Noun: cousa
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | cousa |
| Plural f | cousas |
Sample Sentences
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Eſta primeira é de comel fez ó çeo. ⁊ á terra. ⁊ ó mar ⁊ o ſol. ⁊ á lũa. ⁊ as eſtrelas ⁊ todalas outras couſas q̇ ſon. ⁊ como fez ó ome áſa ſemellança (This first one is (about) how He made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and everything else that exists. And how (He) made man in His own likeness.) [a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 423 ([[http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/To/bob095small.gif] facsimile])]
Nouns inflected like cousa
azỹeira,
alfarroba,
ymagen,
ygreja,
milgrãada,
berbeleta,
barriga,
estrolomia,
cavalaria,
paravra,
paravoa,
paravla,
palavra,
purgaminho,
bẽeyçõn,
bẽeiçon,
galinha,
galinna,
demanda,
saudade, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin causa (“cause, reason”). Cognate with Old Spanish cosa and Old French chose. See: Latin Nouns '
causa', Latin Nouns '
causa'.
Verbs referencing "cousa"
Galician Nouns
cousa, Portuguese Nouns
coisa.
Translations