kiesa

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See also: kiesą

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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kiesa (present kiesa, present participle kiesaende, past participle gekiesa)

  1. (rare) to drizzle, to rain lightly in fine droplets
    Synonyms: misreën, motreën, sifreën
    • 2018 September 7, Jana Luther, “Jaloersbuie tot komloertjie en dambrekerbuie”, in Beeld:
      Sifreën aan die ander kant, val aanhoudend. Soms kiesa, of kwietsja, dit dae aaneen.
      Mist rain, on the other hand, falls continuously. Sometimes it drizzles, or mizzles, for days on end.

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیسه (kise, kese), from Persian کیسه (kise).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkjɛ.sa/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛsa
  • Syllabification: kie‧sa

Noun

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kiesa f (diminutive kieska)

  1. (obsolete) pouch
    Synonyms: kabza, mieszek, sakiewka
  2. (figurative, literary) assets, capital
    Synonyms: kapitał, majątek, trzos

Declension

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Further reading

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  • kiesa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kiesa in Polish dictionaries at PWN