kista

From Old Norse kista, via Old English from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰɪsta/
• Rhymes: -ɪsta

kista f (genitive singular kistu, nominative plural kistur)

1. chest, box
2. coffin

• (coffin): líkkista

• geymsla, hirsla

• fjarsjóðskista
• líkkista
• ruslakista

Learned borrowing from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪs.ta]
• Hyphenation: kis‧ta

kista (first-person possessive kistaku, second-person possessive kistamu, third-person possessive kistanya)

1. (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.

• kistê
• sista: Indonesian, Standard Malay

• “kista” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

• kisten m

kista f

1. definite feminine singular of kiste

kista f

1. definite feminine singular of kiste

From Latin cista, itself from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

kista f

1. a chest
2. a coffin

• líkkista

• “kista”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Old Norse kista.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕɪsˌta/

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kista c

1. box, chest
2. casket, coffin

   sista spiken i kistan

   last nail in the coffin

3. (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)

• ekkista
• gravkista
• kistbeslag
• kistbotten
• kistebrev
• kistlås
• offerkista
• penningkista
• skattkista

• kista in Svensk ordbok.

• kisat, sikta, skita