kissa

See also: kissá

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish, which has similar dialect words for calling a cat: e.g. kisse, kise, kissa, kiss.[1]. According to another theory, comes from the way of calling a cat by saying "kis-kis-kis" which is used throughout Europe, at least in Spain, Italy, Russia and Sweden, compare also Estonian kass, Veps kaži, Russian ко́шка (kóška) and киса (kisa), German Katze, Finnish katti, kissi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkisːɑ/
  • Rhymes: -isːɑ
  • Hyphenation: kis‧sa

Noun

kissa

kissa

  1. cat (Felis domesticus)
    Kukas sen kissan hännän nostaisi, ellei kissa itse?
    Who would raise the cat's tail if not the cat itself?
  1. (slang) cat, chick, fox (a sexy young woman)

Declension

Inflection of kissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative kissa kissat
genitive kissan kissojen
partitive kissaa kissoja
illative kissaan kissoihin
singular plural
nominative kissa kissat
accusative nom. kissa kissat
gen. kissan
genitive kissan kissojen
kissainrare
partitive kissaa kissoja
inessive kissassa kissoissa
elative kissasta kissoista
illative kissaan kissoihin
adessive kissalla kissoilla
ablative kissalta kissoilta
allative kissalle kissoille
essive kissana kissoina
translative kissaksi kissoiksi
instructive — kissoin
abessive kissatta kissoitta
comitative — kissoineen

Synonyms

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • kissa in Kielitoimiston sanakirja

References

  1. ↑ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.

Anagrams

Hausa

Noun

kissà f (plural kissōshī, possessed form kissàn)

  1. intrigue, underhand dealing, any deceitful means to accomplishing something

Japanese

Romanization

kissa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of きっさ

Karelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Finnish kissa.

Noun

kissa (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. cat

Swedish

(index K)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic based on pissa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪsˌa/

Verb

kissa (present kissar, preterite kissade, supine kissat, imperative kissa)

  1. to pee

Conjugation

Synonyms

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