kitla

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse kitla, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną. More at kittle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈcʰɪhtla/ Rhymes: -ɪhtla === Verb === kitla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kitlaði, supine kitlað) to tickle [intransitive or with accusative] (impersonal) to be ticklish ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== kitl (“tickling”) kitlinn (“ticklish”) == 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) kettle == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === kitle (e- and split infinitives) kile === 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. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *kitilōną. === Verb === kitla (past participle kitlaðr) to tickle ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: kitla Faroese: kitla Norwegian Nynorsk: kitla, kitle (e- and split infinitives), kile Norwegian Bokmål: kile, kisle, kitle Old Swedish: kitla, kitzla Swedish: kittla 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