nossa
Fala
Determiner
nossa f sg
- Frades Gaspar's form of nosa (“our”)
Pronoun
nossa f sg
- Frades Gaspar's form of nosa (“ours”)
References
- Frades Gaspar, Domingo (2000) Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala[1], 2nd edition, Sa Martín de Trevellu, Spain: Editora Regional de Extremadura, →ISBN, archived from the original on 10 July 2013
Faroese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔsːa/
- Rhymes: -ɔsːa
Noun
nossa n (genitive singular nossa, plural nossu or nossur)
Declension
| n1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | nossa | nossað | nossu, nossur | nossuni |
| accusative | nossa | nossað | nossu, nossur | nossuni |
| dative | nossa | nossanum | nossum | nossunum |
| genitive | nossa | nossans | nossna | nossnanna |
See also
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.sɐ/
- Hyphenation: nos‧sa
Etymology 1
Determiner
nossa
- feminine singular of nosso
Pronoun
nossa
- feminine singular of nosso
Noun
nossa
- feminine of nosso
See also
| singular possessum | plural possessum | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |||
| singular possessor |
first person | meu | minha | meus | minhas | |
| second person | teu | tua | teus | tuas | ||
| third person | any | seu | sua | seus | suas | |
| m | dele | |||||
| f | dela | |||||
| plural possessor |
first person | nosso | nossa | nossos | nossas | |
| second person | vosso | vossa | vossos | vossas | ||
| third person | any | seu | sua | seus | suas | |
| m | deles | |||||
| f | delas | |||||
Etymology 2
Shortening of nossa senhora, itself a shortening of minha nossa senhora.
Interjection
nossa!
- oh my God!; goodness! (said in excitement, shock, awe or dismay)
- Synonym: meu Deus!
- 1999, J. Simões, Retrato Mutante, Academia Taguatinguense de Letras - ATL, page 18:
- Benge percebeu o clima tenso e resolveu dar mais uma das suas:
— Nossa! O Chefinho tá-que-tá! Uma fera!- Benge noticed the tense atmosphere and decided to give one more of his own phrases:
— Goodness! The little boss got fired up! What a beast!
- Benge noticed the tense atmosphere and decided to give one more of his own phrases: