kosta

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See also: Kosta and kostā

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse kosta, borrowed through Middle Low German from Latin constare, present infinitive of consto (I stand firm (on price)).

Verb[edit]

kosta (third person singular past indicative kostaði, third person plural past indicative kostaðu, supine kostað)

  1. to cost

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of kosta (group v-30)
infinitive kosta
supine kostað
participle (a6)1 kostandi kostaður
present past
first singular kosti kostaði
second singular kostar kostaði
third singular kostar kostaði
plural kosta kostaðu
imperative
singular kosta!
plural kostið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Finnish[edit]

Verb[edit]

kosta

  1. present active indicative connegative of kostaa
  2. second-person singular present imperative of kostaa
  3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of kostaa

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Guinea-Bissau Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese costas. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kósta.

Noun[edit]

kosta

  1. back (the backside of the body)

Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

kosta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kostaði, supine kostað)

  1. to cost
    Þessi hálsfesti kostaði mikla peninga!
    This necklace cost a lot of money!
  2. to finance, to bear the cost of
    Foreldrar mínir kostuðu námið mitt.
    My parents financed my education.

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Noun[edit]

kosta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of kostur

Latvian[edit]

Participle[edit]

kosta

  1. genitive singular masculine form of kosts
  2. nominative singular feminine form of kosts

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Verb[edit]

kosta

  1. inflection of koste:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse kosta, from Middle Low German [Term?], from Latin constare.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

kosta (present tense kostar, past tense kosta, past participle kosta, passive infinitive kostast, present participle kostande, imperative kosta/kost)

  1. to cost (require payment of a price, cause something to be lost)

Etymology 2[edit]

From the noun kost.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

kosta (present tense kostar, past tense kosta, past participle kosta, passive infinitive kostast, present participle kostande, imperative kosta/kost)

  1. to sweep (clean with a broom)

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *kustōną (to try, taste), from *kustuz, whence also Old Norse kostr.

Verb[edit]

kosta

  1. (transitive with genitive) to try
  2. (with infinitive) to exert oneself, strive
  3. (impersonal, transitive with accusative) to injure, hurt
    1. þat fall var svá mikit, at kostaði lærlegg hans
      the fall was so great, that it cost him his thigh-bone
  4. (ditransitive) to cost someone something
  5. to defray the expenses of

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Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: kosta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kosta, koste

References[edit]

  • kosta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse kosta, from Middle Low German [Term?], from Latin constare.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Verb[edit]

kosta (present kostar, preterite kostade, supine kostat, imperative kosta)

  1. to cost

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish costa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: kos‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈkosta/, [ˈkos.tɐ]
  • Rhymes: -osta

Noun[edit]

kosta

  1. shore; coast
    Synonyms: baybay, baybay-dagat, baybayin, baybayin-dagat, pasigan, dalampasigan, hampasang-alon, pampang, kosto
  2. cost; expenses
    Synonyms: gastos, gugol, kosto, kostas

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