kišša

Karelian
Regional variants of kišša
North Karelian
(Viena)		 kišša
South Karelian
(Tver)		 kišša

Etymology

Borrowed from an Indo-European language (compare Swedish kisse and Russian киса (kisa)). Cognates include Finnish kissa and Ingrian kissa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkiʃːɑ/
  • Hyphenation: kiš‧ša

Noun

kišša (genitive kiššan, partitive kiššua)

  1. (North Karelian or dialectal) cat

Declension
Viena Karelian declension of kišša (type 4/kala, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kišša kiššat
genitive kiššan kiššojen
partitive kiššua kiššoja
illative kiššah kiššoih
inessive kiššašša kiššoissa
elative kiššašta kiššoista
adessive kiššalla kiššoilla
ablative kiššalta kiššoilta
translative kiššakši kiššoiksi
essive kiššana kiššoina
comitative — kiššoineh
abessive kiššatta kiššoitta
Tver Karelian declension of kišša (type 4/kala no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kišša kiššat
genitive kiššan kiššoin
partitive kiššua kiššoida
illative kiššah kiššoih
inessive kiššašša kiššoissa
elative kiššašta kiššoista
adessive kiššalla kiššoilla
ablative kiššalda kiššoilda
translative kiššakši kiššoiksi
essive kiššana kiššoina
comitative kiššanke kiššoinke
abessive kiššatta kiššoitta
Possessive forms of kišša
1st person kiššani
2nd person kiššaš
3rd person kiššah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms
  • kazi (South Karelian), kasi (North Karelian, dialectal)

References
  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “kissa”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “kissa”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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