foso

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoso]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Hyphenation: fo‧so

fosi +‎ -o

foso (accusative singular foson, plural fosoj, accusative plural fosojn)

1. ditch, moat, trench
2. (uncommon) grave

• fosi

Ultimately from Malagasy fosa.

foso (accusative singular foson, plural fosoj, accusative plural fosojn)

1. fossa (Madagascan carnivorous mongoose)

Borrowed from English fosse, French fosse, Italian fossa, Spanish foso. Compare Esperanto foso.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.so/

foso (plural fosi)

1. hole, pit, cavity

• truo
• fosato

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoso]

foso f

1. vocative singular of fosă

Borrowed from Italian fosso. Cognate with English fosse.

foso m (plural fosos)

1. ditch, trench
2. moat, fosse
3. (shooting) trap

foso

1. first-person singular present indicative of fosar

• “foso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.so/

foso

1. (stative) to be forbidden, taboo

Conjugation of foso
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tofoso	fofoso	mifoso
2nd	nofoso	nifoso
3rd	Masculine	ofoso	ifoso, yofoso†
Feminine	mofoso
Neuter	ifoso
† - archaic

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh