osu

See also: OSU, ošu, oṣu, and -osu

Akan

Pronunciation

  • (Akuapem) Tone: LH[1]

Noun

osu

  1. rain[2][1]
    Synonym: (Fante) nyankom
  2. (Akuapem) weeping, wail[1]
  3. rain cloud[2]
    osu amunait is cloudy[2][1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kotey, Paul A. (1998) Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary[1], New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881) “o-su”, in A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)[2], Basel, page 458

Asturian

Etymology

    Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ussus, from Latin ursus. Compare Galician and Spanish oso, Portuguese urso.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈosu/ [ˈo.su]

    Noun

    osu m (plural osos)

    1. bear

    Fala

    Etymology

    From Old Galician-Portuguese osso, from Latin ossum, popular variant of os (bone), from Proto-Italic *ōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (bone), *h₂óst.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈosu/
    • Rhymes: -osu
    • Syllabification: o‧su

    Noun

    osu m (plural osus)

    1. (anatomy) bone

    References

    • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[3], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

    Finnish

    Verb

    osu

    1. inflection of osua:
      1. present active indicative connegative
      2. second-person singular present imperative
      3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

    Anagrams

    Istro-Romanian

    Noun

    osu n

    1. definite singular of os The bone

    Japanese

    Romanization

    osu

    1. Rōmaji transcription of おす

    Kabuverdianu

    Etymology

    From Portuguese osso.

    Noun

    osu

    1. bone

    Latin

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    ōsū

    1. ablative supine of ōdī
    2. ablative supine of odiō

    Latvian

    Noun

    osu f

    1. inflection of osa:
      1. accusative/instrumental singular
      2. genitive plural

    Leonese

    Etymology

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Noun

    osu m (plural osos)

    1. bear

    References

    Loloda

    Etymology

    Reconstructible to Proto-Galela-Tobelo (Proto-Northeast Halmaheran), likely as *osu; compare Galela osu, Tabaru 'ohu, Tobelo ohu.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈo.su/

    Noun

    osu

    1. earthquake

    References

    • M. J. van Baarda (1904) Het Lòda'sch, in vergelijking met het Galėla'sch dialect op Halmaheira

    Olukumi

    Etymology

    From Proto-Yoruboid *ó-cù, cognate with Igala ochu, Yoruba ochù, Yoruba oṣù, Yoruba osù

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ō.sù/

    Noun

    osù

    1. moon

    Romanian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈo.su/

    Noun

    osu n

    1. eye dialect spelling of osul
    2. archaic spelling of osul
    3. nonstandard spelling of osul

    Serbo-Croatian

    Noun

    osu (Cyrillic spelling осу)

    1. accusative singular of osa

    Slovak

    Noun

    osu

    1. accusative singular of osa

    West Makian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈo.s̪u/

    Verb

    osu

    1. (intransitive) to get up, to rise (from sitting)
    2. (intransitive) to get up, to wake up (from sleep)

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of osu (action verb)
    singular plural
    inclusive exclusive
    1st person toosu moosu aosu
    2nd person noosu foosu
    3rd person inanimate iosu doosu
    animate
    imperative noosu, osu foosu, osu

    References

    • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[4], Pacific linguistics