oos

See also: Oos and OOS

English

Noun

oos

1. plural of oo

Anagrams

• Oso, Soo, soo

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Adverb

oos

1. east

Cornish

Alternative forms

• ooj (Revived Late Cornish)

Etymology

From Middle Cornish oys, from Old Cornish huis, from Proto-Brythonic *oɨs (“age”) and *oɨd (“era”), both from Proto-Celtic *aiwestom. Note that the terms diverged in Proto-Brythonic, but reconverged in Cornish - compare separate terms Welsh oed, oes.

Noun

oos m (plural osow)

1. age
2. era, period, epoch

Derived terms

• flogh yn-dann oos (“minor”)
• oos an rew, oos an yey (“ice age”)
• oos-omdenna (“retirement age”)
• osweyth (“era”)
• yn y oos (“ever (lit. in his age)”)

References

• “oos” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Scots

Noun

oos (plural ooses)

1. (Cromarty) alternative form of hoose

References

• Am Baile (2009), The Cromarty Fisherfolk Dialect‎^[1], Highland Council, page 4