kosta

From Old Norse kosta, borrowed through Middle Low German from Latin constare, present infinitive of consto (“I stand firm (on price)”).

kosta (third person singular past indicative kostaði, third person plural past indicative kostaðu, supine kostað)

1. to cost

• hvat kostar tað? - how much is it?

kosta

1. present active indicative connegative of kostaa
2. second-person singular present imperative of kostaa
3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of kostaa

• katos, katso, kotsa, oksat, sakot, sokat, sotka

From Portuguese costas. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kósta.

kosta

1. back (the backside of the body)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔsta/

  Rhymes: -ɔsta

kosta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kostaði, supine kostað)

1. to cost

   Þessi hálsfesti kostaði mikla peninga!

   This necklace cost a lot of money!

2. to finance, to bear the cost of

   Foreldrar mínir kostuðu námið mitt.

   My parents financed my education.

kosta

1. indefinite genitive plural of kostur

kosta

1. genitive singular masculine form of kosts
2. nominative singular feminine form of kosts

• kostet

kosta

1. inflection of koste:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

• koste

From Old Norse kosta, from Middle Low German [Term?], from Latin constare.

• IPA^(key): /²kɔstɑ/

kosta (present tense kostar, past tense kosta, past participle kosta, passive infinitive kostast, present participle kostande, imperative kosta/kost)

1. to cost (require payment of a price, cause something to be lost)

From the noun kost.

• IPA^(key): /²kʊstɑ/

kosta (present tense kostar, past tense kosta, past participle kosta, passive infinitive kostast, present participle kostande, imperative kosta/kost)

1. to sweep (clean with a broom)

• “kosta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *kustōną (“to try, taste”), from *kustuz, whence also Old Norse kostr.

kosta

1. (transitive with genitive) to try
2. (with infinitive) to exert oneself, strive
3. (impersonal, transitive with accusative) to injure, hurt

   1. þat fall var svá mikit, at kostaði lærlegg hans

      the fall was so great, that it cost him his thigh-bone

4. (ditransitive) to cost someone something
5. to defray the expenses of

• kostnaðr
• kostr

• Icelandic: kosta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kosta, koste

• “kosta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Old Norse kosta, from Middle Low German [Term?], from Latin constare.

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kosta (present kostar, preterite kostade, supine kostat, imperative kosta)

1. to cost

• kosta på
• kosta skjortan

• kostnad

• kosta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kosta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• kotas, tokas

Borrowed from Spanish costa.

• Hyphenation: kos‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ˈkosta/, [ˈkos.tɐ]
• Rhymes: -osta

kosta

1. shore; coast

   Synonyms: baybay, baybay-dagat, baybayin, baybayin-dagat, pasigan, dalampasigan, hampasang-alon, pampang, kosto

2. cost; expenses

   Synonyms: gastos, gugol, kosto, kostas