osa

osa

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

From usa, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa, compare Dupaningan Agta ogsa and Malay rusa.

osa

1. deer

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

osa

Wikipedia ^cs

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osь. Cognates include Polish oś, Slovak os and German Achse.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -osa

osa f

1. axis (of symmetry or rotation)

   osa souměrnosti ― axis of symmetry

   osa otáčení ― axis of rotation

2. axis (of a coordinate system)

   osa x ― x-axis

   vodorovná osa ― horizontal axis

   svislá osa ― vertical axis

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

From Proto-Finnic *osa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ońća. Cognates include Finnish osa and Hungarian oszt.

osa (genitive osa, partitive osa)

1. part

• osake

• tükk

From Proto-Finnic *osa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ońća, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hónćos (later *Hánćas),^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ónḱos. Cognates include Estonian osa and possibly Hungarian ágyék.

• IPA^(key): /ˈosɑ/,
• Rhymes: -osɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): osa

osa

1. part (fraction of a whole)

   Koko Gallia on jaettu kolmeen osaan.

   (All of) Gaul is divided into three parts.

   suurimmaksi osaksi ― for the most part

   suurin osa ― bulk, majority, most

   Suurimmalla osalla ystävistäni on auto.

   Most of my friends have a car.

   (literally, “The largest part of my friends have a car.”)

   Suurin osa vastaajista/vastaajia oli samaa mieltä.

   Most respondents agreed.

   (literally, “The largest part of the respondents were of the same opinion.”)

   Osa heistä oli eri mieltä.

   Some of them disagreed.

   (literally, “A part of them were of a different opinion.”)

2. part (distinct element of something larger); piece (one of many very similar or identical elements)

   varaosa ― part / spare part

   yksi osa tästä palapelistä puuttuu ― one piece of this puzzle is missing

   purkaa osiin ― to dismantle

3. one/a -th, one/a third, one/a fourth, etc. (used to express fractions by means of an ordinal number as the modifier; see usage notes)

   kolmasosa ― one / a third

   kaksi kolmasosaa ― two thirds

   neljäskymmenesseitsemäsosa ― one forty-seventh

4. part (unit of relative proportion in a mixture)

   kolme osaa giniä ja yksi osa vermuttia

   three parts gin and one part vermouth

5. part (section of a document)
6. role, part (position or role in a play, film, etc.)

   sivuosa ― supporting role

7. part (part of a larger whole); piece (when removable)

   Olen osa ihmiskuntaa.

   I am a part of humanity.

   Haluan tämän osan.

   I want this piece.

8. proportion, section, part (quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number)

   En tarkoita kaikkia ystäviäsi - vain pientä osaa heistä.

   I don't mean all of your friends - only a few of them.

9. partition, portion, division (separated part of anything)
10. bit, part (individual contribution toward an overall effort)

    Olen tehnyt osani.

    I have done my bit.

11. (sports, in the plural) bit (fraction of a second)

    Hänen aikansa oli 47 sekuntia ja osia.

    His time was 47 seconds and bits.

12. lot, portion (part, or fate, that falls to one without planning)
13. share (portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone)
14. volume, tome (single book of a publication issued in multi-book format)

    tietosanakirjan kolmas osa ― the third volume of the encyclopedia

15. episode, installment (part of a published or broadcast serial)

    Tämä jatkokertomus muuttuu mielenkiintoisemmaksi osa osalta.

    This serial story grows in more interesting with each successive installment.

16. (music) movement (large division of a larger composition)
17. (as modifier) partial

    osatotuus ― partial truth

• (fractions): In common language, one (and specifically one) third, fourth, etc. is more commonly expressed by using -s (kolmas → kolmannes, neljäs → neljännes). "half" is expressed with a different word altogether, puoli (which is used in the plural, puolet, when talking about one half of something, and in singular chiefly only when talking about an abstract quantity). In mathematics, fractions are practically always expressed with osa, as is done when the numerator is not one (as in one of the usage examples).

• (lot): kohtalo
• (share): osuus
• (partial): osittainen

• “osa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• oas

• IPA^(key): /o.za/

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osa

1. third-person singular past historic of oser

• OAS

From Latin ursa (“female bear”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈosa̝/

osa m (plural osas)

1. female bear

Cognate with Spanish huesa.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔsa̝/

osa f (plural osas)

1. grave, sepulture

• “osa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “osa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “osa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Proto-Finnic *osa. Cognates include Finnish osa and Estonian osa.

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

osa

1. part, share
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Osa iƶoroist veel nytkii kutsuu itsiätä karjalaisiks.

     Some Ingrians even now still call themselves Karelians.

     (literally, “A part from the Ingrians now still call themselves Karelians.”)

• jako

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 42
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 366

• IPA^(key):

osa m pl

1. vocative plural of os

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

osa f sg

1. feminine singular of oso

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

osa

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

• Aso

osa

1. Rōmaji transcription of おさ

ōsa

1. inflection of ōsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

ōsā

1. ablative feminine singular of ōsus

• osa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Cognate with Lithuanian ąsà.

osa f (4th declension)

1. handle (part of a cup which is held in the hand when used or moved)
2. ear (part of a cup which is held in the hand when used or moved)

From Proto-Philippine , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

osa (osá)

1. one

osa

1. feeble; weak
2. cowardly

From usa, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa, compare Malay rusa.

osa

1. deer

From Proto-Bantu *-jòkia.

-osa

1. to roast, to burn

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Unknown. Related to or derived from os m (“fume, smoke; stench”).

• ose (e and split infinitives)

osa (present tense osar/oser, past tense osa/oste, past participle osa/ost, passive infinitive osast, present participle osande, imperative osa/os)

1. (intransitive) to have a strong smell, odour
2. (intransitive) to reek (av / of)
3. (intransitive, figurative) to reek (av / of) (to be evidently associated with something unpleasant)
4. (intransitive) to emit fumes, smoke

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• osane m

osa n

1. definite plural of os

• “osa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Already attested by Isidore of Seville in the 6th century. From Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“coverings, leggings, trousers”),^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Cognate with English hose.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔs̺a/

osa f (plural osas)

1. (usually in the plural) leggings, high boots, spat
2. (usually in the plural) a tax paid to the feudal lord when marrying

   Coordinate term: loitosa

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “osa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

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• Rhymes: -ɔsa
• Syllabification: o‧sa

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osa.

osa f (related adjective osi)

1. wasp (insect)

   Osa użądliła ją w udo. ― A wasp stung her in the thigh.

Back-formation from osika.

osa f (related adjective osowy)

1. (Far Masovian) Synonym of osika

• osa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• osa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Stanisław Ciszewski (1909) “osa”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 208

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

osa

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osa.

òsa f (Cyrillic spelling о̀са)

1. wasp

• òsinjī

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osь.

• ȏs (Croatia)

ȏsa f (Cyrillic spelling о̑са)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) axis

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

osa

Wikipedia ^sk

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osa.

• IPA^(key):

osa f (related adjective osí, diminutive osička)

1. wasp

• “osa”, 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, 2003–2024

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

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From Proto-Slavic *osa.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀ːsa/

ósa f

1. wasp (insect)

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.

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.

• “osa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “osa”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

From Proto-Bantu *-jòkia.

-osa

1. to grill, to roast, to toast

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): /ˈosa/
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: o‧sa

From Old Spanish ossa, from Latin ursa, feminine of ursus (“bear”).

osa f (plural osas)

1. female equivalent of oso (“bear”); she-bear, sow, female bear

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

osa

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

• “oso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

From Proto-Bantu *-jòkia.

-ósa

1. to grill, to roast, to toast

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

From os (“bad smell”).

• IPA^(key): /²uːˌsa/

osa (present osar, preterite osade, supine osat, imperative osa)

1. to smell, to reek

   Han osade av svett

   He reeked of sweat

• osa katt

• os

osa

1. Abbreviation of om svar anhålles (“RSVP”).

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

• oas

Borrowed from Spanish osa, from Old Spanish ossa, from Latin ursa.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔosa/
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: o‧sa

osa (feminine osa, Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐ)

1. female equivalent of oso: she-bear

• IPA^(key): /osa/

ósà

1. drum

• 
  ósà

• "Tsuut'ina Nominalized Phrases (Video)." Youtube, uploaded by AlbertaUArts, 30 May. 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t6EdGunXLc

From Proto-Finnic *osa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ońća.

osa (genitive osa, partitive ossa)

1. part

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• osakäänüs

From Proto-Bantu *-jòkia.

-osa

1. to roast, to toast, to fry
2. to roast, to grill, to admonish