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SWAHILI · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

kisi.

to imagine, envisage, contemplate

4 characters2 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

verb

  1. to imagine, envisage, contemplate

  2. to measure a ship's location

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Arabic قَاسَ (qāsa, “to measure”).

noun

  1. a kiss on the lips

    class-ix · no-plural
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kw(e)s-der. Proto-Germanic *kussaz Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *kussijaną Proto-West Germanic *kussijan Old English cyssan Middle English kissen English kissbor. Swahili kisi Borrowed from English kiss.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.