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 amuna ― it is cloudy[2][1]

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

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ussus, from Latin ursus. Compare Spanish and Galician oso, Old Portuguese usso.

Noun

osu m (plural osos)

  1. bear

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

Latvian

Noun

osu f

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

Leonese

Etymology

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Noun

osu m (plural osos)

  1. bear

References

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, Pacific linguistics
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