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kista

See also: kîsta, Kista, and Kîsta

Icelandic

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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kista f (genitive singular kistu, nominative plural kistur)

  1. chest, box
  2. coffin

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Declension of kista (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 kista, kistna kistanna, kistnanna

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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kista f

  1. definite feminine singular of kiste

Norwegian Nynorsk

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kista f

  1. definite feminine singular of kiste

Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Noun

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kista f

  1. a chest
  2. a coffin

Declension

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  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

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: kista
  • Faroese: kista
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kiste
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kiste
  • Swedish: kista
  • Danish: kiste

References

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

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kista.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɕɪsˌta/
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Noun

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kista c

  1. a chest (large, strong box)
  2. a coffin, a casket
    sista spiken i kistan
    the final nail in the coffin
  3. (slang) a belly (stomach)
    Jag är risig i kistan
    I have an upset stomach
    – Äta myror? – Det är världens käk. Kittlar dödsskönt i kistan.
    – Eat ants? – It's the greatest grub. Tickles real ["dead"] good in your belly. [from the Swedish dub of the 1967 Disney Jungle Book movie – well-known and often referenced piece of dialogue from appearing in an annual Christmas special]

Declension

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Declension of kista
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kista kistas
definite kistan kistans
plural indefinite kistor kistors
definite kistorna kistornas
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