losin

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlosin/ [ˈlo.sɪn]
• Rhymes: -osin
• Syllabification: lo‧sin

losin (plural losin-losin)

1. nonstandard form of lusin (“dozen”)

• “losin”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Dutch dozijn.

losin (Sundanese script ᮜᮧᮞᮤᮔ᮪)

1. dozen

• Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Borrowed from English lozenge.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔʃɪn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈloːʃɪn/, /ˈlɔʃɪn/

losin (plural, singular losinen f, not mutable)

1. (South Wales) sweets, candy, confectionery

   Synonyms: da-da, fferins, melysion, minceg, pethau da, swîts, taffis

   Ga i losin?

   May I have sweets?

   Hen fenyw fach Cydweli
   yn gwerthu losin du
   yn rhifo deg am ddimai
   ond un ar ddeg i mi.

   Little old lady of Kidwelly
   selling black sweets
   counts ten for a ha'penny
   but eleven for me.

• siop losin (“sweetshop”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “losin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies