gissa
English edit
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Etymology edit
give us a
Contraction edit
gissa
- (UK, slang, nonstandard, in imperative utterances) Give us a; give me a.
- 1952, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, Sir Owen Seaman, Punch:
- This bloke comes up to his mate, and says "Ere," 'e says, 'gissa fag, tosh,' 'e says.
- 2002, Anabel Donald, Be nice:
- (Pacing up and down in front of the protesting ICKLES, threateningly.) C'mon, Emma, gissa hand here.
- 2007, Carolyn McCrae, Walking Alone:
- "An' you're gorgeous, here, gissa kiss."
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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Etymology edit
Related to the verb gjeta
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gissa (present tense gissar, past tense gissa, past participle gissa, passive infinitive gissast, present participle gissande, imperative gissa/giss)
- to guess
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “gissa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
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- gißa (obsolete typography)
Etymology edit
From Old Norse *gitsa, *getsa.
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Verb edit
gissa (present gissar, preterite gissade, supine gissat, imperative gissa)
- to guess (to reach an unqualified conclusion)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of gissa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | gissa | gissas | ||
| Supine | gissat | gissats | ||
| Imperative | gissa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | gissen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | gissar | gissade | gissas | gissades |
| Ind. plural1 | gissa | gissade | gissas | gissades |
| Subjunctive2 | gisse | gissade | gisses | gissades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | gissande | |||
| Past participle | gissad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||