kis
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English
Noun
kis
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch kist, from Middle Dutch kiste, from Proto-West Germanic *kistu, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē), from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂.
Pronunciation
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Noun
kis (plural kiste, diminutive kissie)
Dalmatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Noun
kis
References
- Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000
Danish
Noun
kis c (singular definite kisen, not used in plural form)
Finnish
Etymology
See kissa.
Pronunciation
Interjection
kis
- used to attract a cat, often repeated
- kis kis, kippurahäntä
- here, kitty, kitty, "curly-tail"
Further reading
- “kis”, 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
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
From a Turkic language, compare to Turkish küçük and Turkmen kiçi.
Pronunciation
Adjective
kis (comparative kisebb, superlative legkisebb)
Usage notes
The numeral két (“two”) and the adjective kis (“small, little”) can only stand adjectively, before a noun (e.g. két alma (“two apples”) and kis alma (“a small apple”)). If they were to occur on their own (possibly also inflected), predicatively, or in reference to a whole noun phrase, the terms kettő (“two”) and kicsi (“small”) must be used instead: Csak kettő van (“There are only two”), Csak kicsi van (“There is a small one only.”) The same applies to compound numerals like tizenkét and tizenkettő (“twelve”). In terms of distribution, két and kis are like English sick (sick people ~ két/kis alma) while kettő and kicsi resemble ill (they are ill ~ csak kettő/kicsi van). The longer forms are definitely broader in use as they may also occur adjectively, whether for emphasis or as a form of colloquialism. As a rule of thumb, the short variants (két, kis) never stand on their own.
Derived terms
- kissé
- kisszerű
Compound words
- Kis-Ázsia
- Kis-Balaton
- Kis-Duna
- kisagy
- Kisalföld
- kisantant
- kisasszony
- kiságy
- kisállat
- kisbaba
- kisbetű
- kisbolygó
- kisbőgő
- kiscica
- kiscsákó
- kiscsibe
- kiscsikó
- kisebb-nagyobb
- kisember
- kisfilm
- kisfiú
- kisfröccs
- kisgazda
- kisgyerek
- kisgyermek
- kisiskola
- kisiskolás
- kiskacsa
- kiskakas
- kiskapitális
- kiskapu
- kiskereskedelem
- kiskorú
- kiskutya
- kislány
- kislemez
- kismacska
- kismama
- kisméretű
- kisokos
- Kispest
- kisregény
- kisszoba
- kisszótár
- kisterc
- kistérség
- kistompor
- kisujj
- kisvasút
- kisváros
- kisvártatva
Further reading
- kis in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *ke-, from Proto-Uralic *ke.
Pronoun
kis
Declension
| singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | kis | — |
| genitive (genitīv) | kīen kīnga |
kīend |
| partitive (partitīv) | kīenta kīenda |
kīendi |
| dative (datīv) | kīen kīngan |
kīendõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | kīenkõks kīngaks |
kīendõks |
| illative (illatīv) | kīenõ | kīeniž |
| inessive (inesīv) | kīensõ | kīenši |
| elative (elatīv) | kīenstõ | kīenšti |
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
kis
- Alternative form of cos
Etymology 2
Verb
kis
- Alternative form of kissen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kiser, definite plural kisene)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kiser, definite plural kisene)
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kisar, definite plural kisane)
Etymology 2
Noun
kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kisar, definite plural kisane)
Derived terms
References
- “kis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Slovene
Etymology
Back-formation of kísel.
Pronunciation
Noun
kȋs m inan
Declension
| The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
Synonyms
- ócet (archaic)
Further reading
- “kis”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
Swedish
Etymology 1
Unknown origin. Entered broader Swedish via Younger Månsing cant. First attested in 1910.
Pronunciation
Noun
kis c
- a boy
- en tuff kis
- a tough boy
- en tuff kis
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | kis | kis |
| definite | kisen | kisens | |
| plural | indefinite | kisar | kisars |
| definite | kisarna | kisarnas |
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Kies, compare Swedish kisel.
Pronunciation
Noun
kis c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | kis | kis |
| definite | kisen | kisens | |
| plural | indefinite | kiser | kisers |
| definite | kiserna | kisernas |
Synonyms
- svavelkis
- pyrit
- kattguld
Descendants
- → Finnish: kiisu
References
Anagrams
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Noun
kis
Volapük
Pronoun
kis
- what? (nominative, interrogative)
- 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:
- Kis atos binon-li?
- What is this?
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