piska

See also: писка

Annobonese

Noun

piska

  1. fish

References
  • World Lexicon of Grammaticalization (2002, →ISBN

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Portuguese pescar.

Verb

piska

  1. (Sotavento) to fish

References
  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
  • Brüser, Martina, dos Reis Santos, André, Lang, Jürgen (2002) Dicionário do Crioulo da Ilha de Santiago (Cabo Verde) : com equivalentes de tradução em alemão e português / Wörterbuch des Kreols der Insel Santiago (Kapverde), →ISBN
  • Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

piska

  1. simple past of piske
  2. past participle of piske

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from German Peitsche, likely from some Slavic language, compare Czech bič. Verb derived from noun.

Noun

piska c

  1. a whip, a rope or thong or rod (used to exert control over animals or for corporal punishment)

Usage notes

Commonly understood as a long rope as used by cowboys and Indiana Jones without further context.

Declension
Declension of piska 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative piska piskan piskor piskorna
Genitive piskas piskans piskors piskornas

Derived terms

See also
  • spö (“whip used for corporal punishment”)

Verb

piska (present piskar, preterite piskade, supine piskat, imperative piska)

  1. to whip; to hit with a whip.
  2. (figuratively) to whip; to urge into action

Conjugation
Conjugation of piska (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive piska piskas
Supine piskat piskats
Imperative piska —
Imper. plural1 pisken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative piskar piskade piskas piskades
Ind. plural1 piska piskade piskas piskades
Subjunctive2 piske piskade piskes piskades
Participles
Present participle piskande
Past participle piskad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms
  • piska upp (“whip up (a mood or the like)”)

References

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