kossa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔsːa/
Rhymes: -ɔsːa

Noun

kossa

inflection of koss:
1. indefinite accusative plural
2. indefinite genitive plural

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kussa (“cow”); see ko (“cow”). Cognate with Icelandic kusa (“cow”).

Noun

kossa c

(colloquial, often endearing) a cow
Synonym: ko

Kossan säger mu
The cow says moo
(derogatory) a cow (despicable woman)
(derogatory) a cow (fat person)

Declension

Declension of **kossa**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kossa	kossas
singular	definite	kossan	kossans
plural	indefinite	kossor	kossors
plural	definite	kossorna	kossornas

References

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

Votic

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from kossaa according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:Votic entry guidelines or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian косо (koso).

Pronunciation

(Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkosːɑː/, [ˈkosːɑ]
Rhymes: -osːɑː
Hyphenation: kos‧sa

Adverb

kossa

askew, diagonally

References

Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “kossaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tallinn