qos

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kla(u)tja, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”). Cognate to Ancient Greek κλεῖς (kleîs), Latin clāvis, Lithuanian kliaudýti (“to stop, to prevent”).[1]

Verb

qos (aorist qosa, participle qosur)

  1. to end, finish

Synonyms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 86

White Hmong

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /qɒ˩/

Noun

qos (classifier: lub)

  1. any of a large variety of tubers

Derived terms
  • qos do
  • qos faiv
  • qos hmab soo (“jicama”)
  • qos liab (“sweet potato”)
  • qos ncoom (“wild yam, Dioscorea dregeana”)
  • qos nphoo (“elephant foot yam”)
  • qos npua (“air potato, Dioscorea bulbifera”)
  • qos ntoo ntus
  • qos ntshov
  • qos tau tebb
  • qos yaj ywm (“potato”)

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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