foso

Esperanto

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

Etymology 1

fosi +‎ -o

Noun

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

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

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Malagasy fosa.

Noun

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

  1. fossa (Madagascan carnivorous mongoose)

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfo.so/

Noun

foso (plural fosi)

  1. hole, pit, cavity

Derived terms
  • foseto (“small hole; dimple”)
  • fosifar (“to dig or make a pit”)

See also

Romanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfoso]

Noun

foso f

  1. vocative singular of fosă

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian fosso. Cognate with English fosse.

Noun

foso m (plural fosos)

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

Verb

foso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fosar

Further reading

Ternate

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfo.so/

Verb

foso

  1. (stative) to be forbidden, taboo

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

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