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kitla

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kitla, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną. More at kittle.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kitla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kitlaði, supine kitlað)

  1. to tickle [intransitive or with accusative]
    Ekki kitla mig!
    Don't tickle me!
  2. (impersonal) to be ticklish
    Mig kitlar.
    I'm ticklish.
    Kitlar þig?
    Are you ticklish?
    Mig kitlar í nefið.
    My nose tickles.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English kettle, from Proto-Germanic *katilaz. Borrowed in the 19th century when the Maltese were yet little acquainted with the English language, hence treated phonetically and morphologically like a native word.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kitla f (plural ktieli)

  1. kettle

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kitla, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną.

Verb

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kitla (present tense kitlar, past tense kitla, past participle kitla, passive infinitive kitlast, present participle kitlande, imperative kitla/kitl)

  1. (ambitransitive) to tickle
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References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *kitilōną.

Verb

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kitla (past participle kitlaðr)

  1. to tickle

Conjugation

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kitla”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive