hissa

hissa

1. inflection of hissar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Clipping of historia +‎ -sa

• IPA^(key): /ˈhisːɑ/, [ˈhis̠ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -isːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): his‧sa
• Hyphenation^(key): his‧sa

hissa

1. (school slang) history (school subject)

• “hissa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• Hissa, Hassi, hasis, hassi

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hissa

1. third-person singular past historic of hisser

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪsːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪsːa

hissa (indeclinable)

1. surprised

From Dutch hijsen or Middle Low German hissen.

hissa (present hissar, preterite hissade, supine hissat, imperative hissa)

1. (sometimes with upp (“up”)) to hoist (raise with ropes or the like)

   att hissa segel

   to hoist the sail(s)

   1. to raise

      hissa flaggan

      raise the flag

   2. to pull up

      hissa upp hinken ur brunnen

      pull up the bucket from the well [can also be expressed with veva if with a crank]

2. (with ner (“down”)) to lower (with ropes or the like, like above)

   hissa ner hinken i brunnen

   lower the bucket into the well

3. to celebrate someone by tossing them in the air

• hiss (“elevator”)
• hissning

• → Finnish: hiissata, hiisata (dialectal)

• dissa
• fira
• hala
• vinscha

• hissa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hissa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hissa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Borrowed from Arabic حِصَّة (ḥiṣṣa). Compare Uyghur ھەسسە (hesse) and Turkish hisse.

hissa (plural hissalar)

1. share, portion