kos

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kos"

Translingual

Symbol

kos

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kosraean.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kosraean terms

English

Noun

kos (plural koses or kos)

1. Alternative spelling of coss.

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kos/ [kɔs]
• Hyphenation: kos

Noun

kos m 

1. limp, lameness

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kost, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French cost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔs/

• Audio:

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Noun

kos (plural kosse, diminutive kossie)

1. food

Usage notes

The diminutive singular is rarely used, while the diminutive plural, kossies, is more commonly found in language used for infants and small children.

Derived terms

• kitskos
• kosmenger

Related terms

• koste

Ahtna

Stem

kos

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Momentaneous			kaetsʼ (enclosed object moves)
Progressive	kaetsʼ (enclosed object moves)
Perambulative	kaetsʼ (enclosed object moves)		kaetsʼ (enclosed object moves)