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)

  1. chest, box
  2. coffin

Declension

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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)

  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.

Alternative forms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

kista f

  1. definite feminine singular of kiste

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kista f

  1. definite feminine singular of kiste

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

kista f

  1. a chest
  2. a coffin

Declension

Derived terms

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/
  • (file)

Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of kista 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kista kistan kistor kistorna
Genitive kistas kistans kistors kistornas
  • ekkista
  • gravkista
  • kistbeslag
  • kistbotten
  • kistebrev
  • kistlås
  • offerkista
  • penningkista
  • skattkista

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