osa

Clipping of English Osage.

osa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Osage.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Osage terms

From usa, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa, compare Dupaningan Agta ogsa and Malay rusa.

osa

1. deer

Inherited from Old Czech os, osa, osě, from Proto-Slavic *osь. Cognates include Polish oś, Slovak os and German Achse.

• IPA^(key): [ˈosa]

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• Rhymes: -osa

osa f

1. axis (of symmetry or rotation)

   osa souměrnosti ― axis of symmetry

   osa otáčení ― axis of rotation

2. axis (of a coordinate system)

   osa x ― x-axis

   vodorovná osa ― horizontal axis

   svislá osa ― vertical axis

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

From Proto-Finnic *osa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ońća. Cognates include Finnish osa and Hungarian oszt.

osa (genitive osa, partitive osa)

1. part

Declension of osa (ÕS type 17i/pesa, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		osa	osad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	osa
genitive			osade
partitive		osa	osi osasid
illative		ossa osasse	osadesse osisse
inessive		osas	osades osis
elative		osast	osadest osist
allative		osale	osadele osile
adessive		osal	osadel osil
ablative		osalt	osadelt osilt
translative		osaks	osadeks osiks
terminative		osani	osadeni
essive		osana	osadena
abessive		osata	osadeta
comitative		osaga	osadega

• osake

• tükk

From Proto-Finnic *osa (compare Estonian osa), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ońća (compare Northern Sami oažži and possibly Hungarian ágyék), borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hónćos (later *Hánćas, compare Sanskrit अंश (aṃśa)).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈosɑ/, [ˈo̞s̠ɑ̝]

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• Rhymes: -osɑ
• Syllabification^(key): o‧sa
• Hyphenation^(key): osa

osa

1. part (fraction of a whole)

   suurimmaksi osaksi ― for the most part

   suurin osa ― bulk, majority, most

   osatotuus ― partial truth

   Koko Gallia on jaettu kolmeen osaan.

   (All of) Gaul is divided into three parts.

   Suurimmalla osalla ystävistäni on auto.

   Most of my friends have a car.

   (literally, “The largest part of my friends have a car.”)

   Suurin osa vastaajista/vastaajia oli samaa mieltä.

   Most respondents agreed.

   (literally, “The largest part of the respondents were of the same opinion.”)

   Osa heistä oli eri mieltä.

   Some of them disagreed.

   (literally, “A part of them were of a different opinion.”)

2. part (distinct element of something larger); piece (one of many very similar or identical elements)

   varaosa ― part / spare part

   yksi osa tästä palapelistä puuttuu ― one piece of this puzzle is missing

   purkaa osiin ― to dismantle

3. one/a -th, one/a third, one/a fourth, etc. (used to express fractions by means of an ordinal number as the modifier; see usage notes)

   kolmasosa ― one / a third

   kaksi kolmasosaa ― two thirds

   neljäskymmenesseitsemäsosa ― one forty-seventh

4. part (unit of relative proportion in a mixture)

   kolme osaa giniä ja yksi osa vermuttia ― three parts gin and one part vermouth

5. part (section of a document)
6. role, part (position or role in a play, film, etc.)

   sivuosa ― supporting role

7. part (part of a larger whole); piece (when removable)

   Olen osa ihmiskuntaa.

   I am a part of humanity.

   Haluan tämän osan.

   I want this piece.

8. proportion, section, part (quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number)

   En tarkoita kaikkia ystäviäsi - vain pientä osaa heistä.

   I don't mean all of your friends - only a few of them.

9. partition, portion, division (separated part of anything)
10. bit, part (individual contribution toward an overall effort)

    Synonym: osuus

    Olen tehnyt osani.

    I have done my bit.

11. (sports, in the plural) bit (fraction of a second)

    Hänen aikansa oli 47 sekuntia ja osia.

    His time was 47 seconds and bits.

12. lot, portion (part, or fate, that falls to one without planning)

    Synonym: kohtalo

13. share (portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone)

    Synonym: osuus

14. volume, tome (single book of a publication issued in multi-book format)

    tietosanakirjan kolmas osa ― the third volume of the encyclopedia

15. episode, installment (part of a published or broadcast serial)

    Tämä jatkokertomus muuttuu mielenkiintoisemmaksi osa osalta.

    This serial story grows in more interesting with each successive installment.

16. (music) movement (large division of a larger composition)

• (fractions): In common language, one (and specifically one) third, fourth, etc. is more commonly expressed by using -s (kolmas → kolmannes, neljäs → neljännes). "half" is expressed with a different word altogether, puoli (which is used in the plural, puolet, when talking about one half of something, and in singular chiefly only when talking about an abstract quantity). In mathematics, fractions are practically always expressed with osa, as is done when the numerator is not one (as in one of the usage examples).

• “osa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• oas

• IPA^(key): /o.za/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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osa

1. third-person singular past historic of oser

• OAS

From Latin ursa (“female bear”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈosa̝/

osa m (plural osas)

1. female bear

Cognate with Spanish huesa.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔsa̝/

osa f (plural osas)

1. grave, sepulture

• “osa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “osa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “osa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Proto-Finnic *osa. Cognates include Finnish osa and Estonian osa.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈosɑ/, [ˈo̞s̠ɑˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈosɑ/, [ˈo̞ʒ̥ɑˑ]
• Rhymes: -osɑ
• Hyphenation: o‧sa

osa

1. part, share
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Osa iƶoroist veel nytkii kutsuu itsiätä karjalaisiks.

     Some Ingrians even now still call themselves Karelians.

     (literally, “A part from the Ingrians now still call themselves Karelians.”)

Declension of osa (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	osa	osat
genitive	osan	ossiin
partitive	ossaa	ossia
illative	ossaa	ossii
inessive	osas	osis
elative	osast	osist
allative	osalle	osille
adessive	osal	osil
ablative	osalt	osilt
translative	osaks	osiks
essive	osanna, ossaan	osinna, ossiin
exessive1)	osant	osint
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.

• jako

• V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[5], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 42
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 366

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔsˠə]

osa m pl

1. vocative plural of os

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.za/
• Rhymes: -ɔza
• Hyphenation: ò‧sa

osa

1. feminine singular of oso

osa

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

• Aso

osa

1. Rōmaji transcription of おさ

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoː.sa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.s̬a]

ōsa

1. inflection of ōsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoː.saː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.s̬a]

ōsā

1. ablative feminine singular of ōsus

• "osa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Cognate with Lithuanian ąsà.

osa f (4th declension)

1. handle (part of a cup which is held in the hand when used or moved)
2. ear (part of a cup which is held in the hand when used or moved)

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

osa (osá)

1. one

osa

1. feeble; weak
2. cowardly

From usa, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa, compare Malay rusa.

osa

1. deer

From Proto-Bantu *-jòkia.

-osa

1. to roast, to burn

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Unknown. Related to or derived from os m (“fume, smoke; stench”).

• ose (e and split infinitives)

osa (present tense osar/oser, past tense osa/oste, past participle osa/ost, passive infinitive osast, present participle osande, imperative osa/os)

1. (intransitive) to have a strong smell, odour
2. (intransitive) to reek (av / of)
3. (intransitive, figurative) to reek (av / of) (to be evidently associated with something unpleasant)
4. (intransitive) to emit fumes, smoke

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• osane m

osa n

1. definite plural of os

• “osa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Already attested by Isidore of Seville in the 6th century. From Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“coverings, leggings, trousers”),^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Cognate with English hose.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔs̺a/

osa f (plural osas)

1. (usually in the plural) leggings, high boots, spat
2. (usually in the plural) a tax paid to the feudal lord when marrying

   Coordinate term: loitosa

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “osa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

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• Rhymes: -ɔsa
• Syllabification: o‧sa

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osa.

osa f (related adjective osi)

1. wasp (insect)

   Osa użądliła ją w udo. ― A wasp stung her in the thigh.

Back-formation from osika.

osa f (related adjective osowy)

1. (Far Masovian) synonym of osika

• “osa”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[6] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “osa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[7] (in Polish)
• Stanisław Ciszewski (1909), “osa”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne‎^[8] (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 208

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osa.

òsa f (Cyrillic spelling о̀са)

1. wasp

• òsinjī

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osь.

• ȏs (Croatia)

ȏsa f (Cyrillic spelling о̑са)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) axis

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osa.

• IPA^(key): /ɔsa/, [ˈɔsa]
• Rhymes: -ɔsa
• Hyphenation: o‧sa

osa f (relational adjective osí, diminutive osička)

1. wasp

• “osa”, 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

From Proto-Slavic *osa.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀ːsa/

ósa f

1. wasp (insect)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	ôsa
gen. sing.	ôse
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	ôsa	ôsi	ôse
genitive (rodȋlnik)	ôse	ôs	ôs
dative (dajȃlnik)	ôsi	ôsama	ôsam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	ôso	ôsi	ôse
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	ôsi	ôsah	ôsah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	ôso	ôsama	ôsami

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	ôsa
gen. sing.	osé
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	ôsa	osé	osé
genitive (rodȋlnik)	osé	osá	osá
dative (dajȃlnik)	ôsi	osáma	osàm
accusative (tožȋlnik)	osó	osé	osé
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	ôsi	osàh	osàh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	osó	osáma	osámi

• “osa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “osa”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

From Proto-Bantu *-jòkia.

-osa

1. to grill, to roast, to toast

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): /ˈosa/ [ˈo.sa]
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: o‧sa

From Old Spanish ossa, from Latin ursa, feminine of ursus (“bear”).

osa f (plural osas)

1. female equivalent of oso (“bear”): she-bear, sow, female bear

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

osa

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

• “oso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

From Proto-Bantu *-jòkia.

-ósa

1. to grill, to roast, to toast

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

From os (“bad smell”).

• IPA^(key): /²uːˌsa/

osa (present osar, preterite osade, supine osat, imperative osa)

1. to smell, to reek

   Han osade av svett.

   He reeked of sweat.

   Det osar råtta här.

   It smells of rat here.

• osa katt

• os

osa

1. abbreviation of om svar anhålles (“RSVP”)

   osa 7:e maj ― RSVP May 7th

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

• oas

Borrowed from Spanish osa, from Old Spanish ossa, from Latin ursa.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔosa/ [ˈʔoː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: o‧sa

osa (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐ)

1. female equivalent of oso: she-bear

• IPA^(key): /osa/

ósà

1. drum

• ósà

• "Tsuut'ina Nominalized Phrases (Video)." Youtube, uploaded by AlbertaUArts, 30 May. 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t6EdGunXLc

From Proto-Finnic *osa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ońća.

osa (genitive osa, partitive ossa)

1. part

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• osakäänüs

From Proto-Bantu *-jòkia.

-osa

1. to roast, to toast, to fry
2. to roast, to grill, to admonish

• -osela (applicative)
• -osisa (causative)
• -osayosa, -osawosa (diminutive)
• -osisisa (intensive)
• -oseka (neuter-passive)
• -osiwa (passive)
• -osana (reciprocal)
• isoso

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “osa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “osa (6.3)”