risa

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin rīsa, feminine past participle of rīdeō.

Noun

risa f (plural rises)

1. laugh

Related terms

• rir

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ri‧sa
• IPA^(key): /ˈɾisa/,

Verb

rísa

1. to notice; to discern; to detect; to perceive

   Synonyms: malisya, riparo

Derived terms

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin risa, feminine past participle of rideo. Cognates include Italian riso and Spanish risa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrisa/
• Hyphenation: ri‧sa

Noun

risa f (plural rise)

1. laughter

References

• “risa” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
• Mathée Giacomo-Marcellesi (1997) Corse, LINCOM, →ISBN, page 4

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

risa

1. nit; louse egg

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrisɑ/,
• Rhymes: -isɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ri‧sa

Etymology 1

Either a back-formation from risahtaa as etymology 2 and/or a borrowing from Old Swedish bris, vris (whence Swedish bräss and also related to German Bries).

Noun

risa

1. (anatomy) tonsil

Declension

Synonyms

• tonsilla

Derived terms

Further reading

• “2. risa”, 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 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Probably a back-formation from risahtaa.

Adjective

risa (comparative risampi or risempi, superlative risoin or risin) (colloquial)

1. broken

Declension

Synonyms

• rikkinäinen

Noun

risa (colloquial)

1. shred, scrap

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “1. risa”, 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 2023-07-01

Anagrams

• Arsi, Sari, rasi, rias, sari

Icelandic

Noun

risa

1. indefinite genitive plural of ris

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.za/, (traditional) /ˈri.sa/
• Rhymes: -iza, (traditional) -isa
• Hyphenation: rì‧sa

Etymology 1

Noun

risa

1. plural of riso (“laugh”)

Etymology 2

Participle

risa

1. feminine singular of riso

References

Anagrams

• arsi, rais, rasi, sari

Latin

Participle

rīsa

1. inflection of rīsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

rīsā

1. ablative feminine singular of rīsus

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rísa. Akin to English rise.

Alternative forms

• rise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²riːsɑ/

Verb

risa (present tense ris, past tense reis, past participle rise, present participle risande, imperative ris)

1. to rise, stand up, get up

   Eg ris alltid tidleg om morgonen.

   I always get up early in the morning.

Etymology 2

From the noun ris.

Alternative forms

• rise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²riːsɑ/

Verb

risa (present tense risar, past tense risa, past participle risa, passive infinitive risast, present participle risande, imperative risa/ris)

1. to spank

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːsɑ/

Noun

risa n

1. plural definite of ris

References

• “risa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rísa, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną.

Verb

rīsa

1. to rise

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: risa

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

risa (Cyrillic spelling риса)

1. genitive/accusative singular of ris

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rīsa, neuter plural perfect passive participle of rīdeō. Also possibly gender-flipped from risus, which means "laughter".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrisa/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: ri‧sa

Noun

risa f (plural risas)

1. laugh, laughter (sound of laughing)
2. laughter (movement of the face)

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “risa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• asir
• irás
• iras

Swedish

Etymology

ris +‎ -a

Verb

risa (present risar, preterite risade, supine risat, imperative risa)

1. to criticize, to give negative criticism (to)

   Antonym: rosa

   Nisse har både risats och rosats för sina uttalanden kring kriminalvården

   Nisse has both been criticized and (been) praised for his statements surrounding the correctional system

2. to cover (something) with brushwood
3. to spank, to birch (spank (someone) with a bundle of twigs)

Conjugation

References

• risa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• risa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• risa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)