mosa

• IPA^(key): /ˈmosɑ/, [ˈmo̞s̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -osɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mo‧sa

Clipping of monni +‎ -sa. Compare also similarly formed vänskä from vänrikki (“lieutenant”) +‎ -skä.[1] Perhaps inspired by etymology 2 like its many synonyms.

mosa

1. (military slang) Synonym of monni.

•  ? mosuri

mosa (dialectal)

1. Alternative form of musa (“bump, rock; (state of being) broken”).

• mosauttaa, mossauttaa

• Sotilasslangin tarkastelua (Master's Thesis, in Finnish), Jenna Säärelä, 2018
• “mosa”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.

• Asmo, osma, soma

mosa

1. Rōmaji transcription of もさ

mosa m

1. theft

mos (“mash, puree”) +‎ -a

mosa (present mosar, preterite mosade, supine mosat, imperative mosa)

1. to turn (something) into a mash or mush through pressure; to mash, to mush, to puree, to squash, etc.

   Han mosade potatisarna

   He mashed the potatoes

2. (figuratively) to turn (something) into a crushed mess or the like; to crush, to squash, to squish, etc.

   Bilen mosades av monstertrucken

   The car was crushed by the monster truck

   Han mosades under Godzillas fot

   He was pancaked beneath Godzilla's foot

   en mosad insekt

   a squashed insect

3. (figuratively) to crush, to cream (utterly defeat)

   De mosades av motståndarlaget

   They were crushed by the opposing team

The idea is to put so much pressure on something that it turns into a (figurative) mash. Fairly versatile.

• → Finnish: muusata, muussata

• mosa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mosa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mosa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Compare Italian mossa

mosa f (plural mose)

1. move, movement