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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)
- to tickle [intransitive or with accusative]
- Ekki kitla mig!
- Don't tickle me!
- (impersonal) to be ticklish
- Mig kitlar.
- I'm ticklish.
- Kitlar þig?
- Are you ticklish?
- Mig kitlar í nefið.
- My nose tickles.
Conjugation
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
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
Noun
kitla f (plural ktieli)
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)
- (ambitransitive) to tickle
Related terms
- kital (“ticklish”)
- kitlen (“ticklish”)
References
- “kitla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kitilōną.
Verb
kitla (past participle kitlaðr)
- to tickle
Conjugation
Descendants
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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