gisal

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guisar (“to stew”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gi‧sal
  • IPA(key): /ɡiˈsal/ [ɡɪˈs̪al̪]

Verb

gisal

  1. to sauté
  2. to stir fry
  3. a spell that causes burning pain all over a person's body, performed by frying lime in pig lard

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gīsl, from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz.

Noun

gīsal m

  1. hostage, pledge

Declension

Declension of gīsal (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative gīsal gīsalā, gīsala
accusative gīsal gīsalā, gīsala
genitive gīsales gīsalo
dative gīsale gīsalum
instrumental gīsalu —

Derived terms

  • firgīsalen (verb)

Descendants

  • Middle High German: gīsel, giesel (13th C.), geysel (14th C.), gæisel (13th or 14th C.)
    • German: Geisel

References

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