kitla

From Old Norse kitla, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną. More at kittle.

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰɪhtla/
• Rhymes: -ɪhtla

kitla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kitlaði, supine kitlað)

1. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to tickle

   Ekki kitla mig!

   Don't tickle me!

2. (impersonal) to be ticklish

   Mig kitlar.

   I'm ticklish.

   Kitlar þig?

   Are you ticklish?

   Mig kitlar í nefið.

   My nose tickles.

• kitl (“tickling”)
• kitlinn (“ticklish”)

Borrowed from English kettle, from Proto-Germanic *katilaz. Borrowed in the 19th century when the Maltese were yet little acquainted with the English language, hence treated phonetically and morphologically like a native word.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪt.la/

kitla f (plural ktieli)

1. kettle

• kitle (e- and split infinitives)
• kile

From Old Norse kitla, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną.

kitla (present tense kitlar, past tense kitla, past participle kitla, passive infinitive kitlast, present participle kitlande, imperative kitla/kitl)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to tickle

• kital (“ticklish”)
• kitlen (“ticklish”)

• “kitla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *kitilōną.

kitla (past participle kitlaðr)

1. to tickle

• Icelandic: kitla
• Faroese: kitla
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kitla, kitle (e- and split infinitives), kile
• Norwegian Bokmål: kile, kisle, kitle
• Old Swedish: kitla, kitzla
  • Swedish: kittla
• Danish: kilde, kildre

• “kitla”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press