posson

Italian

Verb

posson

1. Apocopic form of possono
   • 1969, Lucio Battisti, Mogol (lyrics and music), “Dieci ragazze”:

     Dieci ragazze per me posson bastare / Dieci ragazze per me, voglio dimenticare

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French poisson (“fish”).

Noun

posson

1. fish

   …Oua cila dans nous zotes qua mangé posson d'Avril la.

   …see who among us will eat the April fish.

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Volapük

Etymology

pos- +‎ son

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [posˈson]

Noun

posson (nominative plural possons)

1. grandson

Declension

declension of posson

	singular	plural
nominative	posson	possons
genitive	possona	possonas
dative	possone	possones
accusative	possoni	possonis
vocative 1	o posson!	o possons!
predicative 2	possonu	possonus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Synonyms

• hiposcil
• poscil

Coordinate terms

• jiposcil
• posdaut

Derived terms

• possonef
• possonik
• possoniko
• possono

Related terms

• daleposdaut
• daleposson
• jiposcil
• leposdaut
• leposson
• leson (= plin, hiplin)
• pludaleposdaut
• pludaleposson
• son

See also

• dalefat
• dalemot
• dalepal
• fat
• ledaut (= jiplin)
• lefat
• lemot
• lepal
• mot
• pal
• pludalefat
• pludalemot
• pludalepal