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English
Adjective
poss.
- Abbreviation of possessive (form).
- Abbreviation of possible.
Adverb
poss.
- Abbreviation of possibly.
1929, Georg Morgenstierne, Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages, Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., page 40:Apparently m > n in khân, khâin “which” (Av. katāma-?), poss. under the influence of khin “who” (*kahya-nā?).
2000, Robert Allen Palmatier, Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms, Westport, Conn., London: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 33:The latter sense was modified by two other terms meaning “a lot of money”: long bread (poss. influenced by the Fr. baguette) and heavy bread (poss. influenced by unleavened bread).
2001, Garland Cannon, Alan S Kaye, The Persian Contributions to the English Language: An Historical Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 116:pagoda, n. (W10 1588) Rel., (1681) Money, (1900) Cloth., var. pagod + 4 [Pg. pagode, prob. < Per. butkada idol temple, poss. influenced by Prakrit bhagodī divine, holy; […]]
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