kis
English edit
Noun edit
kis
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch kist, from Middle Dutch kiste, from Proto-West Germanic *kistu, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē), from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
Dalmatian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
kis
References edit
- Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000
Danish edit
Noun edit
kis c (singular definite kisen, not used in plural form)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
See kissa.
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
kis
- used to attract a cat, often repeated
- kis kis, kippurahäntä
- here, kitty, kitty, "curly-tail"
Further reading edit
- “kis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams edit
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From a Turkic language, compare to Turkish küçük and Turkmen kiçi.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kis (comparative kisebb, superlative legkisebb)
Usage notes edit
The numeral két (“two”) and the adjective kis (“small, little”) can only stand adjectively, before a noun (e.g. két alma (“two apples”) and kis alma (“a small apple”)). If they were to occur on their own (possibly also inflected), predicatively, or in reference to a whole noun phrase, the terms kettő (“two”) and kicsi (“small”) must be used instead: Csak kettő van (“There are only two”), Csak kicsi van (“There is a small one only.”) The same applies to compound numerals like tizenkét and tizenkettő (“twelve”). In terms of distribution, két and kis are like English sick (sick people ~ két/kis alma) while kettő and kicsi resemble ill (they are ill ~ csak kettő/kicsi van). The longer forms are definitely broader in use as they may also occur adjectively, whether for emphasis or as a form of colloquialism. As a rule of thumb, the short variants (két, kis) never stand on their own.
Derived terms edit
- Kis-Ázsia
- Kis-Balaton
- Kis-Duna
- kisagy
- Kisalföld
- kisantant
- kisasszony
- kiságy
- kisállat
- kisbaba
- kisbetű
- kisbolygó
- kisbőgő
- kiscica
- kiscsákó
- kiscsibe
- kiscsikó
- kisebb-nagyobb
- kisember
- kisfilm
- kisfiú
- kisfröccs
- kisgazda
- kisgyerek
- kisgyermek
- kisiskola
- kisiskolás
- kiskacsa
- kiskakas
- kiskapitális
- kiskapu
- kiskereskedelem
- kiskorú
- kiskutya
- kislány
- kislemez
- kismacska
- kismama
- kisméretű
- kisokos
- Kispest
- kisszoba
- kisszótár
- kisterc
- kistérség
- kistompor
- kisvasút
- kisváros
- kisvártatva
Further reading edit
- kis in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Livonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *ke-, from Proto-Uralic *ke.
Pronoun edit
kis
Declension edit
singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
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nominative (nominatīv) | kis | — |
genitive (genitīv) | kīen kīnga |
kīend |
partitive (partitīv) | kīenta kīenda |
kīendi |
dative (datīv) | kīen kīngan |
kīendõn |
instrumental (instrumentāl) | kīenkõks kīngaks |
kīendõks |
illative (illatīv) | kīenõ | kīeniž |
inessive (inesīv) | kīensõ | kīenši |
elative (elatīv) | kīenstõ | kīenšti |
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
kis
- Alternative form of cos
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
kis
- Alternative form of kissen
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Swedish kis (sense 1), and German Kies (sense 2).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kiser, definite plural kisene)
- (slang) guy, dude
- (mineralogy) pyrite
Derived terms edit
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Swedish kis (sense 1), and German Kies (sense 2).
Noun edit
kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kisar, definite plural kisane)
- (slang) guy, dude
- (mineralogy) pyrite
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “kis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation of kísel.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kȋs m inan
Inflection edit
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
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nominative | kís | |
genitive | kísa | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
kís | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
kísa | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
kísu | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
kís | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
kísu | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
kísom |
Synonyms edit
- ócet (archaic)
Further reading edit
- “kis”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kis c
- a boy
- en tuff kis
- a tough boy
- en tuff kis
Declension edit
Declension of kis | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kis | kisen | kisar | kisarna |
Genitive | kis | kisens | kisars | kisarnas |
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kis c
Declension edit
Declension of kis | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kis | kisen | kiser | kiserna |
Genitive | kis | kisens | kisers | kisernas |
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- → Finnish: kiisu
References edit
Anagrams edit
Tok Pisin edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
kis
Volapük edit
Pronoun edit
kis
- what? (nominative, interrogative)
- English non-lemma forms
- English noun forms
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Afrikaans terms derived from Latin
- Afrikaans terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Afrikaans terms with audio links
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans nouns
- Dalmatian lemmas
- Dalmatian nouns
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Finnish 1-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/is
- Rhymes:Finnish/is/1 syllable
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish interjections
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Hungarian terms derived from Turkic languages
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Hungarian/iʃ
- Rhymes:Hungarian/iʃ/1 syllable
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian adjectives
- Hungarian three-letter words
- Hungarian indeclinable adjectives
- Livonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Livonian terms derived from Proto-Uralic
- Livonian lemmas
- Livonian pronouns
- Livonian pseudo-compounds
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Middle English verbs
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Swedish
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from German
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/iːs
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål slang
- nb:Minerals
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Swedish
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from German
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk slang
- nn:Minerals
- Slovene 1-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene nouns
- Slovene masculine inanimate nouns
- Slovene masculine nouns
- Slovene inanimate nouns
- Slovene masculine hard o-stem nouns
- sl:Condiments
- sl:Liquids
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms borrowed from German
- Swedish terms derived from German
- sv:Male people
- Tok Pisin terms derived from English
- Tok Pisin lemmas
- Tok Pisin nouns
- tpi:Love
- tpi:Sex
- Volapük lemmas
- Volapük pronouns