shi
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
EtymologyEdit
- (shibire): Clipping of shibire.. Coined by Japanese-Canadian geneticist and zoologist David Suzuki, the person who also coined "shibire" coined its abbreviated form.
NounEdit
shi (uncountable)
- Apocopic form of shit
- (genetics) Abbreviation of shibire.
Derived termsEdit
shibire
PronounEdit
shi
- (rare, furry fandom) Alternative form of sie (gender-neutral pronoun)
- 1999 november 20, "Chakat Goldfur" (username), Furry Art on Ebay...horrible shameless plug, alt.fan.furry, Usenet:
- The mother was Chakat Goldfur and the sire was Garrek Redfox (foxtaur) so she[sic] has the same red fur but cougar-like markings. Of course shi’s still only a cub yet, but if shi grows up to look anything like the your Jaguar-Vixen, shi’s going to be a heartbreaker!
- 2001 January 25, "Achowth Keciyl" (username), quoting "A. Seraph" (username), Fur: The one and only Herm Gengimal, in fur.artwork.erotica, Usenet:
- > Unlike most Furry Hermaphrodites I've seen, Clash is fairly
- > androgynous. Shi is remarkable in hir modesty.
- >
- > But shi IS rather naughty, as you can see.
- 2006, Kenneth Fox, Joined in Mind and Body, Kenneth Fox, →ISBN, page 230:
- Dropping hir forebody down just a little, shi bent over double at the waist. Andrew's eyes blinked open as whiskers met his cheeks just before feline lips. He purred to hir and reached up to caress hir back as shi kissed him ...
- 1999 november 20, "Chakat Goldfur" (username), Furry Art on Ebay...horrible shameless plug, alt.fan.furry, Usenet:
SynonymsEdit
- see Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns
- hir (objective form)
InterjectionEdit
shi
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Albanian *śūh, from Proto-Indo-European *suh₂-s < *sh₂ew- (“to rain”). Compare Ancient Greek ὕει (húei, “it rains”), Hittite [script needed] (ishuwāi, “(s)he pours out, spills”), Tocharian B suwaṃ (“it rains”).[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
shi m (indefinite plural shira, definite singular shiu, definite plural shirat)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of shi
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 226.
AromanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin sic. Compare to Daco-Romanian și.
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
shi
Dena'inaEdit
PronounEdit
shi
Related termsEdit
DrungEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *səj.
VerbEdit
shi
- to die
ReferencesEdit
- Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung[1], Santa Barbara: University of California
EsperantoEdit
PronounEdit
shi
- H-system spelling of ŝi
HausaEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
shi m sg (feminine ita, plural su)
- he (3rd person singular pronoun)
See alsoEdit
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
shi
JingphoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj (“ten”).
NumeralEdit
shi
KwamaEdit
NounEdit
shi
ReferencesEdit
- Goldberg, Justin; Asadik, Habte; Bekama, Jiregna; Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary[2], SIL International
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 匙
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 殖
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𥫽
shi
- Nonstandard spelling of shī.
- Nonstandard spelling of shí.
- Nonstandard spelling of shǐ.
- Nonstandard spelling of shì.
Usage notesEdit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
MaquiritariEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
shi
- (transitive) to tear, to slash, to scratch
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
ScotsEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
shi
- (South Scots, personal) she
Usage notesEdit
Used alongside the English she (/ʃiː/).