koska

See also: Koska, koskâ, and Koška

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish cosca, from Proto-Brythonic *kuskɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kuxsketi, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-. Cognate with Breton kousket and Welsh cysgu.

Verb

koska

1. to sleep
2. (of food) to go mouldy

Conjugation

Conjugation of koska

		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present/future	koskav	koskydh	kosk	koskyn	koskowgh	koskons	koskir
	preterite	koskis	kos'sys	koskas	kos'syn	kos'sowgh	kos'sons	koskas
	imperfect	kosken	koskes	koska	kosken	koskewgh	koskens	koskys
	pluperfect	kos'sen	kos'ses	kos'sa	kos'sen	kos'sewgh	kos'sens	kos'sys
subjunctive	present/future	koskiv	koski	kosko	koskyn	koskowgh	koskons	kosker
	imperfect	kosken	koskes	koska	kosken	koskewgh	koskens	koskys
imperative		—	kosk	koskes	koskyn	koskewgh	koskens	—
non-finites		present participle			verbal adjective
		ow koska			koskys

Derived terms

• kosk (“sleep”, noun)
• koska yn harow (“rough sleeping”)
• koskader (“sleeper”)
• koskkerdhes (“sleepwalk”, verb)
• koskti (“dormitory”)
• sagh-koska (“sleeping bag”)

Mutation

Mutation of koska

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
koska	goska	hoska	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Finnish

Etymology

ko- +‎ -s +‎ -ka; the s-lative singular of ko- (from Proto-Finnic *ko-) with the interrogative particle -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoskɑ/, [ˈko̞s̠kɑ̝]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oskɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kos‧ka
• Hyphenation^(key): kos‧ka

Conjunction

koska

1. (subordinating) because, since

   Synonym: sillä (see its usage notes)

   Koska et soittanut, lähdimme ilman sinua.

   Since you didn't call, we left without you.

   Koska meillä on joulu, juhla armas lapsien, eikä rasita koulu, syyt’ on olla iloinen!

   Because we have the midwinter festival now, ...

   Koska sä oot ylivoimainen.

   Because you are overwhelming.

Usage notes

Negative contractions for koska
basic form	koska
negative	singular	plural
1st person	kosken	koskemme
2nd person	kosket	koskette
3rd person	koskei	koskeivät koskeivat
These contractions are used with the indicative forms of the negative verb ei. These contractions with koska are not particularly common nowadays, perhaps due to potential confusion with forms of koskea. Thus it is more common to keep the two words separate.

Adverb

koska (not comparable)

1. synonym of milloin (“when, at what time”)

   Koska he tulevat?

   When will they arrive?

   Tiedätkö, koska he tulevat?

   Do you know when they'll arrive?

Preposition

koska (rare, slang, nonstandard)

1. synonym of takia (“because of”) (as a calque of English prepositional because)

   Miks sä oot kotona? Koska kuume.

   Why are you at home? Because fever.

Derived terms

• koskaan

Further reading

• “koska”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Anagrams

• kasko, sakko, sokka

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôska/
• Hyphenation: kos‧ka

Noun

kȍska f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ска)

1. a big bone

Declension

Declension of koska

	singular	plural
nominative	koska	koske
genitive	koske	kosaka / koski
dative	kosci / koski	koskama
accusative	kosku	koske
vocative	kosko	koske
locative	kosci / koski	koskama
instrumental	koskom	koskama

Further reading

• “koska”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026