kósa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kosa"

Hamer-Banna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kósa/, [kʰósḁ]

Pronoun

kósa

1. genitive of kodí

See also

		nominative	accusative	genitive	dative	dependent	allative	comitative	affective	optative	restrictive
exclusive	1st person sg.	ínta	íɗan, ɛ́ɛn	ísa	ína	intɛ́	ídar	ímbe	íxal	ɛ́nna	ímal
	2nd person sg.	yáa	háɗan, háan	hása	hána	hantɛ́	hádar	hambé	háxal	hánna	hámal
	3rd person masc.sg.	kidí, kisí	kíɗan, kɛ́ɛn	kísa	kína	kintɛ́	kídar	kimbé	kíxal	kɛ́nna	yímal
	3rd person fem.sg.	kodí, kosí	kóɗan, kɔ́ɔn	kósa	kóna	(?)	kódar	kombé	kóxal	kɔ́nna
	1st person pl.	wodí, wosí	wóɗan, wóon	wósa	wóna	wontɛ́	wódar	wombé	wóxal	wónna, wɔ́nna	wómal
	2nd person pl.	yedí, yesí	yéɗan, yéen	yésa	yéna	yentɛ́	yédar	yembé	yéxal	yénna, yɛ́nna	yémal
inclusive	1st person	íntal	—	ísal	—	—	—	—	—	ɛ́nnal	—
	2nd person	(?)	—	hásal	—	—	—	—	—	(?)	—
	3rd person masc.	kidíl, kisíl	—	kísal	—	—	—	—	—	kɛ́nnal	—
	3rd person fem.	kodíl, kosíl	—	kósal	—	—	—	—	—	kɔ́nnal	—
(?): unattested

Hamer-Banna personal pronouns

Lingala

Verb

-kósa (infinitive kokósa)

1. to lie
2. to deceive, to cheat

See also

• -kosa

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• kosa (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɨsa/, /ˈkɛsa/, (dated) /ˈkʊsa/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kosa.

Noun

kósa f inan

1. scythe (farm tool)

Declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kósa	kósy	kóse
Genitive	kóse	kósowu	kósow
Dative	kósy	kósoma	kósam
Accusative	kósu	kósy	kóse
Instrumental	kósu	kósoma	kósami
Locative	kósy	kósoma	kósach

Declension of kósa

Etymology 2

Inflected form of kós (“blackbird”).

Noun

kósa

1. inflection of kós (“blackbird”):
   1. genitive/accusative singular
   2. nominative dual

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kósa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kósa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag