wiski
Cebuano
Etymology
From English whiskey, from Irish uisce beatha and Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (literally “water of life”), calque of Latin aqua vitae, from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (“water”) + *biwotos (“life”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: wis‧ki
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:wiski.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiski/, [ˈwis̠ki]
- IPA(key): /ˈʋiski/, [ˈʋis̠ki]
- Rhymes: -iski
- Syllabification(key): wis‧ki
Noun
wiski
- Alternative form of viski
- The letter "W" in the Finnish tavausaakkoset, a spelling system similar to ICAO spelling alphabet.
- Synonym: kaksoisvee
Declension
| Inflection of wiski (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | wiski | wiskit | |
| genitive | wiskin | wiskien | |
| partitive | wiskiä | wiskejä | |
| illative | wiskiin | wiskeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | wiski | wiskit | |
| accusative | nom. | wiski | wiskit |
| gen. | wiskin | ||
| genitive | wiskin | wiskien | |
| partitive | wiskiä | wiskejä | |
| inessive | wiskissä | wiskeissä | |
| elative | wiskistä | wiskeistä | |
| illative | wiskiin | wiskeihin | |
| adessive | wiskillä | wiskeillä | |
| ablative | wiskiltä | wiskeiltä | |
| allative | wiskille | wiskeille | |
| essive | wiskinä | wiskeinä | |
| translative | wiskiksi | wiskeiksi | |
| instructive | — | wiskein | |
| abessive | wiskittä | wiskeittä | |
| comitative | — | wiskeineen | |
| Possessive forms of wiski (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | wiskini | wiskimme |
| 2nd person | wiskisi | wiskinne |
| 3rd person | wiskinsä | |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiski/ [ˈwis.ki]
- Rhymes: -iski
- Syllabification: wis‧ki
Usage notes
Rarely used hispanicized spelling recommended by the Real Academia Española.[1]
References
- whisky,wiski,güisqui at Google Ngram Viewer
Further reading
- Ortografía de la lengua española, 2010, p. 86–87, 614.
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: wis‧ki
- IPA(key): /ˈwiski/, [ˈwis.kɪ]
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