kissa

See also: kissá

Finnish

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kissa

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish kisse, kissa (“cat”), with other dialectal forms including kise, kiss. Probably ultimately from a cat call "kis-kis-kis" used throughout Europe (see kis; also compare Russian ки́са (kísa)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkisːɑ/,
Rhymes: -isːɑ
Syllabification^(key): kis‧sa

Noun

kissa

cat (Felis catus)
Synonyms: (colloquial) katti, (specific) kesykissa, kotikissa, (diminutive) mirri, kissimirri, (childish) kissi, kisu
Synonym of kissaeläin (“feline”)
(slang) cat, chick, fox (a sexy young woman)

Declension

Inflection of kissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		kissa	kissat
genitive		kissan	kissojen
partitive		kissaa	kissoja
illative		kissaan	kissoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kissa	kissat
accusative	nom.	kissa	kissat
accusative	gen.	kissan	kissat
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.

Possessive forms of kissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		kissani	kissani
accusative	nom.	kissani	kissani
accusative	gen.	kissani	kissani
genitive		kissani	kissojeni kissaini^rare
partitive		kissaani	kissojani
inessive		kissassani	kissoissani
elative		kissastani	kissoistani
illative		kissaani	kissoihini
adessive		kissallani	kissoillani
ablative		kissaltani	kissoiltani
allative		kissalleni	kissoilleni
essive		kissanani	kissoinani
translative		kissakseni	kissoikseni
abessive		kissattani	kissoittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	kissoineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		kissasi	kissasi
accusative	nom.	kissasi	kissasi
accusative	gen.	kissasi	kissasi
genitive		kissasi	kissojesi kissaisi^rare
partitive		kissaasi	kissojasi
inessive		kissassasi	kissoissasi
elative		kissastasi	kissoistasi
illative		kissaasi	kissoihisi
adessive		kissallasi	kissoillasi
ablative		kissaltasi	kissoiltasi
allative		kissallesi	kissoillesi
essive		kissanasi	kissoinasi
translative		kissaksesi	kissoiksesi
abessive		kissattasi	kissoittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	kissoinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		kissamme	kissamme
accusative	nom.	kissamme	kissamme
accusative	gen.	kissamme	kissamme
genitive		kissamme	kissojemme kissaimme^rare
partitive		kissaamme	kissojamme
inessive		kissassamme	kissoissamme
elative		kissastamme	kissoistamme
illative		kissaamme	kissoihimme
adessive		kissallamme	kissoillamme
ablative		kissaltamme	kissoiltamme
allative		kissallemme	kissoillemme
essive		kissanamme	kissoinamme
translative		kissaksemme	kissoiksemme
abessive		kissattamme	kissoittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	kissoinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		kissanne	kissanne
accusative	nom.	kissanne	kissanne
accusative	gen.	kissanne	kissanne
genitive		kissanne	kissojenne kissainne^rare
partitive		kissaanne	kissojanne
inessive		kissassanne	kissoissanne
elative		kissastanne	kissoistanne
illative		kissaanne	kissoihinne
adessive		kissallanne	kissoillanne
ablative		kissaltanne	kissoiltanne
allative		kissallenne	kissoillenne
essive		kissananne	kissoinanne
translative		kissaksenne	kissoiksenne
abessive		kissattanne	kissoittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	kissoinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		kissansa	kissansa
accusative	nom.	kissansa	kissansa
accusative	gen.	kissansa	kissansa
genitive		kissansa	kissojensa kissainsa^rare
partitive		kissaansa	kissojaan kissojansa
inessive		kissassaan kissassansa	kissoissaan kissoissansa
elative		kissastaan kissastansa	kissoistaan kissoistansa
illative		kissaansa	kissoihinsa
adessive		kissallaan kissallansa	kissoillaan kissoillansa
ablative		kissaltaan kissaltansa	kissoiltaan kissoiltansa
allative		kissalleen kissallensa	kissoilleen kissoillensa
essive		kissanaan kissanansa	kissoinaan kissoinansa
translative		kissakseen kissaksensa	kissoikseen kissoiksensa
abessive		kissattaan kissattansa	kissoittaan kissoittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	kissoineen kissoinensa

Hyponyms

Derived terms

compounds

Descendants

Kven: kissa

References

^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Anagrams

Saksi, aksis, kassi, saksi

Hausa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kís.sà/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

Noun

kissà f (plural kissōshī, possessed form kissàr̃)

intrigue, underhand dealing, any deceitful means to accomplishing something

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from an Indo-European language (compare Swedish kisse and Russian киса (kisa)). Cognates include Finnish kissa and Karelian kišša.

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkisːɑ/,
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkisːɑ/,
Rhymes: -isː, -isːɑ
Hyphenation: kis‧sa

Noun

kissa

cat
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 23:
  Kiko ono kissa. Emma ono hiiri.
  Kiko is a cat. Emma is a mouse.
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 86:
  A siä miks kissaa obiƶoitat?
  And why do you offend a cat?

Declension

Declension of kissa (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kissa	kissat
genitive	kissan	kissoin
partitive	kissaa	kissoja
illative	kissaa	kissoi
inessive	kissaas	kissois
elative	kissast	kissoist
allative	kissalle	kissoille
adessive	kissaal	kissoil
ablative	kissalt	kissoilt
translative	kissaks	kissoiks
essive	kissanna, kissaan	kissoinna, kissoin
exessive¹⁾	kissant	kissoint
¹⁾ obsolete ^) the accusative* corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) ^) the comitative** is formed by adding the suffix -ka^? or -kä^? to the genitive.

Synonyms

kasi

Derived terms

References

V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 8

Japanese

Romanization

kissa

Rōmaji transcription of きっさ

Karelian

Noun

kissa (genitive kissan, partitive kissua)

Superseded spelling of kišša.

References

P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “kissa”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

Kven

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Etymology

Inherited from Finnish kissa (“cat”), from Swedish kissa (“(female) cat”), feminine form of kisse (“cat, kitty”), from the interjection kiss.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkisːɑ/

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Rhymes: -isːɑ
Hyphenation: kis‧sa

Noun

kissa (genitive kissan, partitive kissaa)

a cat (a domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.) (Can we add an example for this sense?)
a female cat

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Declension

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Pali

Alternative forms

𑀓𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲 (Brahmi script)
किस्स (Devanagari script)
কিস্স (Bengali script)
කිස‍්ස (Sinhalese script)
ကိဿ or ၵိသ်သ (Burmese script)
กิสฺส or กิสสะ (Thai script)
ᨠᩥᩔ (Tai Tham script)
ກິສ຺ສ or ກິສສະ (Lao script)
កិស្ស (Khmer script)
𑄇𑄨𑄥𑄴𑄥 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

kissa

masculine/neuter genitive/dative singular of ka

Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɪsˌa/

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic based on pissa.

Verb

kissa (present kissar, preterite kissade, supine kissat, imperative kissa)

to pee
Synonyms: pinka, pissa

Conjugation

Conjugation of kissa (weak)

	Active		Passive
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.