sosa

See also: Sosa, sósa, sōsa, and şösä

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ) respectively a dialectal variant of it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈsu.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈso.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈso.za]

Noun

sosa f (plural soses)

1. saltwort

   Synonyms: barrella, salsola

2. soda ash
3. (chemistry) sodium carbonate

Related terms

• soda

Descendants

• → Spanish: sosa

Further reading

• “sosa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Fijian

Alternative forms

• so sa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Possibly from so (“very, abundant”) +‎ sa (“spear”).

Verb

sosā

1. (stative) to be irritated, to be bothered, to be fed up

   Au sa sosa na rogoca na ulubale.

   I am fed up with hearing excuses.

   Sa sosa ko koya ena nodra oso.

   S/he is irritated by their noise.

Adjective

sosā

1. impatient, irritated, bothered

   E dua na tamata sosa.

   S/he is an impatient person.

Derived terms

• vakasosa (“bothersome, annoying”)
• vakasosa-taka (“to bother (someone), to take up their time”)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “sosa”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 236

Spanish

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Arabic أَسْوَد (ʔaswad)

Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía)calq.?

Arabic سَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ)

Arabic أَسْوَد (ʔaswad)

Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ)bor.

Catalan sosabor.

Spanish sosa

Borrowed from Catalan sosa. Later borrowed from Italian as soda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsosa/ [ˈso.sa]
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: so‧sa

Noun

sosa f (plural sosas)

1. sodium hydroxide, soda ash
2. glasswort

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

sosa f sg

1. feminine singular of soso

Further reading

• “sosa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tetum

Verb

sosa

1. to buy