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Borrowed fromSwedishkisse,kissa(“cat”), with other dialectal forms includingkise,kiss.[1] Probably ultimately from a cat call "kis-kis-kis" used throughout Europe (seekis; also compareRussianки́са(kísa)).
kissa
| Inflection ofkissa (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 kissainrare | |
| 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. | ||
kissà f (pluralkissōshī,possessed formkissàr̃)
Borrowed from anIndo-European language (compareSwedishkisse andRussianкиса(kisa)). Cognates includeFinnishkissa andKareliankišša.
kissa
| Declension ofkissa (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 *) theaccusative corresponds with either thegenitive (sg) ornominative (pl) **) thecomitative is formed by adding the suffix-ka? or-kä? to thegenitive. | ||
kissa
kissa (genitivekissan,partitivekissua)
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Inherited fromFinnishkissa(“cat”), fromSwedishkissa(“(female) cat”), feminine form ofkisse(“cat, kitty”), from the interjectionkiss.
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kissa (genitivekissan,partitivekissaa)
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kissa
Onomatopoeic based onpissa.
kissa (presentkissar,preteritekissade,supinekissat,imperativekissa)
| 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. Seethe appendix on Swedish verbs.
Feminine form ofkisse.
kissa c
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | kissa | kissas |
| definite | kissan | kissans | |
| plural | indefinite | kissor | kissors |
| definite | kissorna | kissornas |
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