oso

See also: Oso, osó, osò, óso, ọṣọ, 'oso, and -oso

Arigidi

Noun

oso

1. house, home

References

• B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)

---

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /os̺o/, [o̞.s̺o̞]

Adjective

oso (comparative osoago, superlative osoen, excessive osoegi)

1. whole, complete
2. all

Usage notes

In the meaning 'whole' it is fully adjectival in its behaviour, being placed after the noun and taking normal inflections for the end of the noun phrase. In the meaning 'very' (see below) it precedes another adjective and commonly precedes the noun as well:

• mendi osoa ― the whole mountain
• mendi oso handia ― the very big mountain
• oso mendi handia ― the very big mountain
• mendia oso handia da ― the mountain is very big

Adverb

oso (not comparable)

1. very, much

   oso ona ― very good

Further reading

• “oso” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “oso” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

---

Bikol Central

Noun

oso

1. bear

---

Cebuano

Noun

oso

1. bear

---

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish oso (“bear”), from Old Spanish osso, from Vulgar Latin *ussus, from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orssos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”).

Noun

oso

1. bear

---

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoso]

Noun

oso

1. vocative singular of osa

---

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese usso, from Vulgar Latin *ussus, from Latin ursus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoso̝/

Noun

oso m (plural osos)

1. bear (animal)

Derived terms

• Osedo
• oseira
• Oseira

References

• “usso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2012.
• “oso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2012.
• “usso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2016.
• “oso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “oso” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

---

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.zo/
• Rhymes: -ɔzo
• Hyphenation: ò‧so

Etymology 1

From Latin ausus, perfect participle of audeō (“I dare, venture, risk”). Doublet of auso.

Adjective

oso (feminine osa, masculine plural osi, feminine plural ose)

1. (archaic or literary) bold, daring

   Synonyms: ardito, audace

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XIV, lines 130–132, page 258:

     Forse la mia parola par troppo osa, ¶ posponendo il piacer de li occhi belli, ¶ ne’ quai mirando mio disio ha posa

     Perhaps my word appears somewhat too bold, postponing the delight of those fair eyes, into which gazing my desire has rest

   1. Used in the archaic locution essere oso: to dare (literally, “to be daring, bold”)
      • c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato quarto, Capitolo VI [Fourth Treatise, Chapter 6]”, in Convivio [The Banquet]‎^[1], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, section 10:

        E diffiniro così questo onesto: ’quello che, sanza utilitade e sanza frutto, per sè di ragione è da laudare’. E costoro e la loro setta chiamati furono Stoici, e fu di loro quello glorioso Catone di cui non fui di sopra oso di parlare.

        And they defined this integrity as “that which apart from utility or profit is for its own sake praiseworthy according to reason.” They and their sect were called Stoics, and to them belonged that glorious Cato of whom I did not dare to speak above.

      • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Trionfo della fama, Capitolo III [Triumph of Fame, Chapter 3]”, in I trionfi [Triumphs], collected in Le rime di M. Francesco Petrarca, Venice: Giuseppe Bortoli, published 1739, page 314:

        Vidi Archimede star col viso basso ¶ E Democrito andar tutto pensoso ¶ Per suo voler di lume e d’oro casso; ¶ Vidi Ippia, il vecchiarel che già fu oso ¶ Dir: - Io so tutto, - e poi di nulla certo

        I saw Archimedes looking down, and Democritus going immersed in thought, by his own will without light or gold; I saw Hippias, the old man that dared to say: "I know everything", and yet sure of nothing

Related terms

• audace
• auso
• osabile
• osare

 

References

• oso¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Substantivization of the chemistry suffix -oso.

Noun

oso m (plural osi)

1. (biochemistry) Synonym of osio (“monose”)

References

• oso² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

oso

1. first-person singular present indicative of osare

---

Japanese

Romanization

oso

1. Rōmaji transcription of おそ

---

Latin

Participle

ōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ōsus

---

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

oso

1. (obsolete) past plural of asa

---

Nzadi

Noun

osó (plural esó)

1. face

Further reading

• Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

---

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.sɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔsɔ
• Syllabification: o‧so

Noun

oso f

1. vocative singular of osa

---

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

oso (Cyrillic spelling осо)

1. vocative singular of osa

---

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoso/, [ˈo.so]

• Audio (Spain)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oso

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish osso, from Vulgar Latin *ussus, from Latin ursus (compare Asturian osu, Aragonese onso, Catalan ós, French ours, Italian orso, Portuguese urso (Old Portuguese usso), Romanian urs), from Proto-Italic *orssos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”).

Noun

oso m (plural osos, feminine osa, feminine plural osas)

1. bear (in general)
2. boar, male bear
3. (slang) bear (large hairy man, especially homosexual)

   Tengo un amigo delgado al que le gustan solo los osos barrigudos y velludos.

   I have a skinny friend who only likes paunchy and hairy bears.

Alternative forms

• osso (obsolete)

Derived terms

• ajo de oso
• hacer el oso
• hacerse el oso
• no vendas la piel del oso antes de cazarlo
• oreja de oso
• osezno
• osito
• oso andino
• oso bezudo
• oso blanco
• oso caballo
• oso cavernario
• oso de agua
• oso de anteojos
• oso del Himalaya
• oso hormiguero
• oso Kodiak
• oso lavador
• oso malayo
• oso marino ártico
• oso melero
• oso negro
• oso panda
• oso pardo
• oso polar
• oso tibetano
• oso viscoso
• osuno

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

oso

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of osar.

Further reading

• “oso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

---

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English house.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.so/

Noun

oso

1. house

Derived terms

• lontoso
• skowt oso

Descendants

• → Dutch: osso

---

Tagalog

isang oso

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oso.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: o‧so
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔoso/

Noun

oso

1. bear (mammal)

Coordinate terms

• osa

---

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin ossum, popular variant of os. Compare Italian osso.

Noun

oso m (plural osi)

1. bone

---

West Damar

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

oso

1. fire

---

West Makian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Ternate wosa (“to enter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.s̪o/

Verb

oso

1. (transitive) to enter

Conjugation

Conjugation of oso (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tooso	mooso	aoso
2nd person		nooso	fooso
3rd person	inanimate	ioso	dooso
	animate
imperative		nooso, oso	fooso, oso

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.s̪o/

Noun

oso

1. cassava

   Synonym: oso fete

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics