uosso

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin ossum, popular variant of os. Compare Dalmatian vuas, Venetian oso, Italian osso, Friulian vues, Romansch ies, oss.

Noun

uosso m

1. bone
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     E ch’el me ruseghisso incheînt’a l’uosso;

     And that he would nibble me to the bone;