kyse

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From Old Norse kjósa (“to choose, influence with magic”), from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-.

kyse (imperative kys, present kyser, past tense kyste or kysede, past participle kyst or kyset)

1. to frighten, especially in a deterring way

• “kyse,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “kyse,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Borrowed from dialectal Swedish kjus (“corner of a sack”, literally “something pointed”).

kyse c (singular definite kysen, plural indefinite kyser)

1. bonnet (kind of hat)

kysyä +‎ -e

• IPA^(key): /ˈkyseˣ/,
• Rhymes: -yse
• Hyphenation^(key): ky‧se

kyse

1. (in expressions) question, discussion

   Synonym: kysymys

   tulla kyseeseen ― to come into question

   Mistä on kyse?

   What's the matter?

   (literally, “What is the question/discussion about?”)

   Ei ole ollenkaan kyse siitä.

   That is not at all what this is about.

   (literally, “It is not at all that the question is about that.”)

   Kyseessä on uusi ilmiö.

   The phenomenon in question is new.

   Nyt on tosi kyseessä.

   This is serious now. / This is for real now.

   (literally, “This is real in question.”)

• “kyse”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• eksy, kesy, syke