# kis
## English
### Noun

kis
* plural of ki

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch kist, from Middle Dutch kiste, from Proto-West Germanic *kistu, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē), from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kis (plural kiste, diminutive kissie)
* chest, box

## Dalmatian
### Alternative forms

* chis

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

kis
* cheese

### References

* Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

## Danish
### Noun

kis c (singular definite kisen, not used in plural form)
* sulfide mineral

## Finnish
### Etymology

See kissa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkis/, [ˈk̟is̠]
* Rhymes: -is
* Hyphenation: kis

### Interjection

kis
* used to attract a cat, often repeated
    kis kis, kippurahäntähere, kitty, kitty, "curly-tail"

### Further reading

* “kis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* -ksi

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From a Turkic language, compare to Turkish küçük and Turkmen kiçi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkiʃ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iʃ

### Adjective

kis (comparative kisebb, superlative legkisebb)
* small, little
    Synonyms: kicsi, -ka, -ke, -cska, -cske, -ikó (the meaning of ’little’ is often expressed with diminutive suffixes in Hungarian)

#### Usage notes

The numeral két (“two”) and the adjective kis (“small, little”) can only stand adjectively, before a noun (e.g. két alma (“two apples”) and kis alma (“a small apple”)). If they were to occur on their own (possibly also inflected), predicatively, or in reference to a whole noun phrase, the terms kettő (“two”) and kicsi (“small”) must be used instead: Csak kettő van (“There are only two”), Csak kicsi van (“There is a small one only.”) The same applies to compound numerals like tizenkét and tizenkettő (“twelve”). In terms of distribution, két and kis are like English sick (sick people ~ két/kis alma) while kettő and kicsi resemble ill (they are ill ~ csak kettő/kicsi van). The longer forms are definitely broader in use as they may also occur adjectively, whether for emphasis or as a form of colloquialism. As a rule of thumb, the short variants (két, kis) never stand on their own.

#### Derived terms

* kissé
* kisszerű
* Kis-Ázsia
* Kis-Balaton
* Kis-Duna
* kisagy
* Kisalföld
* kisantant
* kisasszony
* kiságy
* kisállat
* kisbaba
* kisbetű
* kisbolygó
* kisbőgő
* kiscica
* kiscsákó
* kiscsibe
* kiscsikó
* kisebb-nagyobb
* kisember
* kisfilm
* kisfiú
* kisfröccs
* kisgazda
* kisgyerek
* kisgyermek
* kisiskola
* kisiskolás
* kiskacsa
* kiskakas
* kiskapitális
* kiskapu
* kiskereskedelem
* kiskorú
* kiskutya
* kislány
* kislemez
* kismacska
* kismama
* kisméretű
* kisokos
* Kispest
* kisszoba
* kisszótár
* kisterc
* kistérség
* kistompor
* kisujj
* kisvasút
* kisváros
* kisvártatva
* kis póling
* kis prérityúk
* kis trapézcsont
* sok jó ember kis helyen is elfér

### Further reading

* kis in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Livonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ke-, from Proto-Uralic *ke.

### Pronoun

kis
* who

#### Declension
## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

kis
* Alternative form of cos

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

kis
* Alternative form of kissen

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swedish kis.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiːs/
* Rhymes: -iːs

#### Noun

kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kiser, definite plural kisene)
* (slang) guy, dude

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kies.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /çiːs/
* Rhymes: -iːs

#### Noun

kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kiser, definite plural kisene)
* (mineralogy) pyrite

##### Derived terms

* svovelkis

### References

* “kis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “kis_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
* “kis_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swedish kis.

#### Noun

kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kisar, definite plural kisane)
* (slang) guy, dude

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kies.

#### Noun

kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kisar, definite plural kisane)
* (mineralogy) pyrite

##### Derived terms

* svovelkis

### References

* “kis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Slovene
### Etymology

Back-formation of kísel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kíːs/

### Noun

kȋs m inan
* vinegar

#### Synonyms

* ócet (archaic)

### Further reading

* “kis”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

Unknown origin. Entered broader Swedish via Younger Månsing cant. First attested in 1910.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiːs/

#### Noun

kis c
* a boy
    en tuff kis
       a tough boy

##### Synonyms

* pojke

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kies, compare Swedish kisel.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɕiːs/

#### Noun

kis c
* pyrite, fool's gold

##### Synonyms

* svavelkis
* pyrit
* kattguld

##### Descendants

* → Finnish: kiisu

### References

* kis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* kis in Svensk ordbok (SO)

### Anagrams

* -isk, sik

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English kiss.

### Noun

kis
* kiss

## Volapük
### Pronoun

kis
* what? (nominative, interrogative)
** 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:Kis atos binon-li?What is this?