hispa

See also: Hispa

Spanish edit

Verb edit

hispa

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

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /²hɪspa/
Rhymes: -²ɪspa

Noun edit

hispa c

(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 edit

Usually in the phrase på hispan.

Declension edit

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

Derived terms edit

hispig

References edit

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