tissi

See also: Tissi and tišší

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish tiss (“nipple, tit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtisːi/, [ˈt̪is̠ːi]
• Rhymes: -isːi
• Syllabification^(key): tis‧si

Noun

tissi

1. (colloquial) tit, boob

   Synonym: thesaurus:tissi

2. (colloquial, as modifier) topless

   tissibaari ― topless bar

Declension

Inflection of tissi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		tissi	tissit
genitive		tissin	tissien
partitive		tissiä	tissejä
illative		tissiin	tisseihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tissi	tissit
accusative	nom.	tissi	tissit
	gen.	tissin
genitive		tissin	tissien
partitive		tissiä	tissejä
inessive		tississä	tisseissä
elative		tissistä	tisseistä
illative		tissiin	tisseihin
adessive		tissillä	tisseillä
ablative		tissiltä	tisseiltä
allative		tissille	tisseille
essive		tissinä	tisseinä
translative		tissiksi	tisseiksi
instructive		—	tissein
abessive		tissittä	tisseittä
comitative		—	tisseineen

Possessive forms of tissi (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	tissini	tissimme
2nd person	tissisi	tissinne
3rd person	tissinsä

Further reading

• "tissi" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).

Anagrams

• sitsi

Romansch

Alternative forms

• teissa (Surmiran)
• tössi (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin toxicum, from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón).

Noun

tissi m (plural tissis)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) poison