kisi

Borrowed from English kiss. Compare German küssen, Yiddish קישן‎ (kishn).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkisi]
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• Rhymes: -isi
• Hyphenation: ki‧si

kisi (present kisas, past kisis, future kisos, conditional kisus, volitive kisu)

1. (transitive) to kiss

   Kisu min, stultulo. ― Kiss me, stupid.

From Malay kisi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkisi/
• Hyphenation: ki‧si

kisi (first-person possessive kisiku, second-person possessive kisimu, third-person possessive kisinya)

1. synonym of kisi-kisi (“grating”)
2. lattice:
   1. (physics, crystalography) a regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.
   2. electrode for fuel cells.
   3. (mathematics) graph that can be drawn within a repeating arrangement of points.
   4. optical lattice: spatially periodic polarization pattern

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

kisi

1. (Banawá) to descend

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

From Arabic كَسْو‎ (kasw).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪ.sɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪsɪ

kisi m

1. verbal noun of kesa: the act of covering, plastering

kisi class 7

1. darkness

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.ɕi/

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• Rhymes: -iɕi
• Syllabification: ki‧si

kisi

1. third-person singular present of kisić

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From Arabic قَاسَ‎ (qāsa, “to measure”).

-kisi (infinitive kukisi)

1. imagine, guess
2. (nautical) measure a ship's location