lithuanian kosulỹs, Irish casacht, etc.

Noun

kosi m

1. cough

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kosi”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 221-222

Yilan Creole

Etymology

From Clipping of skosi, from Japanese 少し (sukoshi).

Adverb

kosi

1. a little; slightly

References

• Chien Yuehchen (2015) “The lexical system of Yilan Creole”, in New Advances in Formosan Linguistics‎, pages 513-532
• 真田信治 (2015) “宜蘭クレオールにおけるsound substitutionについて ”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎