hosta

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from translingual Hosta f, from Serbo-Croatian Host +‎ translingual -a f. Named after Nicolaus Thomas Host, Croatian-Austrian botanist. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒstə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊ stə/, /ˈhɑs tə/ Rhymes: -ɒstə === Noun === hosta (plural hostas) Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta. Synonyms: giboshi, plantain lily ==== Further reading ==== hosta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia hosta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies === Anagrams === Shota, sotah, Athos, has to, hoast, HOTAS, shoat, shota, HATOs, oaths == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦosta] === Noun === hosta m anim genitive/accusative singular of host == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === hostet === Verb === hosta inflection of hoste: simple past past participle == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /husta/ ==== Verb ==== hosta (present tense hostar, past tense hosta, past participle hosta, passive infinitive hostast, present participle hostande, imperative hosta/host) to cough === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English host ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /hoʊsta/, /hɔsta/ ==== Verb ==== hosta (present tense hostar, past tense hosta, past participle hosta, passive infinitive hostast, present participle hostande, imperative hosta/host) (computing) to host === References === “hosta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną. === Verb === hōsta to cough ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: hosta == Serbo-Croatian == === Alternative forms === husta === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvȍstъ. Compare Slovene hosta (“forest”), Czech chvost. === Noun === hosta f (Cyrillic spelling хоста) (Kajkavian) forest Synonyms: (standard) šuma; (archaic) gvozd == Slovene == === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *xvȍstъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian hosta (“forest”), Czech chvost. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xóːsta/ === Noun === họ̑sta f scrub (3.) forest ==== Declension ==== ==== Further reading ==== “hosta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran “hosta”, in Termania, Amebis See also the general references == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From Old Swedish hōsta, probably from the oblique case of Old Norse hósti, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô. ==== Noun ==== hosta c a cough (condition/disease) ===== Usage notes ===== The noun hosta refers to the condition or disease, not to a single cough (see hostning) or bout of coughing (see hostanfall). ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== hostanfall ===== Related terms ===== host hostning === Etymology 2 === From Old Swedish hōsta, from Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną. ==== Verb ==== hosta (present hostar, preterite hostade, supine hostat, imperative hosta) to cough ===== Conjugation ===== === References === hosta in Svensk ordbok (SO) hosta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) hosta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) Svensk MeSH === Anagrams === hotas == Veps == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Verb === hosta to rub to massage ==== Inflection ==== === References === Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “массажировать, натирать, тереть”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika