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Inherited from Old Czech kosa, from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

kosa f (diminutive kosička)

  1. scythe
  2. spit (narrow peninsula)
  3. (colloquial) cold temperature
    Synonyms: kláda, zima, mráz
    Antonyms: hic, vedro, horko

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kosa m anim

  1. genitive/accusative singular of kos

Parolata kosa

From koso +‎ -a.

kosa (accusative singular kosan, plural kosaj, accusative plural kosajn)

  1. Xhosan
  2. (la kosa) clipping of la kosa lingvo (“the Xhosa language”)

Guinea-Bissau Creole

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From Portuguese coçar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kosa.

kosa

  1. to scratch

From Sanskrit कोश (kośa, “dictionary, lexicon or vocabulary; treasure; store, provisions”).

kosa (plural **kosa-kosa)

  1. possessions, property, wealth
  2. collection of goods, treasure, treasury
  3. (of property) storage

kosa (plural **kosa-kosa)

  1. alternative spelling of kusa

Borrowed from Russian коса (kosa).

kosa

  1. only used in peräkosa
Declension of kosa (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative kosa kosat
genitive kosan kossiin
partitive kossaa kossia
illative kossaa kossii
inessive kosas kosis
elative kosast kosist
allative kosalle kosille
adessive kosal kosil
ablative kosalt kosilt
translative kosaks kosiks
essive kosanna, kossaan kosinna, kossiin
exessive1) kosant kosint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

From Portuguese coçar.

kosa

  1. to scratch

kosa f

  1. thing

kosa f (4th declension)

  1. horsetail

-kosa (infinitive kokosa)

  1. to scrape, to scratch
  2. to itch
  3. to rub

kosa f

  1. superseded spelling of kósa

kosa

  1. superseded spelling of kósa

kosa

  1. inflection of kose:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

From German liebkosen, kosen.

kosa (present tense kosar/koser, past tense **kosa/koste, past participle **kosa/kost, passive infinitive kosast, present participle kosande, imperative **kosa/kos)

  1. (takes pronoun in objective case) to enjoy
    No kosar me oss.
    We are enjoying ourselves now.
  2. to snuggle

Alternative scripts

Inherited from Sanskrit कोश (kośa, “container”).

kosa m or n

  1. container, wrapper
    1. storehouse, storeroom
    2. sheath
    3. foreskin

As a masculine noun, the declension is:

As a neuter noun, the nominative, vocative and accusative have a different set of forms:

Declension table of "kosa" (neuter)

Case / Number Singular Plural
Nominative (first) kosaṃ kosāni
Accusative (second) kosaṃ kosāni
Vocative (calling) kosa kosāni

Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “kosa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Inherited from Old Polish kosa, from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

kosa f

  1. scythe
  2. (dated) braid
  3. (geography) spit that extends into the deep sea, instead of closing off a lagoon
    Synonym: szpyrk
  4. (slang) knife, shank
  5. (slang) beef, grudge
    mieć z kimś kosę ― to have a beef with someone

Examples of landforms in sense #3 are the Farewell Spit in New Zealand and the Hel Peninsula in Poland.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kosa m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of kos

kosa

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of kosy

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa. First attested in the 16th century.

kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)

  1. hair (of a person, on the head)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)

  1. scythe

From kȏs.

kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)

  1. slope, declivity
  2. a mountain spur; a smaller ridge branching off from a mountain range

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kosa (Cyrillic spelling коса)

  1. inflection of kos:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
    3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
    4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

kosa (Cyrillic spelling коса)

  1. genitive/accusative singular of kos

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

kosa f (diminutive kosička, augmentative kosisko)

  1. scythe
  2. spit (narrow peninsula)
  3. (slang) cold, (temperature)
    Synonym: mráz

kosa class V (plural makosa class VI)

  1. fault

-kosa (infinitive kukosa)

  1. to do wrong
  2. to lack, be deficient (in)
Conjugation of -kosa
Positive present -nakosa Subjunctive -kose Negative -kosi Imperative singular kosa
Infinitives
Positive kukosa Negative kutokosa
Imperatives
Singular kosa Plural koseni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukosa Positive past positive subject concord + -likosa Negative past negative subject concord + -kukosa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakosa) Singular Plural 1st person ninakosa/nakosa tunakosa 2nd person unakosa mnakosa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakosa wanakosa other classes positive subject concord + -nakosa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kosi) Singular Plural 1st person sikosi hatukosi 2nd person hukosi hamkosi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakosi hawakosi other classes negative subject concord + -kosi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takosa Negative future negative subject concord + -takosa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kose) Singular Plural 1st person nikose tukose 2nd person ukose mkose 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akose wakose other classes positive subject concord + -kose
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikose Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekosa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekosa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikosa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikosa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akosa) Singular Plural 1st person nakosa twakosa 2nd person wakosa mwakosa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akosa wakosa m-mi(III/IV) wakosa yakosa ji-ma(V/VI) lakosa yakosa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakosa vyakosa n(IX/X) yakosa zakosa u(XI) wakosa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakosa pa(XVI) pakosa mu(XVIII) mwakosa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekosa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakosa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakosa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikosa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokosa Consecutive kakosa / positive subject concord + -kakosa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakose
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikosa -tukosa 2nd person -kukosa -wakosa/-kukoseni/-wakoseni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkosa -wakosa m-mi(III/IV) -ukosa -ikosa ji-ma(V/VI) -likosa -yakosa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikosa -vikosa n(IX/X) -ikosa -zikosa u(XI) -ukosa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukosa pa(XVI) -pakosa mu(XVIII) -mukosa Reflexive -jikosa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kosa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kosaye -kosao m-mi(III/IV) -kosao -kosayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kosalo -kosayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kosacho -kosavyo n(IX/X) -kosayo -kosazo u(XI) -kosao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosako pa(XVI) -kosapo mu(XVIII) -kosamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kosa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekosa -okosa m-mi(III/IV) -okosa -yokosa ji-ma(V/VI) -lokosa -yokosa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokosa -vyokosa n(IX/X) -yokosa -zokosa u(XI) -okosa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokosa pa(XVI) -pokosa mu(XVIII) -mokosa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

From French course, similar to Dutch koers.

kosa c

  1. (in some expressions) course
    Jag styrde kosan mot baren
    I steered the course towards the bar (journeyed towards the bar)