posa

• porsa

From po +‎ sa.^[1]

posa

1. just, hardly, scarcely

• posaçe
• posaçëm

• “posa”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[3], 1980

• pousa (Western Asturias)

• IPA^(key): /ˈposa/ [ˈpo.sa]

posa f (plural poses)

1. pause, rest
2. place to rest in a path
3. ringing of church bells when a person dies
4. (Mining) loose piece of coal

• a poses
• d'una posa
• a la posa tayada

• posar

Deverbal from posar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpo.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpo.za]

posa f (plural poses)

1. pose (especially of an artist's model)
2. position
3. (photography) exposure
4. attitude (state of mind, positive or negative)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɔ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɔ.za]

posa

1. inflection of posar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

posa

1. cat

• Audio:

  (file)

posa

1. third-person singular past historic of poser

• soap

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.za/, (traditional) /ˈpɔ.sa/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔza, (traditional) -ɔsa
• Hyphenation: pò‧sa

Deverbal from posare +‎ -a, or inherited from Latin pausa.

posa f (plural pose)

1. pose
2. posing
3. exposure (photographic)
4. placing, laying

• pausa
• mettersi in posa
• stare in posa
• teatro di posa

posa

1. inflection of posare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• aspo

posa

1. cat

   Synonym: ngiyaw

Doublet of purisa, comparable to the doublets ayya and ariya (“noble”).

posa m

1. (poetic) man

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “posa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

posa

1. inflection of posar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

posà

1. cat

posa

1. inflection of posar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

-posa (infinitive kuposa)

1. to propose marriage, to ask for someone's hand in marriage

Conjugation of -posa
Positive present -naposa Subjunctive -pose Negative -posi Imperative singular posa
Infinitives
Positive kuposa Negative kutoposa
Imperatives
Singular posa Plural poseni
Tensed forms
Habitual huposa Positive past positive subject concord + -liposa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuposa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naposa) Singular Plural 1st person ninaposa/naposa tunaposa 2nd person unaposa mnaposa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaposa wanaposa other classes positive subject concord + -naposa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -posi) Singular Plural 1st person siposi hatuposi 2nd person huposi hamposi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haposi hawaposi other classes negative subject concord + -posi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taposa Negative future negative subject concord + -taposa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pose) Singular Plural 1st person nipose tupose 2nd person upose mpose 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apose wapose other classes positive subject concord + -pose
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipose Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeposa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeposa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliposa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliposa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aposa) Singular Plural 1st person naposa twaposa 2nd person waposa mwaposa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aposa waposa m-mi(III/IV) waposa yaposa ji-ma(V/VI) laposa yaposa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaposa vyaposa n(IX/X) yaposa zaposa u(XI) waposa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaposa pa(XVI) paposa mu(XVIII) mwaposa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meposa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaposa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japosa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiposa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoposa Consecutive kaposa / positive subject concord + -kaposa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapose
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niposa -tuposa 2nd person -kuposa -waposa/-kuposeni/-waposeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mposa -waposa m-mi(III/IV) -uposa -iposa ji-ma(V/VI) -liposa -yaposa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiposa -viposa n(IX/X) -iposa -ziposa u(XI) -uposa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuposa pa(XVI) -paposa mu(XVIII) -muposa Reflexive -jiposa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -posa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -posaye -posao m-mi(III/IV) -posao -posayo ji-ma(V/VI) -posalo -posayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -posacho -posavyo n(IX/X) -posayo -posazo u(XI) -posao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -posako pa(XVI) -posapo mu(XVIII) -posamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -posa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeposa -oposa m-mi(III/IV) -oposa -yoposa ji-ma(V/VI) -loposa -yoposa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choposa -vyoposa n(IX/X) -yoposa -zoposa u(XI) -oposa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koposa pa(XVI) -poposa mu(XVIII) -moposa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

posa class IX (plural posa class X)

1. marriage proposal

• Nominal derivations:
  • mposaji (“suitor”)
  • uposaji (“proposing”)

-pósa

1. to post

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پوصه (posa, “sediment, dregs, tartar (of wine or teeth)”),^[1][2] origin unknown.^[3]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.sa/
• Hyphenation: po‧sa

posa (definite accusative posayı, plural posalar)

1. The remaining solid parts of any juiced food; pulp.
2. sediment, dregs

   Synonyms: tortu, çökelti, telve

• “posa”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “posa¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3884

Cognate with East Makian posa (“to boil”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.s̪a/

posa

1. (transitive) to boil

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

-pósa

1. (transitive) to post

This verb needs an inflection-table template.