kista
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse kista, via Old English from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kista f (genitive singular kistu, nominative plural kistur)
Declension
[edit]Declension of kista | ||||
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f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kista | kistan | kistur | kisturnar |
accusative | kistu | kistuna | kistur | kisturnar |
dative | kistu | kistunni | kistum | kistunum |
genitive | kistu | kistunnar | kista/kistna | kistanna/kistnanna |
Synonyms
[edit]- (coffin): líkkista
Hypernyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kista (first-person possessive kistaku, second-person possessive kistamu, third-person possessive kistanya)
- (pathology) cyst: a pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.
Alternative forms
[edit]- kistê
- sista: Indonesian, Standard Malay
Further reading
[edit]- “kista” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- kisten m
Noun
[edit]kista f
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]kista f
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin cista, itself from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).
Noun
[edit]kista f
Declension
[edit] Declension of kista (weak ōn-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “kista”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kista c
- a chest (large, strong box)
- a coffin, a casket
- sista spiken i kistan
- the final nail in the coffin
- (slang) a belly (stomach)
- Jag är risig i kistan
- I have an upset stomach
- – Äta myror? – Det är världens käk. Kittlar dödsskönt i kistan.
- – Eat ants? – It's the greatest grub. Tickles real ["dead"] good in your belly. [from the Swedish dub of the 1967 Disney Jungle Book movie – well-known and often referenced piece of dialogue from appearing in an annual Christmas special]
Declension
[edit]Declension of kista
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- kista in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kista in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kista in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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