kissa
See also: kissá
Finnish
Etymology
Proximally from Swedish dialects which show forms like kisse, kise, kissa, kiss.[1] Probably ultimately from a cat call "kis-kis-kis" used throughout Europe, at least in Spain, Italy, Russia and Sweden. Compare Russian киса (kisa).
Pronunciation
Noun
kissa
- cat (Felis domesticus)
- Kukas sen kissan hännän nostaisi, ellei kissa itse? ― Who would raise the cat's tail if not the cat itself?
- (slang) cat, chick, fox (a sexy young woman)
Declension
Inflection of kissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kissa | kissat | ||
genitive | kissan | kissojen | ||
partitive | kissaa | kissoja | ||
illative | kissaan | kissoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kissa | kissat | ||
accusative | nom. | kissa | kissat | |
gen. | kissan | |||
genitive | kissan | kissojen kissain rare | ||
partitive | kissaa | kissoja | ||
inessive | kissassa | kissoissa | ||
elative | kissasta | kissoista | ||
illative | kissaan | kissoihin | ||
adessive | kissalla | kissoilla | ||
ablative | kissalta | kissoilta | ||
allative | kissalle | kissoille | ||
essive | kissana | kissoina | ||
translative | kissaksi | kissoiksi | ||
abessive | kissatta | kissoitta | ||
instructive | — | kissoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
- (colloquial) katti
- (diminutive) mirri, kissimirri
- (children talk) kissi, kisu
- (species) kesykissa, kotikissa
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Compounds
- angorakissa
- emokissa
- kesykissa
- kesäkissa
- kissaeläin
- kissaihminen
- kissanhiekka
- kissanhännänveto
- kissanhäntä
- kissankello
- kissankita
- kissankulta
- kissankuppi
- kissankäpälä
- kissanluukku
- kissanminttu
- kissanpenikka
- kissanpentu
- kissanpoika
- kissanpoikanen
- kissanpäivät
- kissanristiäiset
- kissanruoka
- kissansilmä
- kissanäyttely
- kissapeto
- kissarotu
- kissarutto
- kollikissa
- kotikissa
- kulkukissa
- laivakissa
- maatiaiskissa
- naaraskissa
- näyttelykissa
- pajunkissa
- persiankissa
- poikakissa
- rotukissa
- siaminkissa
- sisäkissa
- sivettikissa
- tyttökissa
- uroskissa
- villikissa
- vilukissa
Further reading
- “kissa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–
References
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Anagrams
Hausa
Noun
kissà f (plural kissōshī, possessed form kissàr̃)
Japanese
Romanization
kissa
Karelian
Alternative forms
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Finnish kissa.
Noun
kissa (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
Pronoun
kissa
Swedish
(index K)
Etymology
Onomatopoeic based on pissa.
Pronunciation
Verb
kissa (present kissar, preterite kissade, supine kissat, imperative kissa)
Conjugation
Conjugation of kissa (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | kissa | — | ||
Supine | kissat | — | ||
Imperative | kissa | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | kissen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | kissar | kissade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | kissa | kissade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | kisse | kissade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | kissande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
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