gissa

gissa

English

Alternative forms

• gizza

Etymology

give us a

Contraction

gissa

1. (slang, nonstandard, in imperative utterances) Give us a; give me a.
   • 1952, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, Sir Owen Seaman, Punch

     This bloke comes up to his mate, and says "Ere," 'e says, 'gissa fag, tosh,' 'e says.

   • 2002, Anabel Donald, Be nice‎

     (Pacing up and down in front of the protesting ICKLES, threateningly.) C'mon, Emma, gissa hand here.

   • 2007, Carolyn McCrae, Walking Alone‎

     "An' you're gorgeous, here, gissa kiss."

Anagrams

• assig

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• gisse

Etymology

Related to the verb gjeta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²jɪsːɑ/

Verb

gissa (present tense gissar, past tense gissa, past participle gissa, passive infinitive gissast, present participle gissande, imperative giss/gissa)

1. to guess

Synonyms

• gjeta
• gjetta
• tippa

References

• “gissa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse *gitsa, *getsa.

Pronunciation

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Verb

gissa (present gissar, preterite gissade, supine gissat, imperative gissa)

1. to guess (to reach an unqualified conclusion)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gissa (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	gissa	gissas
Present tense	gissar	gissas
Past tense	gissade	gissades
Supine	gissat	gissats
Imperative	gissa	—
Present participle	gissande
Past participle	gissad

Related terms

• gissning