kista

See also: kîsta, Kista, and Kîsta

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kista, via Old English from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰɪsta/
• Rhymes: -ɪsta

Noun

kista f (genitive singular kistu, nominative plural kistur)

1. chest, box
2. coffin

Declension

declension of kista

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

• (coffin): líkkista

Hypernyms

• geymsla, hirsla

Derived terms

• fjarsjóðskista
• líkkista
• ruslakista

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪs.ta]
• Hyphenation: kis‧ta

Noun

kista (first-person possessive kistaku, second-person possessive kistamu, third-person possessive kistanya)

1. (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

• kistê
• sista: Indonesian, Standard Malay

Further reading

• “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

Alternative forms

• kisten m

Noun

kista f

1. definite feminine singular of kiste

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kista f

1. definite feminine singular of kiste

Old Norse

Etymology

From Latin cista, itself from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Noun

kista f

1. a chest
2. a coffin

Declension

  Declension of kista (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kista	kistan	kistur	kisturnar
accusative	kistu	kistuna	kistur	kisturnar
dative	kistu	kistunni	kistum	kistunum
genitive	kistu	kistunnar	kistna	kistnanna

Derived terms

• líkkista

Descendants

• Icelandic: kista
• Faroese: kista
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kiste
• Norwegian Bokmål: kiste
• Swedish: kista
• Danish: kiste

References

• “kista”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕɪsˌta/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

kista c

1. a chest (large, strong box)
2. a coffin, a casket

   sista spiken i kistan

   the final nail in the coffin

3. (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

Declension of kista
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kista	kistan	kistor	kistorna
Genitive	kistas	kistans	kistors	kistornas

Related terms

• ekkista
• gravkista
• kistbeslag
• kistbotten
• kistebrev
• kistlås
• offerkista
• penningkista
• skattkista

References

• kista in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kista in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kista in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• kisat, sikta, skita