hispa

See also: Hispa

Spanish

Verb

hispa

1. inflection of hispir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology

From Tavringer Romani hispa (“small house, cottage”), probably a borrowing from Slovene jìspa (“small house, cottage”) or some other Slavic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²hɪspa/
• Rhymes: -²ɪspa

Noun

hispa c

1. (slang) mental hospital
   • 1997, Björn Ranelid, Till alla människor på jorden och i himlen:

     Gretas morsa är sinnessjuk. Hon är en dåre som sitter bakom låsta dörrar på hispan.

     Greta’s mum is mentally ill. She is a lunatic who sits behind locked doors in the cuckoo’s nest.

Usage notes

• Usually in the phrase på hispan.

Declension

Declension of hispa
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hispa	hispan	hispor	hisporna
Genitive	hispas	hispans	hispors	hispornas

Derived terms

• hispig

References

• hispa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• Gerd Carling (2005) “hispa”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 82