kisa
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kisa"
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkisa/ [ˈki.sa]
- Hyphenation: ki‧sa
Conjunction
kisa (Basahan spelling ᜃᜒᜐ)
- alternative form of ki sa
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kisa.
Noun
kisa (genitive kisa, partitive kisa)
Declension
| Declension of kisa (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kisa | kisad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | kisa | ||
| genitive | kisade | ||
| partitive | kisa | kisasid | |
| illative | kissa kisasse |
kisadesse | |
| inessive | kisas | kisades | |
| elative | kisast | kisadest | |
| allative | kisale | kisadele | |
| adessive | kisal | kisadel | |
| ablative | kisalt | kisadelt | |
| translative | kisaks | kisadeks | |
| terminative | kisani | kisadeni | |
| essive | kisana | kisadena | |
| abessive | kisata | kisadeta | |
| comitative | kisaga | kisadega | |
Related terms
- kisama (“to cry, to yell”)
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kisa, possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kiśɜ, *keśɜ; compare Northern Sami gižži, Northern Khanty [Term?], Northern Mansi ка̄с- (kās-) and Hungarian küzd. Related to Karelian kisa (“dance, play”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkisɑ/, [ˈk̟is̠ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -isɑ
- Syllabification(key): ki‧sa
- Hyphenation(key): ki‧sa
Noun
kisa
- (usually in the plural) competition, games
- race (contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective)
Declension
| Inflection of kisa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kisa | kisat | |
| genitive | kisan | kisojen | |
| partitive | kisaa | kisoja | |
| illative | kisaan | kisoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kisa | kisat | |
| accusative | nom. | kisa | kisat |
| gen. | kisan | ||
| genitive | kisan | kisojen kisain rare | |
| partitive | kisaa | kisoja | |
| inessive | kisassa | kisoissa | |
| elative | kisasta | kisoista | |
| illative | kisaan | kisoihin | |
| adessive | kisalla | kisoilla | |
| ablative | kisalta | kisoilta | |
| allative | kisalle | kisoille | |
| essive | kisana | kisoina | |
| translative | kisaksi | kisoiksi | |
| abessive | kisatta | kisoitta | |
| instructive | — | kisoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
- arvokisa
- esikisat
- hallikisa
- hiihtokisa
- kesäkisat
- kisaemäntä
- kisaennätys
- kisaisännyys
- kisaisäntä
- kisajoukkue
- kisakaupunki
- kisakone
- kisakylä
- kisapaikka
- kisatyttö
- kotikisa
- maailmanmestaruuskisa
- mestaruuskisa
- missikisa
- MM-kisat
- mäkikisa
- nappulakisat
- olympiakisat
- pudotuskisa
- rankkarikisa
- sprintterikisat
- talvikisa
- talvikisat
- teräsmieskisa
- tietokisa
- tuijotuskisa
- tukkilaiskisat
- tynkäkisat
- urheilukisat
- yleisurheilukisa
Further reading
- “kisa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Anagrams
Haitian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kisa/
Pronoun
kisa
- (interrogative) what
Derived terms
Icelandic
Etymology
Possibly from the sound made when people try to get a cat to come to them, "kss-kss". Compare the (probably unrelated) Russian ки́са (kísa, “kitty-cat”) and Finnish kissa (“cat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈcʰɪːsa/
- Rhymes: -ɪːsa
Noun
kisa f (genitive singular kisu, nominative plural kisur)
- (informal) kitty-cat, kitty (often but not necessarily female)
- (informal, uncommon) one who cannot easily consume hot food or drink
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kisa | kisan | kisur | kisurnar |
| accusative | kisu | kisuna | kisur | kisurnar |
| dative | kisu | kisunni | kisum | kisunum |
| genitive | kisu | kisunnar | kisa | kisanna |
Related terms
- kisi (“kitty-cat”) (often but not necessarily male)
Japanese
Romanization
kisa
Mokilese
Pronoun
kisa
See also
| singular | 1st person | ngoah, ngoahi | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd person | koah, koawoa | ||
| 3rd person | ih | ||
| dual | 1st person exclusive | kisa | |
| 1st person inclusive | kama | ||
| 2nd person | kamwa | ||
| 3rd person | ara, ira | ||
| plural | 1st person exclusive | kisai | |
| 1st person inclusive | kamai | ||
| 2nd person | kamwai | ||
| 3rd person | arai, irai | ||
| remote plural | 1st person exclusive | kihs | |
| 1st person inclusive | kimi | ||
| 2nd person | kimwi | ||
| 3rd person | ihr | ||
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- 𑀓𑀺𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- किस (Devanagari script)
- কিস (Bengali script)
- කිස (Sinhalese script)
- ကိသ or ၵိသ (Burmese script)
- กิส or กิสะ (Thai script)
- ᨠᩥᩈ (Tai Tham script)
- ກິສ or ກິສະ (Lao script)
- កិស (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄨𑄥 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit कृश (kṛśa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥ćás, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥ḱós.
Adjective
kisa
Slovene
Noun
kisa
- genitive singular of kis
Swahili
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
kisa class VII (plural visa class VIII)
Swedish
Verb
kisa (present kisar, preterite kisade, supine kisat, imperative kisa)
- to squint
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | kisa | — | ||
| supine | kisat | — | ||
| imperative | kisa | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | kisen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | kisar | kisade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | kisa | kisade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | kise | kisade | — | — |
| present participle | kisande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
References
- kisa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kisa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kisa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)