• IPA^(key): [ˈkosa]
• Hyphenation: ko‧sa

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

• “kosa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kosa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kosa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

From koso +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkosa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: ko‧sa

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

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

From Portuguese coçar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kosa.

kosa

1. to scratch

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkosa/ [ˈko.sa]
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: ko‧sa

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

• khazanah
• perbendaharaan

kosa (plural kosa-kosa)

1. alternative spelling of kusa

• “kosa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• kosi

Borrowed from Russian коса (kosa).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkosɑ/, [ˈko̞s̠ɑˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkosɑ/, [ˈko̞ʒ̥ɑˑ]
• Rhymes: -osɑ
• Hyphenation: ko‧sa

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.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 198

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

• -kósa

kosa f

1. superseded spelling of kósa

kosa

1. superseded spelling of kósa

• koset
• koste (simple past)
• kost (past participle)

kosa

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

• kose

From German liebkosen, kosen.

• IPA^(key): /kuːsa/

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

• “kosa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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:

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.sa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔsa
• Syllabification: ko‧sa
• Homophone: Kosa

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.

• sierp

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

• kosa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kosa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

• IPA^(key): /kǒsa/
• Hyphenation: ko‧sa

kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)

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

• šišati (to cut hair)
• dlaka

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

• IPA^(key): /kǒsa/
• Hyphenation: ko‧sa

kòsa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀са)

1. scythe

From kȏs.

• IPA^(key): /kǒsa/
• Hyphenation: ko‧sa

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

• “kosa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “kosa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “kosa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• Čolović, Gvozden R. (1969), Vojna topografija, Beograd: Vojnogeografski institut

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosa.

• IPA^(key): /kɔsa/, [ˈkɔsa]
• Rhymes: -ɔsa
• Hyphenation: ko‧sa

kosa f (diminutive kosička, augmentative kosisko)

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

   Synonym: mráz

• “kosa”, 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, 2003–2026

• Audio (Kenya):

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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.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -kosea
  • Causative: -kosesha
  • Reciprocal: -kosana
  • Stative: -koseka

• Nominal derivations:
  • mkosaji (“culprit”)
  • mkosefu (“offender”)
  • ukosefu (“shortage, lack”)

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)

• kos

• “kosa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kosa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

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