kista
See also: kîsta, Kista, and Kîsta
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse kista, via Old English from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈcʰɪsta/
- Rhymes: -ɪsta
Noun
kista f (genitive singular kistu, nominative plural kistur)
- chest, box
- coffin
Declension
declension of kista
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kista | kistan | kistur | kisturnar |
| accusative | kistu | kistuna | kistur | kisturnar |
| dative | kistu | kistunni | kistum | kistunum |
| genitive | kistu | kistunnar | kista/kistna | kistanna/kistnanna |
Synonyms
- (coffin): líkkista
Hypernyms
- geymsla, hirsla
Derived terms
- fjarsjóðskista
- líkkista
- ruslakista
Indonesian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɪs.ta]
- Hyphenation: kis‧ta
Noun
kista (first-person possessive kistaku, second-person possessive kistamu, third-person possessive kistanya)
- (pathology) cyst: a pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.
Alternative forms
- kistê
- sista: Indonesian, Standard Malay
Further reading
- “kista” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- kisten m
Noun
kista f
- definite feminine singular of kiste
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
kista f
- definite feminine singular of kiste
Old Norse
Etymology
From Latin cista, itself from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).
Noun
kista f
- a chest
- a coffin
Declension
Declension of kista (weak ōn-stem)
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kista | kistan | kistur | kisturnar |
| accusative | kistu | kistuna | kistur | kisturnar |
| dative | kistu | kistunni | kistum | kistunum |
| genitive | kistu | kistunnar | kistna | kistnanna |
Derived terms
- líkkista
Descendants
- Icelandic: kista
- Faroese: kista
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kiste
- Norwegian Bokmål: kiste
- Swedish: kista
- Danish: kiste
References
- “kista”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse kista.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɕɪsˌta/
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Noun
kista c
- box, chest
- casket, coffin
- sista spiken i kistan
- last nail in the coffin
- sista spiken i kistan
- (slang) stomach
- Jag är risig i kistan
- I have an upset stomach
- Äta myror? — Ha ha, det är världens käk. Kittlar dödsskönt i kistan!
- You eat ants? — You better believe it. And you're gonna love the way they tickle. (Mowgli and Baloo, The Jungle Book, 1967)
Declension
| Declension of kista | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kista | kistan | kistor | kistorna |
| Genitive | kistas | kistans | kistors | kistornas |
Related terms
- ekkista
- gravkista
- kistbeslag
- kistbotten
- kistebrev
- kistlås
- offerkista
- penningkista
- skattkista
Further reading
- kista in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
- kisat, sikta, skita