ose
- or
- either;or
- otherwise;or else
- Can be used twice in same sentence to createeither-or situation
Borrowed fromPortuguesevocê.
ose
- you
- Synonym:ale
- Ose ada mo pi Mana? ―Where areyou going?
1 Used with inclusive meaning in some dialects.
2 Polite.
- The short forms are mostly dependent.
- The second person pronouns are usually avoided when talking to someone of higher status or older.
See each entry for more information.
ose (pluraloses)
- Anesker.
ose
- horse
ose
- inflection ofoser:
- first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
- second-personsingularimperative
Cognate withFonsé,Saxwe Gbeosé(“grinding stone”).
osé (pluralosé lɛ́orosé lẹ́)
- rock
ose
- plural ofos
ose
- feminineplural ofoso
ōse
- vocativemasculinesingular ofōsus
ose
- uncookedrice
Inherited fromProto-Bantu*-cè
-ose
- all
ose
- ooze
- smell bad,stink
- “ose” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
- “ose” inDet Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Unknown. Related to or derived fromos m(“fume, smoke; stench”).
ose (present tenseosar/oser,past tenseosa/oste,past participleosa/ost,passive infinitiveosast,present participleosande,imperativeose/os)
- (intransitive) to have a strongsmell,odour
- (intransitive) toreek,ooze (av / of)
- (intransitive, figurative) toreek (av / of)(to be evidently associated with something unpleasant)
- (intransitive) toemitfumes,smoke; toooze
- “ose” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
ose (Cyrillic spellingосе)
- inflection ofosa:
- genitivesingular
- nominative/accusative/vocativeplural
ose
- dative/locativesingular ofosa
ose
- inflection ofosar:
- first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
- third-personsingularimperative
Inherited fromProto-Bantu*-cè(“all”).
-ose
- all
- every
- whole
- William Y. Turner (1996),Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary[1], Central Africana Limited, pages98, 173
Igiosèosè
- baobabtree,Adansonia digitata
- wọ́n gbé ẹbọ sí ìdí igiosè ―They placed thesacrifice at the base of thebaobab tree