kyse

From Old Norse kjósa (“to choose, influence with magic”), from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰyːsə]

kyse (imperative kys, present kyser, past tense kyste or køs, past participle kyst or kyset)

1. to frighten, especially in a deterring way

• “kyse,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “kyse,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Borrowed from dialectal Swedish kjus (“corner of a sack”, literally “something pointed”).

kyse c (singular definite kysen, plural indefinite kyser)

1. bonnet (kind of hat)

• snublekyse

• “kyse,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

kysyä +‎ -e

• IPA^(key): /ˈkyseˣ/, [ˈk̟ys̠e̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -yse
• Syllabification^(key): ky‧se
• Hyphenation^(key): ky‧se

kyse

1. (in expressions) question, discussion

   Synonym: kysymys

   tulla kyseeseen ― to come into question

   Mistä on kyse?

   What's the matter?

   (literally, “What is the question/discussion about?”)

   Ei ole ollenkaan kyse siitä.

   That is not at all what this is about.

   (literally, “It is not at all [the case] that the question is about that.”)

   Kyseessä on uusi ilmiö.

   The phenomenon in question is new.

   Nyt on tosi kyseessä.

   This is serious now. / This is for real now.

   (literally, “This is real in question.”)

• “kyse”, 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

• eksy, kesy, syke