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See also: kissá

Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swedish kisse, kissa (cat), with other dialectal forms including kise, kiss.[1] Probably ultimately from a cat call "kis-kis-kis" used throughout Europe (see kis; also compare Russian ки́са (kísa)).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkisːɑ/, [ˈk̟is̠ːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -isːɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): kis‧sa

Noun

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kissa

  1. cat (Felis catus)
    Synonyms: (colloquial) katti, (specific) kesykissa, kotikissa, (diminutive) mirri, kissimirri, (childish) kissi, kisu
  2. Synonym of kissaeläin (feline)
  3. (slang) cat, chick, fox (a sexy young woman)

Declension

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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
kissain rare
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
abessive kissatta kissoitta
instructive kissoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kissani kissani
accusative nom. kissani kissani
gen. kissani
genitive kissani kissojeni
kissaini rare
partitive kissaani kissojani
inessive kissassani kissoissani
elative kissastani kissoistani
illative kissaani kissoihini
adessive kissallani kissoillani
ablative kissaltani kissoiltani
allative kissalleni kissoilleni
essive kissanani kissoinani
translative kissakseni kissoikseni
abessive kissattani kissoittani
instructive
comitative kissoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kissasi kissasi
accusative nom. kissasi kissasi
gen. kissasi
genitive kissasi kissojesi
kissaisi rare
partitive kissaasi kissojasi
inessive kissassasi kissoissasi
elative kissastasi kissoistasi
illative kissaasi kissoihisi
adessive kissallasi kissoillasi
ablative kissaltasi kissoiltasi
allative kissallesi kissoillesi
essive kissanasi kissoinasi
translative kissaksesi kissoiksesi
abessive kissattasi kissoittasi
instructive
comitative kissoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kissamme kissamme
accusative nom. kissamme kissamme
gen. kissamme
genitive kissamme kissojemme
kissaimme rare
partitive kissaamme kissojamme
inessive kissassamme kissoissamme
elative kissastamme kissoistamme
illative kissaamme kissoihimme
adessive kissallamme kissoillamme
ablative kissaltamme kissoiltamme
allative kissallemme kissoillemme
essive kissanamme kissoinamme
translative kissaksemme kissoiksemme
abessive kissattamme kissoittamme
instructive
comitative kissoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kissanne kissanne
accusative nom. kissanne kissanne
gen. kissanne
genitive kissanne kissojenne
kissainne rare
partitive kissaanne kissojanne
inessive kissassanne kissoissanne
elative kissastanne kissoistanne
illative kissaanne kissoihinne
adessive kissallanne kissoillanne
ablative kissaltanne kissoiltanne
allative kissallenne kissoillenne
essive kissananne kissoinanne
translative kissaksenne kissoiksenne
abessive kissattanne kissoittanne
instructive
comitative kissoinenne

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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compounds

Descendants

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  • Kven: kissa

References

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  1. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kís.sà/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [cɪ́s.sə̀]

Noun

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kissà f (plural kissōshī, possessed form kissàr̃)

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

Ingrian

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Kissa.

Etymology

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Borrowed from an Indo-European language (compare Swedish kisse and Russian киса (kisa)). Cognates include Finnish kissa and Karelian kišša.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kissa

  1. cat
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 23:
      Kiko ono kissa. Emma ono hiiri.
      Kiko is a cat. Emma is a mouse.
    • 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 86:
      A siä miks kissaa obiƶoitat?
      And why do you offend a cat?

Declension

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Declension of kissa (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kissa kissat
genitive kissan kissoin
partitive kissaa kissoja
illative kissaa kissoi
inessive kissaas kissois
elative kissast kissoist
allative kissalle kissoille
adessive kissaal kissoil
ablative kissalt kissoilt
translative kissaks kissoiks
essive kissanna, kissaan kissoinna, kissoin
exessive1) kissant kissoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “кисса”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 679
  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 8

Japanese

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Romanization

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kissa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of きっさ

Karelian

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Noun

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kissa (genitive kissan, partitive kissua)

  1. Superseded spelling of kišša.

References

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  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “kissa”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

Kven

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Etymology

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Inherited from Finnish kissa (cat), from Swedish kissa ((female) cat), feminine form of kisse (cat, kitty), from the interjection kiss.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -isːɑ
  • Hyphenation: kis‧sa

Noun

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kissa (genitive kissan, partitive kissaa)

  1. a cat (a domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.) (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. a female cat
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Declension

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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kissa

  1. masculine/neuter genitive/dative singular of ka

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Onomatopoeic based on pissa.

Verb

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

  1. to pee
    Synonyms: pinka, pissa
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Feminine form of kisse.

Noun

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kissa c

  1. (colloquial, endearing) (female) cat, pussy-cat
    Synonym: katta
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References

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Anagrams

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Yakan

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Noun

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kissa

  1. folktale

Verb

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kissa

  1. to tell (a fictitious story)