"korso" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Norwegian Nynorsk]

IPA: [ˈkʰu̞r̥.su̞], [ˈkʰu̞s.su̞] Forms: hossen, hoss, koss [alternative], kurso, korse, kors, korsen, hors [alternative, dialectal]
Etymology: From Old Norse hversu, hvorsu, from hverr ("which") + vegr ("way"). Cognate with Faroese hvussu and Norwegian Bokmål åssen. Sense 2 from kor som er (“in any case”), akin to Icelandic hvort sem er (“anyway”). Etymology templates: {{der|nn|non|hversu}} Old Norse hversu, {{cog|fo|hvussu}} Faroese hvussu, {{cog|nb|åssen}} Norwegian Bokmål åssen, {{cog|is|hvort sem er||anyway}} Icelandic hvort sem er (“anyway”) Head templates: {{head|nn|adverb}} korso
  1. how (asking)
    Sense id: en-korso-nn-adv-Pu268mjK Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
  2. anyway (manner)
    Sense id: en-korso-nn-adv-SI8MncwC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: korleis (english: sense 1), kor som er (english: sense 2)
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      "form": "hossen, hoss, koss",
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    },
    {
      "form": "kurso, korse, kors, korsen, hors",
      "tags": [
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          "english": "How could it happen?",
          "text": "Korso kunne det gå til?",
          "translation": "How could it happen?",
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          "english": "It went fine anyway.",
          "text": "Det gjekk no fint korso.",
          "translation": "It went fine anyway.",
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      "ipa": "[ˈkʰu̞r̥.su̞]"
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    {
      "form": "hossen, hoss, koss",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "kurso, korse, kors, korsen, hors",
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          "english": "How could it happen?",
          "text": "Korso kunne det gå til?",
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      "ipa": "[ˈkʰu̞r̥.su̞]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʰu̞s.su̞]"
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      "translation": "sense 1",
      "word": "korleis"
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    {
      "english": "sense 2",
      "translation": "sense 2",
      "word": "kor som er"
    }
  ],
  "word": "korso"
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