kissa
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swedish kisse, kissa (“cat”), with other dialectal forms including kise, kiss.[1] Probably ultimately from a cat call "kis-kis-kis" used throughout Europe (see kis; also compare Russian ки́са (kísa)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kissa
- cat (Felis catus)
- Synonym of kissaeläin (“feline”)
- (slang) cat, chick, fox (a sexy young woman)
Declension edit
Inflection of kissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kissa | kissat | ||
genitive | kissan | kissojen | ||
partitive | kissaa | kissoja | ||
illative | kissaan | kissoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kissa | kissat | ||
accusative | nom. | kissa | kissat | |
gen. | kissan | |||
genitive | kissan | kissojen kissainrare | ||
partitive | kissaa | kissoja | ||
inessive | kissassa | kissoissa | ||
elative | kissasta | kissoista | ||
illative | kissaan | kissoihin | ||
adessive | kissalla | kissoilla | ||
ablative | kissalta | kissoilta | ||
allative | kissalle | kissoille | ||
essive | kissana | kissoina | ||
translative | kissaksi | kissoiksi | ||
abessive | kissatta | kissoitta | ||
instructive | — | kissoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
- aasiankultakissa
- aavikkokissa
- andienkissa
- angorakissa
- arokissa
- bengalinkissa
- borneonkissa
- burmankissa
- emokissa
- hietakissa
- iriomotenkissa
- Irvikissa
- kahvikissa
- kalastajakissa
- karhukissa
- kesykissa
- kesäkissa
- kissa-allergia
- kissaeläin
- kissafretti
- kissagenetti
- kissaihminen
- kissakahvila
- kissakala
- kissakarhu
- kissakettu
- kissamaki
- kissamerimonni
- kissanhiekka
- kissanhuuto-oireyhtymä
- kissanhännänveto
- kissanhäntä
- kissankello
- kissankieli
- kissankita
- kissankokoinen
- kissankorkuinen
- kissankulta
- kissankuppi
- kissankäpälä
- kissanliha
- kissanlillukka
- kissanluukku
- kissanmaito
- kissanminttu
- kissanmuona
- kissanmustikka
- kissanpaska
- kissanpenikka
- kissanpentu
- kissanpoika
- kissanpoikanen
- kissanpäivät
- kissanristiäiset
- kissanruoka
- kissansilmä
- kissanäyttely
- kissapeto
- kissapöllö
- kissarotu
- kissarutto
- kissatappelu
- kollikissa
- kotikissa
- kujakissa
- kulkukissa
- laivakissa
- leopardikissa
- litteäpääkissa
- maatiaiskissa
- mansaarenkissa
- marmorikissa
- merikissa
- metsäkissa
- mustajalkakissa
- naaraskissa
- narttukissa
- näyttelykissa
- pajunkissa
- pampakissa
- persiankissa
- pitkähäntäkissa
- poikakissa
- pussikissa
- rotukissa
- siaminkissa
- siperiankissa
- sisäkissa
- sivettikissa
- tiikerikissa
- tyttökissa
- ulkokissa
- uroskissa
- viidakkokissa
- villikissa
- vilukissa
- vuorikissa
- yökissa
Descendants edit
- Kven: kissa
References edit
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “kissa”, 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 2023-07-01
Anagrams edit
Hausa edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from an Indo-European language (compare Swedish kisse and Russian киса (kisa)). Cognates include Finnish kissa and Karelian kišša.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkisːɑ/, [ˈkis̠ː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkisːɑ/, [ˈkiʃːɑ]
- Rhymes: -isː, -isːɑ
- Hyphenation: kis‧sa
Noun edit
kissa
- cat
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 23:
- Kiko ono kissa. Emma ono hiiri.
- Kiko is a cat. Emma is a mouse.
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 86:
- A siä miks kissaa obiƶoitat?
- And why do you offend a cat?
Declension edit
Declension of kissa (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kissa | kissat |
genitive | kissan | kissoin |
partitive | kissaa | kissoja |
illative | kissaa | kissoi |
inessive | kissaas | kissois |
elative | kissast | kissoist |
allative | kissalle | kissoille |
adessive | kissaal | kissoil |
ablative | kissalt | kissoilt |
translative | kissaks | kissoiks |
essive | kissanna, kissaan | kissoinna, kissoin |
exessive1) | kissant | kissoint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 8
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
kissa
Karelian edit
Noun edit
kissa (genitive kissan, partitive kissua)
References edit
- P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “kissa”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
Kven edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Finnish kissa (“cat”), from Swedish kissa (“(female) cat”), feminine form of kisse (“cat, kitty”), from the interjection kiss.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -isːɑ
- Hyphenation: kis‧sa
Noun edit
kissa (genitive kissan, partitive kissaa)
- a cat (a domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.) (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- a female cat
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Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
References edit
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronoun edit
kissa
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Onomatopoeic based on pissa.
Verb edit
kissa (present kissar, preterite kissade, supine kissat, imperative kissa)
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | kissa | — | ||
Supine | kissat | — | ||
Imperative | kissa | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | kissen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | kissar | kissade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | kissa | kissade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | kisse | kissade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | kissande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Feminine form of kisse.
Noun edit
kissa c
- (colloquial, endearing) (female) cat, pussy-cat
- Synonym: katta
Declension edit
Declension of kissa | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kissa | kissan | kissor | kissorna |
Genitive | kissas | kissans | kissors | kissornas |
References edit
- kissa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kissa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kissa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
Yakan edit
Noun edit
kissa
Verb edit
kissa
- to tell (a fictitious story)