byssa
Finnish
Etymology
Shortened, ultimately from Middle Dutch kabuys, probably through Swedish kabyss.
Doublet of kapyysi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbysːɑ/, [ˈbys̠ːɑ]
- Rhymes: -ysːɑ
- Syllabification(key): bys‧sa
Noun
byssa
- (slang, nautical) galley, caboose (ship kitchen)
Declension
| Inflection of byssa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | byssa | byssat | |
| genitive | byssan | byssien | |
| partitive | byssaa | byssia | |
| illative | byssaan | byssiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | byssa | byssat | |
| accusative | nom. | byssa | byssat |
| gen. | byssan | ||
| genitive | byssan | byssien byssainrare | |
| partitive | byssaa | byssia | |
| inessive | byssassa | byssissa | |
| elative | byssasta | byssista | |
| illative | byssaan | byssiin | |
| adessive | byssalla | byssilla | |
| ablative | byssalta | byssilta | |
| allative | byssalle | byssille | |
| essive | byssana | byssina | |
| translative | byssaksi | byssiksi | |
| instructive | — | byssin | |
| abessive | byssatta | byssitta | |
| comitative | — | byssineen | |
| Possessive forms of byssa (type koira) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | byssani | byssamme |
| 2nd person | byssasi | byssanne |
| 3rd person | byssansa | |
Synonyms
- kapyysi
See also
- pentteri
Icelandic
Etymology
From Middle Low German busse, from Old Saxon *buhsa, from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā. Cognate with Swedish bössa, Danish bøsse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɪsːa/
- Rhymes: -ɪsːa
Noun
byssa f (genitive singular byssu, nominative plural byssur)
- gun
Declension
declension of byssa
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | byssa | byssan | byssur | byssurnar |
| accusative | byssu | byssuna | byssur | byssurnar |
| dative | byssu | byssunni | byssum | byssunum |
| genitive | byssu | byssunnar | byssa/byssna | byssanna/byssnanna |
Derived terms
- byssugikkur
- byssukúla (“bullet”)
- byssustingur m (“bayonet”)
- fallbyssa (“cannon”)
- haglabyssa (“shotgun”)
- loftbyssa
- hríðskotabyssa (“submachine gun”)
- skammbyssa (“handgun”)
- teygjubyssa (“slingshot”)
- vélbyssa (“machine gun”)
See also
- framhlaðningur
- gikkur
- kjaftur
- riffill
- skotvopn
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- byssen
Noun
byssa m or f
- definite feminine singular of bysse
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
byssa f
- definite singular of bysse