gisal

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guisar (“to stew”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gi‧sal
• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈsal/ [ɡɪˈs̪al̪]

Verb

gisal

1. to sauté
2. to stir fry
3. a spell that causes burning pain all over a person's body, performed by frying lime in pig lard

Old High German

Alternative forms

• gīsil (Lombardic)
• kisal, kisel, gisel, gisl

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gīsl, from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz.

Noun

gīsal m

1. hostage, pledge

Declension

Declension of gīsal (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	gīsal	gīsalā, gīsala
accusative	gīsal	gīsalā, gīsala
genitive	gīsales	gīsalo
dative	gīsale	gīsalum
instrumental	gīsalu	—

Derived terms

• firgīsalen (verb)

Descendants

• Middle High German: gīsel, giesel (13th C.), geysel (14th C.), gæisel (13th or 14th C.)
  • German: Geisel

References

• Karg-Gasterstädt, Elisabeth; Frings, Theodor; et al., editors (1952–2022), “gîsal”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, via Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig