kissa

See also: kissá, kišša, and kıssa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 喫茶 (kissa, “tea house”).

Noun

kissa (plural kissa)

1. Synonym of kissaten, a type of Japanese café.

   jazz kissa

   • 2023 October 5, Philip Arneill, “One kissa is all it takes: Tokyo’s finest jazz haunts – in pictures”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Jazz kissa are niche Japanese cafes stacked with whisky, vinyl and high-end audio systems.

Finnish

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/, [ˈk̟is̠ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -isːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kis‧sa
• Hyphenation^(key): kis‧sa

Noun

kissa

1. cat (Felis catus)

   Synonyms: (colloquial) katti, (specific) kesykissa, kotikissa, (diminutive) mirri, kissimirri, (childish) kissi, kisu

2. synonym of kissaeläin (“feline”)
3. (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
	gen.	kissan
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 gen. 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 gen. 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 gen. 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 gen. 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 gen. 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

• kissanpentu
• kolli

Derived terms

• hakea kissojen ja koirien kanssa
• kiertää kuin kissa kuumaa puuroa
• kissa vieköön
• kissamainen
• kissaton
• kissi
• kukas kissan hännän nostaa, ellei kissa itse
• nostaa kissa pöydälle

compounds

• aasiankultakissa
• aavikkokissa
• andienkissa
• angorakissa
• arokissa
• bengalinkissa
• borneonkissa
• burmankissa
• emokissa
• hietakissa
• iriomotenkissa
• Irvikissa
• kahvikissa
• kalastajakissa
• karhukissa
• kesykissa
• kesäkissa
• kissa-allergia
• kissaeläin
• kissafretti
• kissagenetti
• kissaihminen
• kissakahvila
• kissakala
• kissakarhu
• kissakettu
• kissamaki
• kissamerimonni
• kissanhiekka
• kissanhuuto-oireyhtymä
• kissanhännänveto
• kissanhäntä
• kissankello
• kissankieli
• kissankita
• kissankokoinen
• kissankorkuinen
• kissankulta
• kissankuppi
• kissankäpälä
• kissanliha
• kissanlillukka
• kissanluukku
• kissanmaito
• kissanminttu
• kissanmuona
• kissanmustikka
• kissanpaska
• kissanpenikka
• kissanpentu
• kissanpoika
• kissanpoikanen
• kissanpäivät
• kissanristiäiset
• kissanruoka
• kissansilmä
• kissanäyttely
• kissapeto
• kissapöllö
• kissarotu
• kissarutto
• kissatappelu
• kollikissa
• kotikissa
• kujakissa
• kulkukissa
• laivakissa
• leopardikissa
• litteäpääkissa
• maatiaiskissa
• mansaarenkissa
• marmorikissa
• merikissa
• metsäkissa
• mustajalkakissa
• naaraskissa
• narttukissa
• näyttelykissa
• pajunkissa
• pampakissa
• persiankissa
• pitkähäntäkissa
• poikakissa
• pussikissa
• rotukissa
• ruostetäpläkissa
• Saapasjalkakissa
• sapelihammaskissa
• siaminkissa
• siperiankissa
• sisäkissa
• sivettikissa
• tiikerikissa
• tyttökissa
• ulkokissa
• uroskissa
• viidakkokissa
• villikissa
• vilukissa
• vuorikissa
• yökissa

Descendants

• Kven: kissa

Further reading

• “kissa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Anagrams

• Saksi, aksis, kassi, saksi

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kís.sà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [cɪ́s.sə̀]

Noun

kissà f (plural kissōshī, possessed form kissàr̃)

1. intrigue, underhand dealing, any deceitful means to accomplishing something

Ingrian

Kissa.

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/, [ˈkis̠ː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkisːɑ/, [ˈkiʃːɑ]
• Rhymes: -isː, -isːɑ
• Hyphenation: kis‧sa

Noun

kissa

1. 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.

   • 1937, 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

• ilveskissa
• kissankäpälä

References

• Fedor Tumansky (1790), “кисса”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 679
• V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 8

Japanese

Romanization

kissa

1. Rōmaji transcription of きっさ

Karelian

Noun

kissa (genitive kissan, partitive kissua)

1. 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

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/

• Rhymes: -isːɑ
• Hyphenation: kis‧sa

Noun

kissa (genitive kissan, partitive kissaa)

1. a cat (a domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.) (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. a female cat (This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes, then please add them!)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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

1. 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)

1. 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	—	—
present participle		kissande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• kissa på sig
• kissnödig (“feeling the urge to pee; having/needing to pee, etc.”)

Related terms

• kissare

See also

• sittkissare
• ståkissare

Etymology 2

Feminine form of kisse.

Noun

kissa c

1. (colloquial, endearing) (female) cat, pussy-cat

   Synonym: katta

Declension

Declension of kissa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kissa	kissas
	definite	kissan	kissans
plural	indefinite	kissor	kissors
	definite	kissorna	kissornas

References

• “kissa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kissa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kissa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• Isaks

Yakan

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kisah, from Classical Malay kissah, from Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa), possibly via Persian قصه (qesse).

Noun

kissa

1. folktale

Verb

kissa

1. to tell (a fictitious story)