# tosa
## English
### Etymology

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

### Noun

tosa (plural tosas)
* A Japanese breed of fighting dog

#### Synonyms

* tosa inu (lit. "Tosa dog")

#### Translations
### Anagrams

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

## Amis
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

### Numeral

tosa
* two

## Catalan
### Etymology

Nominalization of the feminine past participle of tondre.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

tosa f (plural toses)
* shearing
    La tosa de les ovelles generava una gran quantitat de llana.The shearing of the sheep generates a large quantity of wool.
* the time of sheepshearing, a traditional occasion for celebration

#### Synonyms

* (act of shearing): esquilada, xolla

### Further reading

* “tosa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Noun

tosa
* mole.

## Faroese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tʰɔːsa]

### Verb

tosa (third person singular past indicative tosaði, supine tosað)
* to talk, to speak
    Tosa tygum enskt? ― Do you speak English?

#### Conjugation
### See also

* práta
* fortelja
* snakka
* svara
* spyrja

### References

* ↑ Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 116

### Further reading

"tosa" at Sprotin.fo

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtosɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞s̠ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -osɑ
* Hyphenation: to‧sa

### Noun

tosa
* tosa (Japanese breed of fighting dog)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of tosa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tosani
tosani
accusative
nom.
tosani
tosani
gen.
tosani
genitive
tosani
tosieni tosaini $^{rare}$
partitive
tosaani
tosiani
inessive
tosassani
tosissani
elative
tosastani
tosistani
illative
tosaani
tosiini
adessive
tosallani
tosillani
ablative
tosaltani
tosiltani
allative
tosalleni
tosilleni
essive
tosanani
tosinani
translative
tosakseni
tosikseni
abessive
tosattani
tosittani
instructive
comitative
—tosineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tosasi
tosasi
accusative
nom.
tosasi
tosasi
gen.
tosasi
genitive
tosasi
tosiesi tosaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
tosaasi
tosiasi
inessive
tosassasi
tosissasi
elative
tosastasi
tosistasi
illative
tosaasi
tosiisi
adessive
tosallasi
tosillasi
ablative
tosaltasi
tosiltasi
allative
tosallesi
tosillesi
essive
tosanasi
tosinasi
translative
tosaksesi
tosiksesi
abessive
tosattasi
tosittasi
instructive
comitative
—tosinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tosamme
tosamme
accusative
nom.
tosamme
tosamme
gen.
tosamme
genitive
tosamme
tosiemme tosaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
tosaamme
tosiamme
inessive
tosassamme
tosissamme
elative
tosastamme
tosistamme
illative
tosaamme
tosiimme
adessive
tosallamme
tosillamme
ablative
tosaltamme
tosiltamme
allative
tosallemme
tosillemme
essive
tosanamme
tosinamme
translative
tosaksemme
tosiksemme
abessive
tosattamme
tosittamme
instructive
comitative
—tosinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tosanne
tosanne
accusative
nom.
tosanne
tosanne
gen.
tosanne
genitive
tosanne
tosienne tosainne $^{rare}$
partitive
tosaanne
tosianne
inessive
tosassanne
tosissanne
elative
tosastanne
tosistanne
illative
tosaanne
tosiinne
adessive
tosallanne
tosillanne
ablative
tosaltanne
tosiltanne
allative
tosallenne
tosillenne
essive
tosananne
tosinanne
translative
tosaksenne
tosiksenne
abessive
tosattanne
tosittanne
instructive
comitative
—tosinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tosansa
tosansa
accusative
nom.
tosansa
tosansa
gen.
tosansa
genitive
tosansa
tosiensa tosainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
tosaansa
tosiaan tosiansa
inessive
tosassaan tosassansa
tosissaan tosissansa
elative
tosastaan tosastansa
tosistaan tosistansa
illative
tosaansa
tosiinsa
adessive
tosallaan tosallansa
tosillaan tosillansa
ablative
tosaltaan tosaltansa
tosiltaan tosiltansa
allative
tosalleen tosallensa
tosilleen tosillensa
essive
tosanaan tosanansa
tosinaan tosinansa
translative
tosakseen tosaksensa
tosikseen tosiksensa
abessive
tosattaan tosattansa
tosittaan tosittansa
instructive
comitative
—tosineen tosinensa :

#### Synonyms

* tosa inu

### Anagrams

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

## Icelandic
### Verb

tosa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tosaði, supine tosað)
* to pull
    Synonym: toga

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

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

## Italian
### Verb

tosa
* inflection of tosare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Atos, Taso, osta, stoa

## Old Occitan
### Alternative forms

* toza

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtuza/

### Noun

tosa f (oblique plural tosas, nominative singular tosa, nominative plural tosas)
* 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.’

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀢𑁄𑀲 (Brahmi script)
* तोस (Devanagari script)
* তোস (Bengali script)
* තොස (Sinhalese script)
* တောသ or တေႃသ (Burmese script)
* โตส or โตสะ (Thai script)
* ᨲᩮᩣᩈ (Tai Tham script)
* ໂຕສ or ໂຕສະ (Lao script)
* តោស (Khmer script)
* 𑄖𑄮𑄥 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तोष (toṣa).

### Noun

tosa m
* joy, satisfaction

#### Declension
### Further reading

* 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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɔ.zɐ/
* Hyphenation: to‧sa

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

tosa f (plural tosas)
* the act of cutting or trimming a pet's hair, such as in pet grooming

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tosa
* inflection of tosar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Verb

tosa
* inflection of toser:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-tosa (infinitive kutosa)
* to immerse
* to dip, to plunge into

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -tosa :
| Positive present | -natosa |
| Subjunctive | -tose |
| Negative | -tosi |
| Imperative singular | tosa |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kutosa |
| Negative | kutotosa |
Imperatives :
| Singular | tosa |
| Plural | toseni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hutosa |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -litosa |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kutosa |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tatosa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tatosa |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sitose |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngetosa |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singetosa |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalitosa |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalitosa |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -metosa |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshatosa |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jatosa |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kitosa |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipotosa |
| Consecutive | katosa / positive subject concord + -katosa |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -katose |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :