muosa

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?]. Cognates include Latvian māsa and Lithuanian moša (“sister-in-law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmûɔ̯sa]
• Hyphenation: muo‧sa

Noun

muosa f (diminutive muoseņa)

1. sister

Declension

Declension of muosa (type 4 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	muosa	muosys, muosas1)
genitive	muosys, muosas1)	muosu
dative	muosai	muosom
accusative	muosu	muosys, muosas1)
instrumental	muosu	muosom
locative	muosā	muosuos
vocative	muosa, muos	muosys, muosas1)

¹⁾ dialectal

Coordinate terms

• bruoļs (“brother”)

References

• A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 10
• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 28