kis

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kis"

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

kis

  1. plural of ki

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch kist, from Middle Dutch kiste, from Proto-West Germanic *kistu, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē), from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

kis (plural kiste, diminutive kissie)

  1. chest, box

Dalmatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

kis

  1. cheese

References[edit]

  • Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

kis c (singular definite kisen, not used in plural form)

  1. sulfide mineral

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See kissa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkis/, [ˈk̟is̠]
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification(key): kis

Interjection[edit]

kis

  1. used to attract a cat, often repeated
    kis kis, kippurahäntä
    here, kitty, kitty, "curly-tail"

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a Turkic language, compare to Turkish küçük and Turkmen kiçi.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

kis (comparative kisebb, superlative legkisebb)

  1. small, little
    Synonyms: kicsi, -ka, -ke, -cska, -cske, -ikó (the meaning of ’little’ is often expressed with diminutive suffixes in Hungarian)

Usage notes[edit]

The numeral két (“two”) and the adjective kis (“small, little”) can only stand adjectively, before a noun (e.g. két alma (“two apples”) and kis alma (“a small apple”)). If they were to occur on their own (possibly also inflected), predicatively, or in reference to a whole noun phrase, the terms kettő (“two”) and kicsi (“small”) must be used instead: Csak kettő van (“There are only two”), Csak kicsi van (“There is a small one only.”) The same applies to compound numerals like tizenkét and tizenkettő (“twelve”). In terms of distribution, két and kis are like English sick (sick people ~ két/kis alma) while kettő and kicsi resemble ill (they are ill ~ csak kettő/kicsi van). The longer forms are definitely broader in use as they may also occur adjectively, whether for emphasis or as a form of colloquialism. As a rule of thumb, the short variants (két, kis) never stand on their own.

Derived terms[edit]

Compound words
Expressions

Further reading[edit]

  • kis in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Livonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *ke-, from Proto-Uralic *ke.

Pronoun[edit]

kis

  1. who

Declension[edit]

Declension of kis (8)
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) kis —
genitive (genitīv) kīen
kīnga 		kīend
partitive (partitīv) kīenta
kīenda 		kīendi
dative (datīv) kīen
kīngan 		kīendõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) kīenkõks
kīngaks 		kīendõks
illative (illatīv) kīenõ kīeniž
inessive (inesīv) kīensõ kīenši
elative (elatīv) kīenstõ kīenšti

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

kis

  1. Alternative form of cos

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

kis

  1. Alternative form of kissen

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

From Swedish kis (sense 1), and German Kies (sense 2).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kiser, definite plural kisene)

  1. (slang) guy, dude
  2. (mineralogy) pyrite

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Swedish kis (sense 1), and German Kies (sense 2).

Noun[edit]

kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kisar, definite plural kisane)

  1. (slang) guy, dude
  2. (mineralogy) pyrite

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Back-formation of kísel.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kȋs m inan

  1. vinegar

Inflection[edit]

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative kís
genitive kísa
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		kís
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		—
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		—
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		—
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		kísu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		kísom

Synonyms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “kis”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kis c

  1. a boy
    en tuff kis
    a tough boy
Declension[edit]
Declension of kis 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kis kisen kisar kisarna
Genitive kis kisens kisars kisarnas
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from German Kies.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kis c

  1. pyrite, fool's gold
Declension[edit]
Declension of kis 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kis kisen kiser kiserna
Genitive kis kisens kisers kisernas
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • → Finnish: kiisu

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English kiss.

Noun[edit]

kis

  1. kiss

Volapük[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

kis

  1. what? (nominative, interrogative)
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=kis&oldid=78705177"