tissi
See also: Tissi and tišší
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish tiss (“nipple, tit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtisːi/, [ˈt̪is̠ːi]
- Rhymes: -isːi
- Syllabification(key): tis‧si
Noun
tissi
- (colloquial) tit, boob
- Synonym: thesaurus:tissi
- (colloquial, as modifier) topless
- tissibaari ― topless bar
Declension
| Inflection of tissi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tissi | tissit | |
| genitive | tissin | tissien | |
| partitive | tissiä | tissejä | |
| illative | tissiin | tisseihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tissi | tissit | |
| accusative | nom. | tissi | tissit |
| gen. | tissin | ||
| genitive | tissin | tissien | |
| partitive | tissiä | tissejä | |
| inessive | tississä | tisseissä | |
| elative | tissistä | tisseistä | |
| illative | tissiin | tisseihin | |
| adessive | tissillä | tisseillä | |
| ablative | tissiltä | tisseiltä | |
| allative | tissille | tisseille | |
| essive | tissinä | tisseinä | |
| translative | tissiksi | tisseiksi | |
| instructive | — | tissein | |
| abessive | tissittä | tisseittä | |
| comitative | — | tisseineen | |
| Possessive forms of tissi (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | tissini | tissimme |
| 2nd person | tissisi | tissinne |
| 3rd person | tissinsä | |
Further reading
- "tissi" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
Anagrams
- sitsi
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Surmiran) teissa
- (Puter, Vallader) tössi
Etymology
From Latin toxicum, from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón).
Noun
tissi m (plural tissis)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) poison