kisa

• IPA^(key): /ˈkisa/ [ˈki.sa]
• Hyphenation: ki‧sa

kisa (Basahan spelling ᜃᜒᜐ)

1. Alternative form of ki sa

From Proto-Finnic *kisa.

kisa (genitive kisa, partitive kisa)

1. cry, shout, yell, scream
2. clamour, din, hubbub

   Synonym: lärm

• kisama (“to cry, to yell”)

From Proto-Finnic *kisa, possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kiśɜ, *keśɜ; compare Northern Sami gižži, Northern Khanty [Term?], Northern Mansi ка̄с- (kās-) and Hungarian küzd. Related to Karelian kisa (“dance, play”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkisɑ/, [ˈk̟is̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -isɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ki‧sa

kisa

1. (usually in the plural) competition, games
2. race (contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective)

• “kisa”, 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

• -ksia, Sika, aski, kasi, sika, sika-

• IPA^(key): /kisa/

kisa

1. (interrogative) what

• poukisa

Possibly from the sound made when people try to get a cat to come to them, "kss-kss". Compare the (probably unrelated) Russian ки́са (kísa, “kitty-cat”) and Finnish kissa (“cat”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰɪːsa/
• Rhymes: -ɪːsa

kisa f (genitive singular kisu, nominative plural kisur)

1. (informal) kitty-cat, kitty (often but not necessarily female)
2. (informal, uncommon) one who cannot easily consume hot food or drink

• kisi (“kitty-cat”) (often but not necessarily male)

kisa

1. first person dual inclusive; the two of us, including you

Inherited from Sanskrit कृश (kṛśa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥ćás, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥ḱós.

kisa

1. gaunt, haggard
2. slender

kisa

1. genitive singular of kis

From Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa).

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kisa (ki-vi class, plural visa)

1. event, episode, occasion
2. explanation, narrative, account

kisa (present kisar, preterite kisade, supine kisat, imperative kisa)

1. to squint

• kisa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kisa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kisa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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