# nosa
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin nausia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈnɔ.zə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈnɔ.za]

### Noun

nosa f (plural noses)
* nuisance, encumbrance

## Fala
### Alternative forms

* nossa (Frades Gaspar's form)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nossa, from Latin nostram.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnosa/
* Rhymes: -osa
* Syllabification: no‧sa

### Determiner

nosa f sg
* feminine singular of nosu (“our”)
** 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme II, Chapter 2: Recunquista:Non poemos analizar con pormenoris estis siglos, pero tampoco se debi toleral que, sin fundamentus, se poña en duda algo que a Historia documentá nos lega sobre nossa terra.We can’t thoroughly analyse these centuries, but one mustn’t tolerate that, unfoundedly, something documented history tells us about our land be questioned.

### Pronoun

nosa f sg
* feminine singular of nosu (“ours”)

### See also

| | | | Possessee | Possessee | Possessee | Possessee |
| | | | Singular | Singular | Plural | Plural |
| | | | Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine |
| Possessor | First person | Singular | mei | miña | meis | miñas |
| Possessor | First person | Plural | nosu | nosa | nosus | nosas |
| Possessor | Second person | Singular | tei | túa, tu$^1$ | teis | túas, tus$^1$ |
| Possessor | Second person | Plural | vosu | vosa | vosus | vosas |
| Possessor | Third person | Third person | sei | súa, su$^1$ | seis | súas, sus$^1$ |
* Determiner forms used in Lagarteiru before a noun.

### References

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nossa, from Vulgar Latin *nossa, from Latin nostra(m), feminine of noster (“ours”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɔsɐ/

### Pronoun

nosa f (masculine singular noso, masculine plural nosos, feminine singular nosa, feminine plural nosas)
* (possessive) ours

### See also

* Appendix:Galician pronouns

### Further reading

* “nosa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnɔsa]

### Noun

nosa
* genitive singular of nos
* nominative dual of nos
* accusative dual of nos

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* nosen

### Noun

nosa m or f
* definite feminine singular of nos

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

nosa f
* definite singular of nos

## Old English
### Noun

nosa
* inflection of nosu:
** accusative/genitive/dative singular
** nominative/accusative plural

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɔsa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔsa
* Syllabification: no‧sa

### Noun

nosa m inan
* genitive singular of nos

## Swedish
### Etymology

nos +‎ -a

### Verb

nosa (present nosar, preterite nosade, supine nosat, imperative nosa)
* to sniff (especially of an animal)
    Hunden nosade på honomThe dog sniffed him
* (figuratively) to snoop (look at (or investigate) things (which may be out of one's business))
    nosa i andras affärergo snooping in other people's business
* to briefly try to do something to see if one likes it

#### Related terms

* nos
* uppnosig

### References

* nosa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* nosa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* nosa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* onas, sona