kossa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰɔs(ː)a]
• Rhymes: -ɔsːa

Noun

kossa

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

Swedish

en kossa (sense 1)

Etymology

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

Noun

kossa c

2. (colloquial, often endearing) a cow

   Synonym: ko

   Kossan säger mu

   The cow says moo

3. (derogatory) a cow (despicable woman)
4. (derogatory) a cow (fat person)

Declension

Declension of kossa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kossa	kossas
	definite	kossan	kossans
plural	indefinite	kossor	kossors
	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

1. 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