kista

From Old Norse kista, via Old English from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰɪsta/
• Rhymes: -ɪsta

kista f (genitive singular kistu, nominative plural kistur)

1. chest, box
2. coffin

   Synonym: líkkista

• geymsla, hirsla

• fjarsjóðskista
• líkkista
• ruslakista

Learned borrowing from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪs.ta]
• Hyphenation: kis‧ta

kista (plural kista-kista)

1. (pathology) cyst: a pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ

• kistê
• sista: Indonesian, Standard Malay

• “kista” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• kisten m

kista f

1. definite feminine singular of kiste

kista f

1. definite feminine singular of kiste

From Latin cista, itself from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

kista f

1. a chest
2. a coffin

• líkkista

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kista”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

From Old Norse kista.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕɪsˌta/

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kista c

1. a chest (large, strong box)
2. a coffin, a casket

   sista spiken i kistan

   the final nail in the coffin

3. (slang) a belly (stomach)

   Jag är risig i kistan

   I have an upset stomach

   – Äta myror? – Det är världens käk. Kittlar dödsskönt i kistan.

   – Eat ants? – It's the greatest grub. Tickles real ["dead"] good in your belly. [from the Swedish dub of the 1967 Disney Jungle Book movie – well-known and often referenced piece of dialogue from appearing in an annual Christmas special]

• kista in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kista in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kista in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• kisat, sikta, skita