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Corsican
Etymology
From Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, from Proto-Italic *ōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst.
Noun
ossu m (plural osse)
- (anatomy) bone
References
- “ossu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
French
Etymology
From os + -u.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ossu (feminine ossue, masculine plural ossus, feminine plural ossues)
- boney; big-boned
Further reading
Japanese
Romanization
ossu
- Rōmaji transcription of おっす
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin ossum, from os. Compare Catalan os, French os, Interlingua osso, Italian osso, Portuguese osso, Romanian os, Spanish hueso.
Noun
ossu m (plural ossos)
- bone
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, from Proto-Italic *ōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔs.su/
- Hyphenation: os‧su
Noun
ossu m (plural ossa)
- (anatomy) bone
- (botany) stone, pit (in fruits)
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 90: “le ossa; un osso” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “ossu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2855
- Macaluso Storaci, Sebastiano (1875) “ossu”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano e italiano-siciliano (in Italian), page 220