tosa

< Japanese 土佐 (Tosa), according to the former Tosa province on the island of Shikoku where the dog was originally bred.

tosa (plural tosas)

1. A Japanese breed of fighting dog

• tosa inu (lit. "Tosa dog")

• OTAs, SOTA, Sato, Sota, Taos, Tsao, as to, oast, oats, stoa, taos, toas

From Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

tosa

1. two

• IPA^(key): [tʰɔːsa] [1]

tosa (third person singular past indicative tosaði, third person plural past indicative tosað, supine tosað)

1. to talk, to speak

   tosa tygum enskt? - do you speak English?

• práta
• fortelja
• svara
• spyrja

< Japanese, see English etymology section above

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪o̞sɑ/
• Hyphenation: to‧sa

tosa

1. tosa (Japanese breed of fighting dog)

• tosa inu

• Atso, osat, osta, otsa, sato, sota, stoa, taos, taso

tosa

1. inflection of tosare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Atos, osta

• toza

• IPA^(key): /toza/

tosa f (oblique plural tosas, nominative singular tosa, nominative plural tosas)

1. young woman, girl
   • c. 1130, Marcabru, pastorela:

     «Toza, fi·m eu, res faitissa, / Dol ai gran del ven que·us fissa.»

     ‘Girl,’ I said, ‘beautiful thing, I have great concern about the wind which is biting you.’

tosa m

1. joy
2. satisfaction

tosa

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of tosar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of tosar

tosa f (plural tosas)

1. the act of cutting or trimming a pet's hair, such as in pet grooming

tosa

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of toser.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of toser.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of toser.