nosi

See also: nosí, nósi, носи, and ноши

Chickasaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *no¢i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nó.si/

Verb

nosi

1. (active voice, intransitive, class I subject) to go to sleep
2. (stative, intransitive, class II subject or nominal subject) to sleep, to be asleep
3. (intransitive, nominal subject, of a body part) to get numb, to be asleep

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	nosili nosi-li	iinosi / iliinosi / liinosi ii-nosi / ilii-nosi / lii-nosi	iloonosi iloo-nosi
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishnosi ish-nosi	hashnosi hash-nosi
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	nosi	(hoo)nosi (hoo-)nosi

Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	sanosi sa-nosi	ponosi po-nosi	haponosi hapo-nosi
2nd-person (you, you all)	chinosi chi-nosi	hachinosi hachi-nosi
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	nosi	(hoo)nosi (hoo-)nosi

Derived terms

• nohó̱si
• nosichi
• nosilhha
• nosiꞌ foꞌkhaꞌ
• nosiꞌchiꞌ
• nost
• nó̱si
• nóꞌsi

Descendants

• Mobilian: nosi

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• nusi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *no¢i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʊ.síh/

Verb

nosi

1. to sleep

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

nosi

1. (non-standard since 2012) past participle of nysa

Etymology 2

Noun

nosi f

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of nos

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.ɕi/
• Rhymes: -ɔɕi
• Syllabification: no‧si

Verb

nosi

1. third-person singular present of nosić

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

nosi (Cyrillic spelling носи)

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Backslang of sino.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnosi/ [ˈn̪oː.sɪ]
• Rhymes: -osi
• Syllabification: no‧si

Pronoun

nosi (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜐᜒ)

1. (back slang) who

See also

• kitba

References

• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎^[1], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN

Anagrams

• Ison, inso, sino

Welsh

Etymology

nos (“night”) +‎ -i

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔsɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔsi/

Verb

nosi (first-person singular present nosaf, not mutable)

1. (intransitive) to become night, to darken

   Synonym: tywyllu

Conjugation

Conjugation of nosi (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	nosaf	nosi	nos, nosa	noswn	noswch	nosant	nosir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	noswn	nosit	nosai	nosem	nosech	nosent	nosid
preterite	nosais	nosaist	nosodd	nosasom	nosasoch	nosasant	noswyd
pluperfect	nosaswn	nosasit	nosasai	nosasem	nosasech	nosasent	nosasid, nosesid
present subjunctive	noswyf	nosych	noso	nosom	nosoch	nosont	noser
imperative	—	nos, nosa	nosed	noswn	noswch	nosent	noser
verbal noun	nosi
verbal adjectives	nosedig nosadwy

Conjugation of nosi (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	nosa i, nosaf i	nosi di	nosith o/e/hi, nosiff e/hi	noswn ni	noswch chi	nosan nhw
conditional	noswn i, nosswn i	noset ti, nosset ti	nosai fo/fe/hi, nossai fo/fe/hi	nosen ni, nossen ni	nosech chi, nossech chi	nosen nhw, nossen nhw
preterite	nosais i, noses i	nosaist ti, nosest ti	nosodd o/e/hi	noson ni	nosoch chi	noson nhw
imperative	—	nosa	—	—	noswch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “nosi”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “nosi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies