kosi

kosi

See also: kosī, kosí, koši, kòsi, and коси

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkosɪ/
• Rhymes: -osɪ
• Hyphenation: ko‧si
• Homophone: kosy

Noun

kosi

1. nominative/vocative plural of kos

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Finnish

Verb

kosi

1. third-person singular past indicative of kosia
2. present active indicative connegative of kosia
3. second-person singular present imperative of kosia
4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of kosia

Anagrams

• Isko, oksi

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Kilivila

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkos(i)/

Noun

kosi

1. ghost; an immortal aspect of the dead, which did not go to Tuma Island and scares living people by playing tricks on them

See also

• baloma

References

• Bronisław Malinowski (1916), Baloma; the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands, pp. 150-152. (retrieved 17 December 2015)
• Gunter Senft (1986), Kilivila: the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin • New York • Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 291. →ISBN

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Participle

kosi

1. (non-standard since 2012) feminine of kosen
2. (non-standard since 2012) neuter of kosen

Verb

kosi

1. (non-standard since 2012) supine of kjosa

Noun

kosi f

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of kos
2. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of kòs

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ɕi/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɕi
• Syllabification: ko‧si

Adjective

kosi

1. virile nominative/vocative plural of kosy

Verb

kosi

1. third-person singular present of kosić

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Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

kosi

1. inflection of kos:
   1. masculine nominative/vocative plural
   2. definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
   3. definite inanimate masculine accusative singular

Verb

kosi (Cyrillic spelling коси)

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

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English curse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.si/

Verb

kosi

1. to swear, to curse
2. to insult, to swear at

Noun

kosi

1. curse, swear

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Swahili

Noun

kosi

1. plural of ukosi

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Tocharian B

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s-u-en-, a form of *kʷeh₂s- (“to cough”). Cognate with German Husten, Lithuanian kosulỹs, Irish casacht, etc.

Noun

kosi m

1. cough

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “kosi”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 221-222