jossa

Finnish

Pronoun

jossa

1. (relative) inessive singular of joka

   Maa, jossa asuin.

   The country where I lived.

Anagrams

• jasso

Middle English

Interjection

jossa

1. A command to a horse, probably meaning "stand still".
   • 1387, Chaucer, “v. 4101”, in The Reeve's Tale‎^[1]:

     With "Keep! Keep! Stand! Stand! Jossa, warderere, Ga whistle thou, and I shal kepe hym heere!"

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Russenorsk

Etymology

From Northern Sami juksu (or, less likely, from Norwegian Nynorsk hyse).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jusːa/ (uncertain)

Noun

jossa

1. (zoology) haddock

Synonyms

• piksa
• tiksa
• хюса (xjusa)

References

• Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag