different between kittiwake vs kitt

English

Alternative forms

• kittywake

Etymology

Imitative of the bird's call.

Noun

kittiwake (plural kittiwakes or kittiwake)

1. Either of two small gulls in the genus Rissa of the family Laridae that nest in colonies on sea cliffs and spend the winter on the open ocean.

Derived terms

• black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla (North Atlantic)
• red-legged kittiwake, Rissa brevirostris (North Pacific)

Translations

References

• kittiwake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rissa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Rissa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

kitt (plural kitts)

1. (Britain, birdwatching) the kittiwake.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Kitt

Noun

kitt n (definite singular kittet, indefinite plural kitt, definite plural kitta or kittene)

1. putty

References

• “kitt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kitt” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Kitt

Noun

kitt n (definite singular kittet, indefinite plural kitt, definite plural kitta)

1. putty

References

• “kitt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kietë, from Proto-Uralic *käte.

Noun

kitt

1. hand
2. arm

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland