posi

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See also: posí and Pòsī

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

posi (not comparable)

  1. positive (optimistic, uplifting)
    • 2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 92:
      Think positive thoughts...k fuck...even posi thoughts like people are mirrors showing me parts of myself I don't love feel too intense.

Derived terms[edit]

Amis[edit]

Noun[edit]

posi

  1. cat

References[edit]

Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎[1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

posi

  1. inflection of posar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Faroese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

posi m (genitive singular posa, plural posar)

  1. bag (linen or plastic)

Declension[edit]

Declension of posi
m1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative posi posin posar posarnir
accusative posa posan posar posarnar
dative posa posanum posum posunum
genitive posa posans posa posanna

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse posi, from Proto-Germanic *pusô. Cognate with Faroese posi, Danish pose, Norwegian pose, Swedish påse. Also related to English purse.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

posi m (genitive singular posa, nominative plural posar)

  1. small bag

Declension[edit]

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpo.zi/, (traditional) /ˈpo.si/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ozi, (traditional) -osi
  • Hyphenation: pó‧si

Verb[edit]

posi

  1. first-person singular past historic of porre

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.zi/, (traditional) /ˈpɔ.si/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔzi, (traditional) -ɔsi
  • Hyphenation: pò‧si

Verb[edit]

posi

  1. inflection of posare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 posi in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams[edit]

Old Swedish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse posi, from Proto-Germanic *pusô.

Noun[edit]

posi m

  1. bag

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Swedish: påse

Yanomamö[edit]

Noun[edit]

posi

  1. anus

References[edit]

  • Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN

Yoruba[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pósí

  1. coffin, casket