gissa
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editgive us a
Contraction
editgissa
- (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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editNorwegian Nynorsk
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editRelated to the verb gjeta
Pronunciation
editVerb
editgissa (present tense gissar, past tense gissa, past participle gissa, passive infinitive gissast, present participle gissande, imperative gissa/giss)
- to guess
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- “gissa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
editAlternative forms
edit- gißa (obsolete typography)
Etymology
editFrom Old Norse *gitsa, *getsa.
Pronunciation
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Verb
editgissa (present gissar, preterite gissade, supine gissat, imperative gissa)
- to guess (to reach an unqualified conclusion)
Conjugation
editConjugation of gissa (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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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. |
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