posa

See also: posá, posà, and poŝa

Catalan

Verb

posa

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Eastern Bontoc

Noun

posa

1. cat

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

posa

1. third-person singular past historic of poser

Anagrams

• soap

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.za/, (traditional) /ˈpɔ.sa/
• Rhymes: -ɔza, (traditional) -ɔsa
• Hyphenation: pò‧sa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from posare, or inherited from Latin pausa.

Noun

posa f (plural pose)

1. pose
2. posing
3. exposure (photographic)
4. placing, laying

Related terms

• pausa
• mettersi in posa
• stare in posa

Etymology 2

Verb

posa

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

Anagrams

• aspo

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Karao

Noun

posa

1. cat

   Synonym: ngiyaw

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑁄𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• पोस (Devanagari script)
• পোস (Bengali script)
• පොස (Sinhalese script)
• ပေါသ or ပေႃသ (Burmese script)
• โปส or โปสะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩮᩤᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂປສ or ໂປສະ (Lao script)
• បោស (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄮𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Doublet of purisa, comparable to the doublets ayya and ariya (“noble”).

Noun

posa m

1. (poetic) man

Declension

Declension table of "posa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	poso	posā
Accusative (second)	posaṃ	pose
Instrumental (third)	posena	posehi or posebhi
Dative (fourth)	posassa or posāya or posatthaṃ	posānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	posasmā or posamhā or posā	posehi or posebhi
Genitive (sixth)	posassa	posānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	posasmiṃ or posamhi or pose	posesu
Vocative (calling)	posa	posā

References

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

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Sambali

Noun

posà

1. cat

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Spanish

Verb

posa

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

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-posa (infinitive kuposa)

1. to propose marriage, to ask to marry

Conjugation

Conjugation of -posa
Positive present -naposa Subjunctive -pose Negative -posi Imperative singular posa
Infinitives
Positive kuposa Negative kutoposa
Imperatives
Singular posa Plural poseni
Tensed forms
Habitual huposa Positive past positive subject concord + -liposa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuposa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naposa) Singular Plural 1st person ninaposa/naposa tunaposa 2nd person unaposa mnaposa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaposa wanaposa other classes positive subject concord + -naposa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -posi) Singular Plural 1st person siposi hatuposi 2nd person huposi hamposi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haposi hawaposi other classes negative subject concord + -posi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taposa Negative future negative subject concord + -taposa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pose) Singular Plural 1st person nipose tupose 2nd person upose mpose 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apose wapose other classes positive subject concord + -pose
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipose Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeposa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeposa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliposa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliposa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aposa) Singular Plural 1st person naposa twaposa 2nd person waposa mwaposa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aposa waposa m-mi(III/IV) waposa yaposa ji-ma(V/VI) laposa yaposa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaposa vyaposa n(IX/X) yaposa zaposa u(XI) waposa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaposa pa(XVI) paposa mu(XVIII) mwaposa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meposa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaposa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japosa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiposa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoposa Consecutive kaposa / positive subject concord + -kaposa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapose
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niposa -tuposa 2nd person -kuposa -waposa/-kuposeni/-waposeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mposa -waposa m-mi(III/IV) -uposa -iposa ji-ma(V/VI) -liposa -yaposa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiposa -viposa n(IX/X) -iposa -ziposa u(XI) -uposa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuposa pa(XVI) -paposa mu(XVIII) -muposa Reflexive -jiposa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -posa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -posaye -posao m-mi(III/IV) -posao -posayo ji-ma(V/VI) -posalo -posayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -posacho -posavyo n(IX/X) -posayo -posazo u(XI) -posao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -posako pa(XVI) -posapo mu(XVIII) -posamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -posa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeposa -oposa m-mi(III/IV) -oposa -yoposa ji-ma(V/VI) -loposa -yoposa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choposa -vyoposa n(IX/X) -yoposa -zoposa u(XI) -oposa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koposa pa(XVI) -poposa mu(XVIII) -moposa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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Swazi

Verb

-pósa

1. to post

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Xhosa

Verb

-pósa

1. (transitive) to post

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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West Makian

Etymology

Cognate with East Makian posa (“to boil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.s̪a/

Verb

posa

1. (transitive) to boil

Conjugation

Conjugation of posa (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toposa	moposa	aposa
2nd person		noposa	foposa
3rd person	inanimate	iposa	doposa
	animate
imperative		noposa, posa	foposa, posa

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics