kinesa

Spanish

kinesa f (plural kinesas)

kinesa

First attested in 1858, with at least two possible etymologies:

Originally student slang, from kines +‎ -a, possibly referring to Chinese beds which may look temporary from a European point of view.
An early Romani loan related to Traveller Norwegian kino (“tired”), from Romani khino (“tired”). Related to Sanskrit खिन्न (khinna, “exhausted”).

kinesa (present kinesar, preterite kinesade, supine kinesat, imperative kinesa)

Conjugation of kinesa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	kinesa		kinesas
Supine	kinesat		kinesats
Imperative	kinesa		—
Imper. plural¹	kinesen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	kinesar	kinesade	kinesas	kinesades
Ind. plural¹	kinesa	kinesade	kinesas	kinesades
Subjunctive²	kinese	kinesade	kineses	kinesades
	Participles
Present participle	kinesande
Past participle	—
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

kinesa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
Gerd Carling (2005) “kinesa”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 86

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