# hosta
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Hosta f, from Serbo-Croatian Host +‎ translingual -a f. Named after Nicolaus Thomas Host, Croatian-Austrian botanist.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈhɒstə/
* (US) IPA: /ˈhoʊ stə/, /ˈhɑs tə/
* Rhymes: -ɒstə

### Noun

hosta (plural hostas)
* Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta.
    Synonyms: giboshi, plantain lily

#### Further reading

* hosta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* hosta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

### Anagrams

* Shota, sotah, Athos, has to, hoast, HOTAS, shoat, shota, HATOs, oaths

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦosta]

### Noun

hosta m anim
* genitive/accusative singular of host

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* hostet

### Verb

hosta
* inflection of hoste:
** simple past
** past participle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /husta/

#### Verb

hosta (present tense hostar, past tense hosta, past participle hosta, passive infinitive hostast, present participle hostande, imperative hosta/host)
* to cough

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English host

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hoʊsta/, /hɔsta/

#### Verb

hosta (present tense hostar, past tense hosta, past participle hosta, passive infinitive hostast, present participle hostande, imperative hosta/host)
* (computing) to host

### References

* “hosta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną.

### Verb

hōsta
* to cough

#### Descendants

* Swedish: hosta

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* husta

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvȍstъ. Compare Slovene hosta (“forest”), Czech chvost.

### Noun

hosta f (Cyrillic spelling хоста)
* (Kajkavian) forest
    Synonyms: (standard) šuma; (archaic) gvozd

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xvȍstъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian hosta (“forest”), Czech chvost.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xóːsta/

### Noun

họ̑sta f
* scrub (3.)
* forest

#### Further reading

* “hosta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hōsta, probably from the oblique case of Old Norse hósti, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô.

#### Noun

hosta c
* a cough (condition/disease)
    Mamma hade fått en envis hosta.Mom had contracted a stubborn cough.

##### Usage notes

* The noun hosta refers to the condition or disease, not to a single cough (see hostning) or bout of coughing (see hostanfall).

##### Derived terms

* hostanfall

##### Related terms

* host
* hostning

### Etymology 2

From Old Swedish hōsta, from Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną.

#### Verb

hosta (present hostar, preterite hostade, supine hostat, imperative hosta)
* to cough

##### Conjugation
### References

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

### Anagrams

* hotas

## Veps
### Etymology

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

### Verb

hosta
* to rub
* to massage

#### Inflection
### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “массажировать, натирать, тереть”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika