kisi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kisi"

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English kiss. Compare German küssen, Yiddish קישן (kishn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkisi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -isi
  • Hyphenation: ki‧si

Verb

kisi (present kisas, past kisis, future kisos, conditional kisus, volitive kisu)

  1. (transitive) to kiss
    Kisu min, stultulo. ― Kiss me, stupid.

Conjugation

Conjugation of kisi
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense kisas kisis kisos
active participle kisanta kisantaj kisinta kisintaj kisonta kisontaj
acc. kisantan kisantajn kisintan kisintajn kisontan kisontajn
passive participle kisata kisataj kisita kisitaj kisota kisotaj
acc. kisatan kisatajn kisitan kisitajn kisotan kisotajn
nominal active participle kisanto kisantoj kisinto kisintoj kisonto kisontoj
acc. kisanton kisantojn kisinton kisintojn kisonton kisontojn
nominal passive participle kisato kisatoj kisito kisitoj kisoto kisotoj
acc. kisaton kisatojn kisiton kisitojn kisoton kisotojn
adverbial active participle kisante kisinte kisonte
adverbial passive participle kisate kisite kisote
infinitive kisi imperative kisu conditional kisus

Derived terms

  • forkisi (“to kiss away (ex. sorrow)”)
  • interkisi
  • kisadi (“to kiss for a long time or repeatedly; to make out”)
  • kisebla (“kissable”)
  • kisema (“inclined toward kissing”)
  • kiseto (“small, fast kiss; peck”)
  • kisinda (“worthy of being kissed”)
  • kiso (“kiss”)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay کيسي (kisi).

Noun

kisi (plural kisi-kisi)

  1. synonym of kisi-kisi (“grating”)
  2. lattice:
    1. (literal) a flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis
    2. (physics, crystallography) a regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif
    3. electrode for fuel cells
    4. (mathematics, algebra, statistics) In any of several technical senses, a substructure with properties analogous to those the set of points with integer coordinates bears in relation to the full Euclidian space these points are contained in
      1. (mathematics) graph that can be drawn within a repeating arrangement of points
    5. optical lattice: spatially periodic polarization pattern
Derived terms
  • berkisi
  • berkisi-kisi
  • kisi-kisi
  • kisi kristal
  • kisi radiator

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦶꦱꦶ (kisi, “snake hatchling”, literally “bobbin, spool, reel”).

Noun

kisi (plural kisi-kisi)

  1. snake hatchling
Descendants
  • → Malay: کيسي (kisi) (semantic loan)

Further reading

Jamamadí

Verb

kisi

  1. (Banawá) to descend

References

Javanese

Romanization

kisi

  1. romanization of ꦏꦶꦱꦶ

Maltese

Root
k-s-j
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic كَسْو (kasw).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪ.sɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsɪ

Noun

kisi m

  1. verbal noun of kesa: the act of covering, plastering

Mwani

Noun

kisi class 7

  1. darkness

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈki.ɕi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɕi
  • Syllabification: ki‧si

Verb

kisi

  1. third-person singular present of kisić

Swahili

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَاسَ (qāsa, “to measure”).

Verb

-kisi (infinitive kukisi)

  1. to imagine, guess
  2. (nautical) to measure a ship's location
Conjugation
Conjugation of -kisi
Positive present -nakisi
Subjunctive -kisi
Negative -kisi
Imperative singular kisi
Infinitives
Positive kukisi
Negative kutokisi
Imperatives
Singular kisi
Plural kisini
Tensed forms
Habitual hukisi
Positive past positive subject concord + -likisi
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukisi
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakisi)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakisi/nakisi tunakisi
2nd person unakisi mnakisi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakisi wanakisi
other classes positive subject concord + -nakisi
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kisi)
Singular Plural
1st person sikisi hatukisi
2nd person hukisi hamkisi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakisi hawakisi
other classes negative subject concord + -kisi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takisi
Negative future negative subject concord + -takisi
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kisi)
Singular Plural
1st person nikisi tukisi
2nd person ukisi mkisi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akisi wakisi
other classes positive subject concord + -kisi
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikisi
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekisi
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekisi
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikisi
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikisi
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akisi)
Singular Plural
1st person nakisi twakisi
2nd person wakisi mwakisi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akisi wakisi
m-mi(III/IV) wakisi yakisi
ji-ma(V/VI) lakisi yakisi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakisi vyakisi
n(IX/X) yakisi zakisi
u(XI) wakisi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakisi
pa(XVI) pakisi
mu(XVIII) mwakisi
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekisi
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakisi
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakisi
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikisi
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokisi
Consecutive kakisi / positive subject concord + -kakisi
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakisi
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikisi -tukisi
2nd person -kukisi -wakisi/-kukisini/-wakisini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkisi -wakisi
m-mi(III/IV) -ukisi -ikisi
ji-ma(V/VI) -likisi -yakisi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikisi -vikisi
n(IX/X) -ikisi -zikisi
u(XI) -ukisi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukisi
pa(XVI) -pakisi
mu(XVIII) -mukisi
Reflexive -jikisi
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kisi- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kisiye -kisio
m-mi(III/IV) -kisio -kisiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kisilo -kisiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisicho -kisivyo
n(IX/X) -kisiyo -kisizo
u(XI) -kisio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kisiko
pa(XVI) -kisipo
mu(XVIII) -kisimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kisi)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekisi -okisi
m-mi(III/IV) -okisi -yokisi
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokisi -yokisi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokisi -vyokisi
n(IX/X) -yokisi -zokisi
u(XI) -okisi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokisi
pa(XVI) -pokisi
mu(XVIII) -mokisi
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Derived terms
  • Nominal derivations:

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English kiss.

Noun

kisi class IX (no plural)

  1. a kiss on the lips
    Synonym: busu

Tagabawa

Noun

kisì

  1. blanket

Volapük

Pronoun

kisi

  1. what? (accusative, interrogative) (accusative of kis)
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