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fisi

Aromanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Greek φύση (fýsi).

Noun edit

fisi f

  1. nature, character

Related terms edit

Chichewa edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *mpítí. Cognate to Swahili fisi.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfí.si/, /ˈfi.si/

Noun edit

físi class 1a (plural afísi class 2)

  1. hyena

Haitian Creole edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From French fusil (“rifle”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fisi

  1. rifle

Icelandic edit

Noun edit

fisi

  1. indefinite dative singular of fis

Indonesian edit

Noun edit

fisi (first-person possessive fisiku, second-person possessive fisimu, third-person possessive fisinya)

  1. splitting, fission
  2. visi

Italian edit

Adjective edit

fisi

  1. masculine plural of fiso

Jamamadí edit

Noun edit

fisi

  1. (Banawá) monkey

References edit

Latin edit

Participle edit

fīsī

  1. inflection of fīsus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Pronunciation edit

Participle edit

fisi

  1. (non-standard since 2012) feminine singular of fisen
  2. (non-standard since 2012) neuter singular of fisen

Verb edit

fisi

  1. (non-standard since 2012) supine of fisa

Sranan Tongo edit

Etymology edit

From English fish.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fisi

  1. fish

Derived terms edit

Swahili edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *mpítí. Cognate to Kikuyu hiti, Chichewa fisi, Zulu impisi.

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun edit

fisi (n class, plural fisi)

  1. hyena
  2. (figuratively) greedy person

See also edit

Tongan edit

Etymology 1 edit

Verb edit

fisi (intransitive)

  1. (of trees or plants) to flower, bud, blossom

Noun edit

fisi

  1. a bud or blossom
  2. (by extension) the arms or tentacles of a jellyfish

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

fisi (transitive)

  1. to flick, to strike with the finger or fingernail as it is snapped from the thumb

Noun edit

fisi

  1. a game in which lightsticks are flicked

West Makian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fisi

  1. seawater

References edit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics
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