shi
See also: Appendix:Variations of "shi"
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Clipping of shibire. Coined by Japanese-Canadian geneticist and zoologist David Suzuki, the person who also coined "shibire".
Noun edit
shi (uncountable)
- (genetics) Abbreviation of shibire.
Derived terms edit
shibire
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
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:
Synonyms edit
- see Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns
- hir (objective form)
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
shi (uncountable)
Interjection edit
shi
See also edit
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
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]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
shi m (plural shira, definite shiu, definite plural shirat)
Declension edit
Declension of shi
References edit
- ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 226.
Aromanian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sic. Compare to Daco-Romanian și.
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
shi
Dena'ina edit
Pronoun edit
shi
Related terms edit
Drung edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *səj.
Verb edit
shi
- to die
References edit
- Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung[1], Santa Barbara: University of California
Esperanto edit
Pronoun edit
shi
- H-system spelling of ŝi
Hausa edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
shi m sg (feminine ita, plural su)
- he (3rd person singular pronoun)
See also edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
shi
Jingpho edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj (“ten”).
Numeral edit
shi
Kwama edit
Noun edit
shi
References edit
- Goldberg, Justin, Asadik, Habte, Bekama, Jiregna, Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary[2], SIL International
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
- 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 notes edit
- 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.
Scots edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
shi
- (South Scots, personal) she
Usage notes edit
Used alongside the English she (/ʃiː/).
See also edit
Yanomamö edit
Noun edit
shi (plural shi pë)
References edit
- Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN
Ye'kwana edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
shi
- (transitive) to tear, to slash, to scratch