missis

== English == === Noun === missis (plural missises) (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of missus, representing African-American Vernacular English. 1878, quoted 2001, from a song by James Bland, an African American songwriter for minstrel shows, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). p. 192. Massa and missis have lone gone before me. (UK, colloquial) Alternative spelling or pronunciation spelling of missus. == Icelandic == === Noun === missis indefinite genitive singular of missir == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɪs.siːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmis.sis] === Participle === missīs dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of missus