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kitla

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kitla, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną. More at kittle.

Pronunciation

Verb

kitla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kitlaði, supine kitlað)

  1. to tickle [intransitive or with accusative]
    Ekki kitla mig!
    Don't tickle me!
  2. (impersonal) to be ticklish
    Mig kitlar.
    I'm ticklish.
    Kitlar þig?
    Are you ticklish?
    Mig kitlar í nefið.
    My nose tickles.

Conjugation

More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...

Derived terms

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Maltese

Etymology

Italianized form of English kettle, from Proto-Germanic *katilaz. Borrowed in the 19th century when the Maltese were yet little acquainted with the English language, hence treated phonetically and morphologically like a native word, compare pufta, bajla and nippla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪt.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɪtla

Noun

kitla f (plural ktieli)

  1. kettle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse kitla, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną.

Verb

kitla (present tense kitlar, past tense kitla, past participle kitla, passive infinitive kitlast, present participle kitlande, imperative kitla/kitl)

  1. (ambitransitive) to tickle
  • kital (ticklish)
  • kitlen (ticklish)

References

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kitilōną.

Verb

kitla (past participle kitlaðr)

  1. to tickle

Conjugation

More information infinitive, present participle ...
More information infinitive, present participle ...

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kitla
  • Faroese: kitla
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kitla, kitle (e- and split infinitives), kile
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kile, kisle, kitle
  • Old Swedish: kitla, kitzla
  • Danish: kilde, kildre

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “kitla”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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