kišša

Karelian

Regional variants of kišša

North Karelian (Viena)	kišša
South Karelian (Tver)	kišša

Etymology

Borrowed from an Indo-European language (compare Swedish kisse and Russian киса (kisa)). Cognates include Finnish kissa and Ingrian kissa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiʃːɑ/
• Hyphenation: kiš‧ša

Noun

kišša (genitive kiššan, partitive kiššua)

1. (North Karelian or dialectal) cat

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of kišša (type 4/kala, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kišša	kiššat
genitive	kiššan	kiššojen
partitive	kiššua	kiššoja
illative	kiššah	kiššoih
inessive	kiššašša	kiššoissa
elative	kiššašta	kiššoista
adessive	kiššalla	kiššoilla
ablative	kiššalta	kiššoilta
translative	kiššakši	kiššoiksi
essive	kiššana	kiššoina
comitative	—	kiššoineh
abessive	kiššatta	kiššoitta

Tver Karelian declension of kišša (type 4/kala no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kišša	kiššat
genitive	kiššan	kiššoin
partitive	kiššua	kiššoida
illative	kiššah	kiššoih
inessive	kiššašša	kiššoissa
elative	kiššašta	kiššoista
adessive	kiššalla	kiššoilla
ablative	kiššalda	kiššoilda
translative	kiššakši	kiššoiksi
essive	kiššana	kiššoina
comitative	kiššanke	kiššoinke
abessive	kiššatta	kiššoitta

Possessive forms of kišša
1st person	kiššani
2nd person	kiššaš
3rd person	kiššah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

• kazi (South Karelian), kasi (North Karelian, dialectal)

References

• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “kissa”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “kissa”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN