oso
Arigidi
Noun
oso
References
- B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)
Basque
Adjective
oso
Usage notes
In the meaning 'whole' it is fully adjectival in its behaviour, being placed after the noun and taking normal inflections for the end of the noun phrase. In the meaning 'very' it precedes another adjective and commonly precedes the noun as well:
- mendi osoa ― the whole mountain
- mendi oso handia ― the very big mountain
- oso mendi handia ― the very big mountain
- mendia oso handia da ― the mountain is very big
Cebuano
Noun
oso
- a bear
Chavacano
Etymology
Noun
oso
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese usso, from Vulgar Latin *ussus, from Latin ursus.
Noun
oso m (plural osos)
- bear (animal)
Italian
Verb
oso
- first-person singular present indicative of osare
Japanese
Romanization
oso
Latin
Participle
ōsō
- dative masculine singular of ōsus
- dative neuter singular of ōsus
- ablative masculine singular of ōsus
- ablative neuter singular of ōsus
Nzadi
Noun
osó (plural esó)
Further reading
- Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔsɔ/
Noun
oso f
- vocative singular of osa
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoso/
- Rhymes: -oso
Etymology 1
From Old Spanish osso, from Vulgar Latin *ussus, from Latin ursus (compare Asturian osu, Aragonese onso, Catalan ós, French ours, Italian orso, Portuguese urso (Old Portuguese usso), Romanian urs), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”).
Noun
oso m (plural osos, feminine osa, feminine plural osas)
Alternative forms
- osso (obsolete)
Derived terms
- hacer el oso
- hacerse el oso
- oreja de oso
- osezno
- osito
- oso andino
- oso de anteojos
Etymology 2
See etymology on the main entry.
Verb
oso
Further reading
- “oso” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Sranan Tongo
Noun
oso
Tagalog

Etymology
Noun
oso
- bear (mammal)
Venetian
Etymology
From Latin ossum, popular variant of os. Compare Italian osso.
Noun
oso m (plural osi)