s. m, Corrupted from the Arabic word Qissah. A fable, a story, a narration; a quarrel, a dispute:—kissá chukáuṉá, mukáuṉá, v. a. To settle a dispute:—kissá kottá, ad. Corrupted from the Arabic word Qissah Kottah. Briefly, to make it short, on the whole, in fact:—kissá kottá karná, v. a. To cut the matter short.