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

   Synonym: líkkista

Declension

Declension of kista (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, kista	kistnanna, kistanna

Hypernyms

• geymsla, hirsla

Derived terms

• fjarsjóðskista
• líkkista
• ruslakista

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkista/ [ˈkis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: kis‧ta

Noun

kista (plural kista-kista)

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 [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “kista”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kista	kistas
	definite	kistan	kistans
plural	indefinite	kistor	kistors
	definite	kistorna	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