kiesa

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See also: kiesą

Afrikaans

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

kiesa (present kiesa, present participle kiesaende, past participle gekiesa)

  1. (rare) to drizzle, to rain lightly in fine droplets
    Synonyms: misreën, motreën, sifreën
    • 2018 September 7, Jana Luther, “Jaloersbuie tot komloertjie en dambrekerbuie”, in Beeld:
      Sifreën aan die ander kant, val aanhoudend. Soms kiesa, of kwietsja, dit dae aaneen.
      Mist rain, on the other hand, falls continuously. Sometimes it drizzles, or mizzles, for days on end.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیسه (kise, kese), from Persian کیسه (kise).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkjɛ.sa/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛsa
  • Syllabification: kie‧sa

Noun

kiesa f (diminutive kieska)

  1. (obsolete) pouch
    Synonyms: kabza, mieszek, sakiewka
  2. (figurative, literary) assets, capital
    Synonyms: kapitał, majątek, trzos

Declension

noun

Further reading

  • kiesa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kiesa in Polish dictionaries at PWN