kossia

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kosidak. Cognates include Finnish kosia and Estonian kosida.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkosiɑ/, [ˈko̞s̠ːe̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkosiɑ/, [ˈko̞ʃˑiɑ]
• Rhymes: -oseː, -osiɑ
• Hyphenation: kos‧si‧a

Verb

kossia

1. (transitive, usually atelic) to propose to; to ask to marry
2. (transitive, usually atelic) to marry off (propose marriage on behalve of another)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kossia (type 7/oppia, no gradation, gemination)
Indikativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	kosin	en kosi	1st singular	oon kosint, oon kosinut	en oo kosint, en oo kosinut
2nd singular	kosit	et kosi	2nd singular	oot kosint, oot kosinut	et oo kosint, et oo kosinut
3rd singular	kossii	ei kosi	3rd singular	ono kosint, ono kosinut	ei oo kosint, ei oo kosinut
1st plural	kosimma	emmä kosi	1st plural	oomma kosineet	emmä oo kosineet
2nd plural	kositta	että kosi	2nd plural	ootta kosineet	että oo kosineet
3rd plural	kossiit1), kosivat2), kositaa	evät kosi, ei kosita	3rd plural	ovat kosineet	evät oo kosineet, ei oo kosittu
impersonal	kositaa	ei kosita	impersonal	ono kosittu	ei oo kosittu
Imperfekta			Pluskvamperfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	kosin	en kosint, en kosinut	1st singular	olin kosint, olin kosinut	en olt kosint, en olt kosinut
2nd singular	kosit	et kosint, et kosinut	2nd singular	olit kosint, olit kosinut	et olt kosint, et olt kosinut
3rd singular	kosi	ei kosint, ei kosinut	3rd singular	oli kosint, oli kosinut	ei olt kosint, ei olt kosinut
1st plural	kosimma	emmä kosineet	1st plural	olimma kosineet	emmä olleet kosineet
2nd plural	kositta	että kosineet	2nd plural	olitta kosineet	että olleet kosineet
3rd plural	kossiit1), kosivat2), kosittii	evät kosineet, ei kosittu	3rd plural	olivat kosineet	evät olleet kosineet, ei olt kosittu
impersonal	kosittii	ei kosittu	impersonal	oli kosittu	ei olt kosittu
Konditsionala
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	kosisin	en kosis	1st singular	olisin kosint, olisin kosinut	en olis kosint, en olis kosinut
2nd singular	kosisit, kossiist1)	et kosis	2nd singular	olisit kosint, olisit kosinut	et olis kosint, et olis kosinut
3rd singular	kosis	ei kosis	3rd singular	olis kosint, olis kosinut	ei olis kosint, ei olis kosinut
1st plural	kosisimma	emmä kosis	1st plural	olisimma kosineet	emmä olis kosineet
2nd plural	kosisitta	että kosis	2nd plural	olisitta kosineet	että olis kosineet
3rd plural	kosisiit1), kosisivat2), kosittais	evät kosis, ei kosittais	3rd plural	olisivat kosineet	evät olis kosineet, ei olis kosittu
impersonal	kosittais	ei kosittais	impersonal	olis kosittu	ei olis kosittu
Imperativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	—	—	1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	kosi	elä kosi	2nd singular	oo kosint, oo kosinut	elä oo kosint, elä oo kosinut
3rd singular	kosikoo	elköö kosiko	3rd singular	olkoo kosint, olkoo kosinut	elköö olko kosint, elköö olko kosinut
1st plural	—	—	1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	kosikaa	elkää kosiko	2nd plural	olkaa kosineet	elkää olko kosineet
3rd plural	kosikoot	elkööt kosiko, elköö kosittako	3rd plural	olkoot kosineet	elkööt olko kosineet, elköö olko kosittu
impersonal	kosittakkoo	elköö kosittako	impersonal	olkoo kosittu	elköö olko kosittu
Potentsiala
Preesens
	positive	negative
1st singular	kosinen	en kosine
2nd singular	kosinet	et kosine
3rd singular	kosinoo	ei kosine
1st plural	kosinemma	emmä kosine
2nd plural	kosinetta	että kosine
3rd plural	kosinoot	evät kosine, ei kosittane
impersonal	kosittannoo	ei kosittane
Nominal forms
Infinitivat			Partisipat
				active	passive
1st		kossia	present	kosiva	kosittava
2nd	inessive	kosijees	past	kosint, kosinut	kosittu
	instructive	kossien	1) Chiefly in the Soikkola dialect. 2) Chiefly in the Ala-Laukaa dialect. *) For the imperative, the 2nd plural (kosikaa) may be used for the 3rd person as well. **) The interrogative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka?/-kä?) to the indicative ***) The deliberative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka?/-kä?) or -kse to either the indicative or the potential ****) In folk poetry, a long first infinitive can be formed by adding the suffix -kse-, followed by possessive suffixes, to the first infinitive. Note that sometimes gemination may be undone by this addition.
3rd	illative	kosimaa
	inessive	kosimaas
	elative	kosimast
	abessive	kosimata
4th	nominative	kosimiin
	partitive	kosimista, kosimist

Synonyms

• kosjoa

Derived terms

• kosi
• kosija
• kosikkivers

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkosijɑ/, [ˈko̞s̠ij]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkosiɑ/, [ˈko̞ʃˑiɑ]
• Rhymes: -osij, -osiɑ
• Hyphenation: kos‧si‧a

Noun

kossia

1. partitive plural of kosa (“scythe”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkosiɑ/, [ˈko̞s̠ːe̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkosiɑ/, [ˈko̞ʃˑiɑ]
• Rhymes: -oseː, -osiɑ
• Hyphenation: kos‧si‧a

Noun

kossia

1. partitive singular of kosi (“scythe”)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkosiɑ/, [ˈko̞s̠ːe̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkosiɑ/, [ˈko̞ʃˑiɑ]
• Rhymes: -oseː, -osiɑ
• Hyphenation: kos‧si‧a

Noun

kossia

1. partitive singular of kosi (“proposal”)

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 197

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kosidak.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkosiɑ̯/, [ˈkosːiɑ̯]
• Rhymes: -osiɑ̯
• Hyphenation: kos‧sia

Verb

kossia

1. (transitive, usually atelic) to propose to, propose marriage

Inflection

Conjugation of kossia (type III-3/anta, s-z gradation, gemination)
Indicative
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	kozin	en kozi	1st singular	õõn kosinnu	en õõ kosinnu
2nd singular	kozid	ed kozi	2nd singular	õõd kosinnu	ed õõ kosinnu
3rd singular	kozib	eb kozi	3rd singular	on kosinnu	eb õõ kosinnu
1st plural	kozimmõ	emmä kozi	1st plural	õõmmõ kosinnu	emmä õõ kosinnu
2nd plural	kozittõ	että kozi	2nd plural	õõttõ kosinnu	että õõ kosinnu
3rd plural	kozita	eväd kozi	3rd plural	õlla kozittu	eväd õõ kozittu
impersonal	kozita	eväd kozi	impersonal	õlla kozittu	eväd õõ kozittu
Imperfect			Pluperfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	kozin	en kosinnu	1st singular	õlin kosinnu	—
2nd singular	kozid	ed kosinnu	2nd singular	õlid kosinnu	—
3rd singular	kosi	eb kosinnu	3rd singular	õli kosinnu	—
1st plural	kozimmõ	emmä kosinnu	1st plural	õlimmõ kosinnu	—
2nd plural	kozittõ	että kosinnu	2nd plural	õlittõ kosinnu	—
3rd plural	kozitti	eväd kozittu	3rd plural	õlti kozittu	—
impersonal	kozitti	eväd kozittu	impersonal	õlti kozittu	—
Conditional
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	kosizin	en kosizʹ	1st singular	õllõizin kosinnu	en õllõizʹ kosinnu
2nd singular	kosizid	ed kosizʹ	2nd singular	õllõizid kosinnu	ed õllõizʹ kosinnu
3rd singular	kosizʹ	eb kosizʹ	3rd singular	õllõizʹ kosinnu	eb õllõizʹ kosinnu
1st plural	kosizimmõ	emmä kosizʹ	1st plural	õllõizimmõ kosinnu	emmä õllõizʹ kosinnu
2nd plural	kosizittõ	että kosizʹ	2nd plural	õllõizittõ kosinnu	että õllõizʹ kosinnu
3rd plural	kozittaizʹ	eväd kozittaizʹ	3rd plural	õltaizʹ kozittu	eväd õltaizʹ kozittu
impersonal	kozittaizʹ	eväd kozittaizʹ	impersonal	õltaizʹ kozittu	eväd õltaizʹ kozittu
Imperative
Present
	positive	negative
1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	kozi	elä kozi
3rd singular	kosigo	elko kosigo
1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	kosiga	elka kosiga
3rd plural	kosigod	—
impersonal	—	—
Nominal forms
Infinitives			Participles
				active	passive
1st		kossia	present	kosijõ1)	—
2nd	illative	kosima	past	kosinnu	kozittu
	inessive	kosimõz	1) also used as the agent noun
	elative	kosimõssõ
	abessive	kosimõttõ

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kosia”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn