isi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "isi"

Alladian

Alternative forms

• ishi, nishi, n'shi (nší, n'ʃi)

Noun

isi

1. water

References

• Maurice Delafosse, Vocabulaires comparatifs de plus de 60 langues ou dialectes parlés à la Côte d’Ivoire et dans les régions limitrophes : avec des notes linguistiques et ethnologiques, une bibliographie et une carte (Paris, E. Leroux, 1904), page 43 (as Alaguian isi, ishi)
• F. Stuhlmann, ‎R. Stern, Handwerk und Industries in Ostafrika (1910), page 149: Alaguian isi Wasser
• Marc Augé, Le rivage alladian: organisation et évolution des villages alladian spells (as n'ʃi); compare Panlex nší

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Asi

Noun

isi

1. spear

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: i‧si

Noun

isi

1. (chiefly Camiguin) a toggle iron

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Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from English easy.

Adjective

isi (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) easy; composed, calm

Adverb

isi (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) quietly, gently

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisi/, [ˈis̠i]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -isi
• Hyphenation: i‧si

Noun

isi

1. (familiar) dad, father, daddy

   Synonyms: iskä, isukki, isä

Declension

Inflection of isi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		isi	isit
genitive		isin	isien
partitive		isiä	isejä
illative		isiin	iseihin
		singular	plural
nominative		isi	isit
accusative	nom.	isi	isit
	gen.	isin
genitive		isin	isien
partitive		isiä	isejä
inessive		isissä	iseissä
elative		isistä	iseistä
illative		isiin	iseihin
adessive		isillä	iseillä
ablative		isiltä	iseiltä
allative		isille	iseille
essive		isinä	iseinä
translative		isiksi	iseiksi
instructive		—	isein
abessive		isittä	iseittä
comitative		—	iseineen

Anagrams

• sii

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Greenlandic

Etymology 1

Form Proto-Eskimo *irǝ. Cognate of Inupiak iri and Inuktitut ᐃᔨ (iji), iji.

Noun

isi (plural isit)

1. (anatomy) eye

Declension

Declension of isi

	singular	plural
absolutive	isi	isit
ergative	isip	isit
allative	isimut	isinut
ablative	isimit	isiniit
prosecutive	isikkut	isitigut
locative	isimi	isini
instrumental	isimik	isinik
equative	isitut	isitut

Etymology 2

Noun

isi (plural isit)

1. drum head, drum-skin
2. (music) string

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Hungarian

Etymology

Shortened from iskola (“school”) +‎ -i (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiʃi]
• Hyphenation: isi

Noun

isi (plural isik)

1. (colloquial) school

   Synonyms: iskola, suli

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	isi	isik
accusative	isit	isiket
dative	isinek	isiknek
instrumental	isivel	isikkel
causal-final	isiért	isikért
translative	isivé	isikké
terminative	isiig	isikig
essive-formal	isiként	isikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	isiben	isikben
superessive	isin	isiken
adessive	isinél	isiknél
illative	isibe	isikbe
sublative	isire	isikre
allative	isihez	isikhez
elative	isiből	isikből
delative	isiről	isikről
ablative	isitől	isiktől

Possessive forms of isi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	isim	isijeim
2nd person sing.	isid	isijeid
3rd person sing.	isije	isijei
1st person plural	isink	isijeink
2nd person plural	isitek	isijeitek
3rd person plural	isijük	isijeik

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Kavalan

Noun

isi

1. dregs from wine-making

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Lindu

Noun

isi

1. content
2. meat; flesh

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Malay

Noun

isi (plural isi-isi, informal 1st possessive isiku, impolite 2nd possessive isimu, 3rd possessive isinya)

1. content

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀇𑀲𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• इसि (Devanagari script)
• ইসি (Bengali script)
• ඉසි (Sinhalese script)
• ဣသိ (Burmese script)
• อิสิ (Thai script)
• ᩍᩈᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ອິສິ (Lao script)
• ឥសិ (Khmer script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛṣi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš.

Noun

isi m

1. sage, seer

Declension

Declension table of "isi" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	isi	isayo or isī
Accusative (second)	isiṃ	isayo or isī
Instrumental (third)	isinā	isīhi or isībhi
Dative (fourth)	isissa or isino	isīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	isismā or isimhā	isīhi or isībhi
Genitive (sixth)	isissa or isino	isīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	isismiṃ or isimhi	isīsu
Vocative (calling)	isi	isayo or isī

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဣသိ (i.si.)
• → Khmer: ឥសី (’ĕsei)
• → Sinhalese: ඉසි (isi)
• → Thai: อิสิ (isi)

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Turkish

Noun

isi

1. inflection of is:
   1. accusative singular
   2. third-person singular possessive

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Zulu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /íːsi/

Noun

ī́si class 5 (plural amási class 6)

1. lump of hard, curdled milk
2. (in the plural) curdled or sour milk

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	isi	amasi
Locative	esini	emasini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	isi		amasi
Simple form	lisi		masi
Locative	esini		emasini
Copulative	yisi		ngamasi
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wesi	owesi	wamasi	owamasi
Class 2	besi	abesi	bamasi	abamasi
Class 3	wesi	owesi	wamasi	owamasi
Class 4	yesi	eyesi	yamasi	eyamasi
Class 5	lesi	elesi	lamasi	elamasi
Class 6	esi	awesi	amasi	awamasi
Class 7	sesi	esesi	samasi	esamasi
Class 8	zesi	ezesi	zamasi	ezamasi
Class 9	yesi	eyesi	yamasi	eyamasi
Class 10	zesi	ezesi	zamasi	ezamasi
Class 11	lwesi	olwesi	lwamasi	olwamasi
Class 14	besi	obesi	bamasi	obamasi
Class 15	kwesi	okwesi	kwamasi	okwamasi
Class 17	kwesi	okwesi	kwamasi	okwamasi

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-si”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-si (3.2.9)”