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/, [ˈkis̠ːɑ]
- Rhymes: -isːɑ
- Hyphenation: kis‧sa
Noun
kissa
Declension
Inflection of kissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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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
Compounds
compounds
- angorakissa
- emokissa
- kesykissa
- kesäkissa
- kissaeläin
- kissaihminen
- kissanhiekka
- kissanhännänveto
- kissanhäntä
- kissankello
- kissankita
- kissankulta
- kissankuppi
- kissankäpälä
- kissanluukku
- kissanminttu
Further reading
- kissa in Kielitoimiston sanakirja
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.
Hausa
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀓𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- किस्स (Devanagari script)
- কিস্স (Bengali script)
- කිස්ස (Sinhalese script)
- ကိဿ (Burmese script)
- กิสฺส or กิสสะ (Thai script)
- ᨠᩥᩔ (Tai Tham script)
- ກິສ຺ສ or ກິສສະ (Lao script)
- កិស្ស (Khmer script)
Swedish
(index K)
Etymology
Onomatopoeic based on pissa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɪsˌa/
Conjugation
Synonyms
- pinka
- pissa
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