mose
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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
mose c (singular definite mosen, plural indefinite moser)
Inflection
Declension of mose
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From German Low German mosen.
Verb
mose (imperative mos, infinitive at mose, present tense moser, past tense mosede, perfect tense har moset)
- mash (convert (something) into a mash)
- slog (to walk slowly, encountering resistance)
- zip (to move in haste)
Gothic
Romanization
mose
- Romanization of 𐌼𐍉𐍃𐌴
Kari'na
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *môtjô. Compare Apalaí mose, Trió mëe, Wayana mëse, Waiwai moso, Akawaio möse, Macushi mîserî, Pemon mose.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
mose
- the animate singular proximal demonstrative pronoun; this
Inflection
Kari'na demonstratives
| category | inanimate pronoun | animate pronoun | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| proximal | visible | ero | erokon | mose | mòsaro(n), mojan, mòsékonV |
| invisible | eny | enykon | |||
| medial | — | — | mòko | mòkaro(n) | |
| distal | visible | moro | morokon | moky | mòkan, mókykonV |
| invisible | mony | monykon | |||
| anaphoric | iro | irokon | inoro | inaro(n), inorokonV | |
| V. Venezuelan dialect. | |||||
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 53–54, 320
- Meira, Sérgio (2002) “A first comparison of pronominal and demonstrative systems in the Cariban language family”, in Mily Crevels, Simon van de Kerke, Sergio Meira and Hein van der Voort, editors, Current Studies on South American Languages, Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “mose”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 304; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 297
- Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “mose”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume, University of Oregon, page 774
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English māse (“titmouse”); see English titmouse.
Noun
mose (plural moses)
- a small bird, a tit, titmouse, coalmouse
- 1935 [2024 May], J. H. G. Grattan, G. F. H. Sykes (eds.), The Owl and the Nightingale, poem attributed to Nicholas de Guildford:
- Ne myht þu leng a word iqueþe, Ac pipest al so doþ a mose
- You can make not a further word, But peep as does a titmouse
Etymology 2
Verb
mose
- Alternative form of musen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
mose m (definite singular mosen, indefinite plural moser, definite plural mosene)
- moss (plant in the Bryophyta family)
- (obsolete) a moor (region with poor, marshy soil, peat, and heath)
Derived terms
References
- “mose” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
mose m (definite singular mosen, indefinite plural mosar, definite plural mosane)
Derived terms
References
- “mose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Sotho
Noun
mose class 18 (uncountable)
Venetian
Noun
mose