nosa

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nausia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈnɔ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈnɔ.za]

Noun

nosa f (plural noses)

1. nuisance, encumbrance

Alternative forms

• nossa (Frades Gaspar's form)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nossa, from Latin nostram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnosa/
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: no‧sa

Determiner

nosa f sg

1. 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

1. feminine singular of nosu (“ours”)

See also

References

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔsɐ/

Pronoun

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

1. (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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɔsa]

Noun

nosa

1. genitive singular of nos
2. nominative dual of nos
3. accusative dual of nos

Alternative forms

• nosen

Noun

nosa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of nos

Noun

nosa f

1. definite singular of nos

Noun

nosa

1. inflection of nosu:
   1. accusative/genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.sa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔsa
• Syllabification: no‧sa

Noun

nosa m inan

1. genitive singular of nos

Etymology

nos +‎ -a

Verb

nosa (present nosar, preterite nosade, supine nosat, imperative nosa)

1. to sniff (especially of an animal)

   Hunden nosade på honom

   The dog sniffed him

2. (figuratively) to snoop (look at (or investigate) things (which may be out of one's business))

   nosa i andras affärer

   go snooping in other people's business

3. to briefly try to do something to see if one likes it

References

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

Anagrams

• onas, sona