spisa

See also: spisą

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *spīsā.

Noun

spīsa f

1. meal

Descendants

• Middle High German: spīse
  • German: Speise

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old High German spioȥ

Middle High German spieȥ

German Spießbor.

Polish spisa

Borrowed from German Spieß, from Middle High German spieȥ, from Old High German spioȥ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspi.sa/

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• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: spi‧sa

Noun

spisa f

1. pike (long spear)

   Synonyms: dzida, pika

Declension

Declension of spisa

	singular	plural
nominative	spisa	spisy
genitive	spisy	spis
dative	spisie	spisom
accusative	spisę	spisy
instrumental	spisą	spisami
locative	spisie	spisach
vocative	spiso	spisy

Further reading

• “spisa”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “spisa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²spiːsa/
• Rhymes: -²iːsa

Verb

spisa (present spisar, preterite spisade, supine spisat, imperative spisa)

1. (dated) to eat
2. (colloquial) to consume music (especially jazz, live or recorded)

   träffa lite trevligt folk, spisa några vax och sänk en kall bira

   meet some nice people, consume some recordings and down a cold beer

Conjugation

Conjugation of spisa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	spisa		spisas
supine	spisat		spisats
imperative	spisa		—
imper. plural1	spisen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	spisar	spisade	spisas	spisades
ind. plural1	spisa	spisade	spisas	spisades
subjunctive2	spise	spisade	spises	spisades
present participle		spisande
past participle		spisad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• avspisa
• bespisa
• bespisning
• spis
• spisning

See also

• vax

Anagrams

• pissa

Venetan

Noun

spisa f (plural spise)

1. itch