# posa
## Albanian

* porsa

### Etymology

From po +‎ sa.

### Adverb

posa
* just, hardly, scarcely

#### Derived terms

* posaçe
* posaçëm

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “posaçe”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 339

### Further reading

* “posa”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* pousa (Western Asturias)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈposa/ [ˈpo.sa]

### Noun

posa f (plural poses)
* pause, rest
* place to rest in a path
* ringing of church bells when a person dies
* (Mining) loose piece of coal

#### Derived terms

* a poses
* d'una posa
* a la posa tayada

#### Related terms

* posar

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Deverbal of posar.

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

posa f (plural poses)
* pose (especially of an artist's model)
* position
* (photography) exposure
* attitude (state of mind, positive or negative)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

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

#### Verb

posa
* inflection of posar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Eastern Bontoc
### Noun

posa
* cat

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

posa
* third-person singular past historic of poser

### Anagrams

* soap

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔ.za/, (traditional) /ˈpɔ.sa/
* Rhymes: -ɔza, (traditional) -ɔsa
* Hyphenation: pò‧sa

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from posare +‎ -a, or inherited from Latin pausa.

#### Noun

posa f (plural pose)
* pose
* posing
* exposure (photographic)
* placing, laying

##### Related terms

* pausa
* mettersi in posa
* stare in posa
* teatro di posa

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

posa
* inflection of posare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* ↑ posa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* aspo

## Karao
### Noun

posa
* cat
    Synonym: ngiyaw

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀧𑁄𑀲 (Brahmi script)
* पोस (Devanagari script)
* পোস (Bengali script)
* පොස (Sinhalese script)
* ပေါသ or ပေႃသ (Burmese script)
* โปส or โปสะ (Thai script)
* ᨷᩮᩤᩈ (Tai Tham script)
* ໂປສ or ໂປສະ (Lao script)
* បោស (Khmer script)
* 𑄛𑄮𑄥 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Doublet of purisa, comparable to the doublets ayya and ariya (“noble”).

### Noun

posa m
* (poetic) man

#### Declension
### References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “posa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

## Portuguese
### Verb

posa
* inflection of posar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Sambali
### Noun

posà
* cat

## Spanish
### Verb

posa
* inflection of posar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-posa (infinitive kuposa)
* to propose marriage, to ask for someone's hand in marriage

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -posa :
| Positive present | -naposa |
| Subjunctive | -pose |
| Negative | -posi |
| Imperative singular | posa |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kuposa |
| Negative | kutoposa |
Imperatives :
| Singular | posa |
| Plural | poseni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | huposa |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -liposa |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kuposa |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -taposa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -taposa |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sipose |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngeposa |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singeposa |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngaliposa |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singaliposa |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -meposa |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshaposa |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -japosa |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kiposa |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipoposa |
| Consecutive | kaposa / positive subject concord + -kaposa |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kapose |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

### Noun

posa class IX (plural posa class X)
* marriage proposal

#### Derived terms

* Nominal derivations:
** mposaji (“suitor”)
** uposaji (“proposing”)

## Swazi
### Verb

-pósa
* to post

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پوصه (posa, “sediment, dregs, tartar (of wine or teeth)”), origin unknown.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpo.sa/
* Hyphenation: po‧sa

### Noun

posa (definite accusative posayı, plural posalar)
* The remaining solid parts of any juiced food; pulp.
* sediment, dregs
    Synonyms: tortu, çökelti, telve

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
posa
posalar
definite accusative
posayı
posaları
dative
posaya
posalara
locative
posada
posalarda
ablative
posadan
posalardan
genitive
posanın
posaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
posam
posalarım
2nd singular
posan
posaların
3rd singular
posası
posaları
1st plural
posamız
posalarımız
2nd plural
posanız
posalarınız
3rd plural
posaları
posaları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
posamı
posalarımı
2nd singular
posanı
posalarını
3rd singular
posasını
posalarını
1st plural
posamızı
posalarımızı
2nd plural
posanızı
posalarınızı
3rd plural
posalarını
posalarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
posama
posalarıma
2nd singular
posana
posalarına
3rd singular
posasına
posalarına
1st plural
posamıza
posalarımıza
2nd plural
posanıza
posalarınıza
3rd plural
posalarına
posalarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
posamda
posalarımda
2nd singular
posanda
posalarında
3rd singular
posasında
posalarında
1st plural
posamızda
posalarımızda
2nd plural
posanızda
posalarınızda
3rd plural
posalarında
posalarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
posamdan
posalarımdan
2nd singular
posandan
posalarından
3rd singular
posasından
posalarından
1st plural
posamızdan
posalarımızdan
2nd plural
posanızdan
posalarınızdan
3rd plural
posalarından
posalarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
posamın
posalarımın
2nd singular
posanın
posalarının
3rd singular
posasının
posalarının
1st plural
posamızın
posalarımızın
2nd plural
posanızın
posalarınızın
3rd plural
posalarının
posalarının :

#### Derived terms

* posalanmak
* posasını çıkarmak

### References

* ↑ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پوصه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 459
* ↑ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پوصه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 328
* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “posa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* “posa”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “posa¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3884

## West Makian
### Etymology

Cognate with East Makian posa (“to boil”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpo.s̪a/

### Verb

posa
* (transitive) to boil

#### Conjugation
### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Xhosa
### Verb

-pósa
* (transitive) to post

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.