Shortened, ultimately from Middle Dutch kabuys, probably through Swedish kabyss.
byssa (slang)
Inflection of byssa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | byssa | byssat | |
genitive | byssan | byssien | |
partitive | byssaa | byssia | |
illative | byssaan | byssiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | byssa | byssat | |
accusative | nom. | byssa | byssat |
gen. | byssan | ||
genitive | byssan | byssien byssain rare | |
partitive | byssaa | byssia | |
inessive | byssassa | byssissa | |
elative | byssasta | byssista | |
illative | byssaan | byssiin | |
adessive | byssalla | byssilla | |
ablative | byssalta | byssilta | |
allative | byssalle | byssille | |
essive | byssana | byssina | |
translative | byssaksi | byssiksi | |
abessive | byssatta | byssitta | |
instructive | — | byssin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
From Middle Low German busse, from Old Saxon *buhsa, from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā. Cognate with Swedish bössa, Danish bøsse.
byssa f (genitive singular byssu, nominative plural byssur)
byssa m or f
byssa f
Short form of kabyss. Compare Norwegian Bokmål bysse, Norwegian Nynorsk bysse.
byssa c