kis
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
kis
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)
Dalmatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
kis
References[edit]
- Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000
Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
kis c (singular definite kisen, not used in plural form)
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See kissa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
kis
- used to attract a cat, often repeated
- kis kis, kippurahäntä
- here, kitty, kitty, "curly-tail"
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)
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]
- Kis-Ázsia
- Kis-Balaton
- Kis-Duna
- kisagy
- Kisalföld
- kisantant
- kisasszony
- kiságy
- kisállat
- kisbaba
- kisbetű
- kisbolygó
- kisbőgő
- kiscica
- kiscsákó
- kiscsibe
- kiscsikó
- kisebb-nagyobb
- kisfilm
- kisfiú
- kisfröccs
- kisgyerek
- kisgyermek
- kisiskola
- kisiskolás
- kiskacsa
- kiskakas
- kiskapitális
- kiskapu
- kiskereskedelem
- kiskorú
- kiskutya
- kislány
- kislemez
- kismacska
- kismama
- kisméretű
- kisokos
- Kispest
- kisszoba
- kisszótár
- kisterc
- kistérség
- kistompor
- kisvasút
- kisváros
- kisvártatva
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
Declension[edit]
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
- Alternative form of cos
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
kis
- Alternative form of kissen
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
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)
- (slang) guy, dude
- (mineralogy) pyrite
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “kis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “kis_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “kis_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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)
- (slang) guy, dude
- (mineralogy) pyrite
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “kis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Slovene[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation of kísel.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kȋs m inan
Inflection[edit]
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]
- ócet (archaic)
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
- a boy
- en tuff kis
- a tough boy
- en tuff kis
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]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kis c
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]
Noun[edit]
kis
Volapük[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
kis
- what? (nominative, interrogative)
- English non-lemma forms
- English noun forms
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Afrikaans terms derived from Latin
- Afrikaans terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Afrikaans terms with audio links
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans nouns
- Dalmatian lemmas
- Dalmatian nouns
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Finnish 1-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/is
- Rhymes:Finnish/is/1 syllable
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish interjections
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Hungarian terms derived from Turkic languages
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Hungarian/iʃ
- Rhymes:Hungarian/iʃ/1 syllable
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian adjectives
- Hungarian three-letter words
- Hungarian indeclinable adjectives
- Livonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Livonian terms derived from Proto-Uralic
- Livonian lemmas
- Livonian pronouns
- Livonian pseudo-compounds
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Middle English verbs
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Swedish
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from German
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/iːs
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål slang
- nb:Minerals
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Swedish
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from German
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk slang
- nn:Minerals
- Slovene 1-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene nouns
- Slovene masculine inanimate nouns
- Slovene masculine nouns
- Slovene inanimate nouns
- Slovene masculine hard o-stem nouns
- sl:Condiments
- sl:Liquids
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms borrowed from German
- Swedish terms derived from German
- Tok Pisin terms derived from English
- Tok Pisin lemmas
- Tok Pisin nouns
- tpi:Love
- tpi:Sex
- Volapük lemmas
- Volapük pronouns