tosa

From Japanese 土佐 (Tosa), according to the former Tosa province on the island of Shikoku where the dog was originally bred.

tosa (plural tosas)

1. A Japanese breed of fighting dog

   Synonym: tosa inu

• ASOT, Tsao, taos, SOTA, Sota, oats, OTAs, toas, Taos, ATOs, stoa, as to, oast, Sato

From Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

tosa

1. two

Nominalization of the feminine past participle of tondre.

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

tosa f (plural toses)

1. shearing

   La tosa de les ovelles generava una gran quantitat de llana.

   The shearing of the sheep generates a large quantity of wool.

2. the time of sheepshearing, a traditional occasion for celebration

• (act of shearing): esquilada, xolla

• “tosa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

tosa

1. mole.

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk tosa (“rustle, whisper, talk slowly and singingly with low voice”) and tusa (“rustle, whisper”)

• IPA^(key): [tʰɔːsa]^[1]

tosa (third person singular past indicative tosaði, supine tosað)

1. to talk, to speak

   Tosa tygum enskt? ― Do you speak English?

• práta
• fortelja
• snakka
• svara
• spyrja

"tosa" at Sprotin.fo

< Japanese 土佐 (Tosa), see the English etymology section above

• IPA^(key): /ˈtosɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞s̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -osɑ
• Syllabification^(key): to‧sa
• Hyphenation^(key): to‧sa

tosa

1. tosa (Japanese breed of fighting dog)

• tosa inu

• Atso, osat, osta, otsa, sato, sota, stoa, taos, taso

tosa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tosaði, supine tosað)

1. to pull

   Synonym: toga

• “tosa” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

tosa

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

• Atos, Taso, osta, stoa

• toza

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuza/

tosa f (oblique plural tosas, nominative singular tosa, nominative plural tosas)

1. young woman, girl
   • c. 1130, Marcabru, pastorela:

     «Toza, fi·m eu, res faitissa, / Dol ai gran del ven que·us fissa.»

     ‘Girl,’ I said, ‘beautiful thing, I have great concern about the wind which is biting you.’

Inherited from Sanskrit तोष (toṣa).

tosa m

1. joy, satisfaction

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “tosa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tōṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

• Hyphenation: to‧sa

tosa f (plural tosas)

1. the act of cutting or trimming a pet's hair, such as in pet grooming

tosa

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

tosa

1. inflection of toser:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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-tosa (infinitive kutosa)

1. to immerse
2. to dip, to plunge into