jossa

Finnish

Pronoun

jossa

  1. (relative) inessive singular of joka
    Maa, jossa asuin.
    The country where I lived.

Anagrams

Middle English

Interjection

jossa

  1. A command to a horse, probably meaning "stand still".
    • 1387, Chaucer, “v. 4101”, in The Reeve's Tale‎[1]:
      With "Keep! Keep! Stand! Stand! Jossa, warderere, Ga whistle thou, and I shal kepe hym heere!"
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Russenorsk

Etymology

From Northern Sami juksu (or, less likely, from Norwegian Nynorsk hyse).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jusːa/ (uncertain)

Noun

jossa

  1. (zoology) haddock

Synonyms

References

  • Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag
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