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si

See also: Appendix:Variations of "si"

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

si

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Sinhalese.

English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Acronym of Latin Sancte Ioannes, the phrase ending the hymn Ut queant laxis from earlier words of which the other notes of solfège were derived.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

si (plural sis)

  1. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.

Translations edit

See si/translations § Noun.

Anagrams edit

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Varying reconstructions. Orel descends it from Proto-Albanian *tšei,[1] Matzinger from Proto-Albanian *čī.[2] Ultimately from instrumental Proto-Indo-European *kwi-h₁. Compare Latin qui (“how, why”), Old English hwȳ, hwī (“why”). An interrogative and relative pronoun, especially in connection with a preposition.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

si

  1. how; in what way; in what state
    Si janë shokët e tu? ― How are your friends?
  2. like, as
    Si e dini, nuk kemi filluar ende.
    As you know, we've not yet begun.

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “si”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 395
  2. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 225

Alemannic German edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old High German siu, from Proto-Germanic *sī. Cognate with German sie (“she; it”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹 (si), Old English sēo.

Pronoun edit

si f

  1. she
  2. it (for referents of the feminine grammatical gender)
Declension edit
Alemannic German personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative possessive m
1st person singular ich, i mich, mi mir, mier, mer min, miin
2nd person singular familiar du dich, di dir, dier, der din, diin
polite Si Ine, Ene, -ne Ire
3rd person singular m er in, en im sin, siin
f si ire
n es, 's, -s im sin, siin
1st person plural mir, mer üs, öis, ois, eus üse, öise, oise, euse
2nd person plural ir, ier öi, eu öie, eure
3rd person plural si ine, ene, -ne ire

Etymology 2 edit

From Old High German sie m pl, sio f pl, siu n pl. Cognate with German sie, Dutch zij.

Pronoun edit

si pl

  1. they
Declension edit
Alemannic German personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative possessive m
1st person singular ich, i mich, mi mir, mier, mer min, miin
2nd person singular familiar du dich, di dir, dier, der din, diin
polite Si Ine, Ene, -ne Ire
3rd person singular m er in, en im sin, siin
f si ire
n es, 's, -s im sin, siin
1st person plural mir, mer üs, öis, ois, eus üse, öise, oise, euse
2nd person plural ir, ier öi, eu öie, eure
3rd person plural si ine, ene, -ne ire

Etymology 3 edit

From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn, from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz. Cognate with German sein, Dutch zijn, West Frisian syn, Icelandic sinn.

Alternative forms edit

Determiner edit

si

  1. his
Declension edit

Inflected forms include:

Singular Plural
masculine feminine neuter
Nominative
Accusative 		si sini si sini
Genitive sines & si's sines
Dative si'm & sim siner si'm & sim sine

Etymology 4 edit

From Middle High German sīn, from Old High German sīn. Cognate with German sein, Dutch zijn, Low German sien.

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

si

  1. (Gressoney) to be

References edit

Asturian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin si.

Conjunction edit

si

  1. if

Bahnar edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bahnaric *ciː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ciiʔ (“louse”); cognate with Vietnamese chí, chấy.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

si

  1. louse

Belizean Creole edit

Etymology edit

From English see.

Verb edit

si

  1. see

References edit

  • Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, pp. 315–316.

Bikol Central edit

Etymology edit

Compare Chamorro si, Indonesian si, Malay si, and Tagalog si.

Pronunciation edit

Article edit

si (plural sina)

  1. direct marker placed before names or terms of address of people
    Nagdalagan si Juan. ― Juan ran.
    Dinara ninda si Tatay sa ospital. ― They brought Father to the hospital.
  2. direct marker placed before an adjective used to refer to a person with those distinct characteristics
    Yaon na si Taba. ― Fatso is here.
  3. (Naga) direct marker placed before common nouns
    Synonym: su
    Kinua ko na si pakete. ― I already got the package

See also edit

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Catalan si, from Latin si (“if”).

Conjunction edit

si

  1. if

See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Latin Sancte Iohannes (“Saint John”) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

Noun edit

si m (plural sis)

  1. (music) si (seventh note of a diatonic scale)

Etymology 3 edit

From Old Catalan si~sin, from Latin sĭnus.

Noun edit

si m (plural sins)

  1. cavity, depression
  2. (anatomy) sinus
  3. (figuratively) uterus
  4. front portion of the breast
  5. (figuratively) heart
  6. estuary, bay
See also edit

Etymology 4 edit

From Latin sĭbī.

Pronoun edit

si

  1. himself, herself, itself
  2. oneself
  3. themselves
  4. each other
Usage notes edit
  • Si is the stressed (or "strong", or "tonic") form of the reflexive pronoun es. As such, it is used after prepositions.
Declension edit
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
1st person majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person feminine elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
locative hi -hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural.
2) Behaves grammatically as third person. 		3) Only as object of a preposition.
4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
See also edit

See also edit

Central Franconian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German sīn.

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

si (masculine senge or singe, feminine and plural seng or sing)

  1. (Ripuarian) his, its (third-person masculine and neuter possessive)
    Wo hät e dann si Jlas henjestallt? ― Where did he put his glass?

Usage notes edit

  • The form seng/sing is used for the neuter when strongly stressed: Dat es sing Jlas! (“That's his glass!”) Contrariwise, the form si may be used for the masculine and feminine when unstressed, chiefly with words for relatives: si Papp (“his father”, but less common than senge Papp).

Chamorro edit

Etymology edit

Compare Bikol Central si, Indonesian si, and Malay si.

Preposition edit

si

  1. Subject marker for personal names

Chavacano edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Spanish sí.

Particle edit

si

  1. yes

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Spanish si (“if”).

Conjunction edit

si

  1. if

Cimbrian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German si(e), from Old High German siu, from Proto-West Germanic *sī, from Proto-Germanic *sī, nominative singular feminine of *iz. Cognate with German sie.

Pronoun edit

si

  1. (Luserna) she, it

Inflection edit

Personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person i biar
2nd person du iar
3rd person er, si, 'z se

References edit

Czech edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *si.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

si (reflexive)

  1. clitic dative of sebe:
    to oneself
    to myself
    to yourself
    Posluž si. ― Serve yourself.
    to himself
    to herself
    to itself
    to ourselves
    to yourselves
    to themselves
    Synonym: (stressed) sobě

Further reading edit

  • si in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • si in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dalmatian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin sex.

Numeral edit

si

  1. six

Danish edit

 
Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

From Old Norse sía (“to sieve, filter”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

si c (singular definite sien, plural indefinite sier)

  1. sieve
  2. strainer
  3. colander

Inflection edit

Declension of si
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative si sien sier sierne
genitive sis siens siers siernes

Verb edit

si (imperative si, infinitive at si, present tense sier, past tense siede, perfect tense har siet)

  1. sieve
  2. strain
  3. sift

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

si m or f (plural si's, diminutive sietje n)

  1. musical note; ti

Anagrams edit

Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

From Italian si, French soi, Spanish se, Latin se, plus the i of personal pronouns.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

si (reflexive, accusative sin, possessive sia)

  1. himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself

Usage notes edit

The reflexive pronoun si is only used to refer to the third person (In English: he/she/it/they) not the first or second person (In English: I/we/you). When the subject of a sentence is first or second person, the same pronoun is repeated (with the accusative ending -n added if needed) instead of using si. (E.g. "they wash themselves" is ili lavas sin, but "I wash myself" is mi lavas min, instead of *mi lavas sin.)

Ewe edit

Verb edit

si

  1. to escape

Fala edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese se, from Latin sī (“if”).

Conjunction edit

si

  1. if (used to introduce a condition or choice)
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
      I si “a patria do homi é sua lengua”, cumu idía Albert Camus, o que está claru é que a lengua está mui por encima de fronteiras, serras, rius i maris, de situaciós pulíticas i sociu-económicas, de lazus religiosus e inclusu familiaris.
      And if “a man’s homeland is his language”, as Albert Camus said, what is clear is that language is above borders, mountain ranges, rivers and seas, above political and socio-economic situations, of religious and even family ties.

Etymology 2 edit

Pronoun edit

si

  1. Alternative form of se
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 2: Númerus?:
      As lenguas, idiomas, dialectus o falas tenin un-as funciós mui claras desde o principiu dos siglu i si hai contabilizaus en o mundu un-as 8.000 lenguas, ca un-a con sua importancia numérica relativa, a nossa fala é un tesoiru mais entre elas.
      The tongues, languages or regional variants have some very clear functions since the beginning of the centuries and some 8,000 languages have been accounted for in the world, each with its relative numerical importance, Fala is yet another treasure among them.

French edit

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old French se, from Latin si (“if”).

Conjunction edit

si

  1. if, whether
    Je me demande si elle sera seule. ― I wonder if she'll be alone.
    Je veux savoir si tu viendras ou non. ― I want to know if you're coming or not.
  2. if (assuming that)
    Si j’avais ses pouvoirs, je créerais un monde où le mal n’existe pas. ― If I had his power, I'd create a world where evil didn't exist.
    Si tu n’avais pas appelé, je serais morte. ― If you hadn't called, I'd be dead.
  3. even if
  4. although, while
Usage notes edit

Elided preceding il or ils, resulting in the contracted forms s’il and s’ils.

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old French si, from Latin sic (“so, thus”). Doublet of sic.

Interjection edit

si

  1. yes (used to contradict a negative statement)
    Synonym: (archaic) si fait
    Tu ne m’aimes pas, n’est-ce pas ? — Si !
    You don’t like me, do you? — Yes, I do!
    Moi, je n’ai rien fait ! — Si !
    I didn't do anything! — Yes, you did!
Usage notes edit

The positive particle usage is uncommon in Québec, where most speakers use oui instead.

Adverb edit

si

  1. so, such (intensifier)
    J’étais si fatigué ces jours-ci que je n’avais pas le courage de vous écrire.
    I was so tired those days that I didn't have the energy to write to you.
    Cela n’aurait pas été une si bonne idée.
    That wouldn't have been such a good idea.
  2. (si + adjective/adverb + que ...) however (to whatever extent or degree)
    Synonyms: aussi, tout, quelque
    Si bavard qu’il soit, il ne dit rien de stupide.
    However talkative he may be, he doesn't say anything stupid.
    • 2017, Luc Brisson, Platon:
      Mais un législateur qui aurait un tant soit peu de worth, si infime soit elle, quand bien même il n’en irait pas comme l’argument vient de le démontrer, n’aurait-il pas commis en cette occasion, plus qu’en n’importe quelle autre circonstance où il aurait eu l’audace de mentir aux jeunes gens dans l’intérêt du bien, son plus utile mensonge, celui capable de faire que tous, non pas de force mais de leur plein gré, se conduisent de façon entièrement juste ?
      But a legislator who would have the slightest bit of valour, however tiny it may be, even if it were not as the argument has just demonstrated, would he not have committed on this occasion, more than in any other circumstance where he would have had the audacity to lie to young people in the interest of the good, his most useful lie, the one capable of making everyone, not by force but of their own accord, behave in an entirely just fashion?
Usage notes edit
  • In the sense however, the verb is usually in the subjunctive.
  • The que is sometimes replaced by an inverted-subject construction with a subjunctive verbal element and nominal, usually a personal pronoun.
    si heureuse soit-elle ― however happy she may be
    si faible paraisse-t-il ― however weak he may seem

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

si m (plural si)

  1. (music) si, the note 'B'
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Friulian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin se.

Pronoun edit

si (third person)

  1. (reflexive) himself, herself

Related terms edit

Galician edit

 
"Statute of Galicia: [vote] yes", pro-Galician devolved government, 1936

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin sīc.

Interjection edit

si

  1. yes
    Antonym: non

Etymology 2 edit

From Latin sē, ablative and accusative pronoun form.

Pronoun edit

si (accusative se, dative se)

  1. himself, herself, itself
  2. themselves
Usage notes edit

The pronoun si is used exclusively as the object of a preposition; no nominative form exists.

Etymology 3 edit

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

Noun edit

si m (plural sis)

  1. (music) si (musical note)
  2. (music) B (the musical note or key)
See also edit

Gothic edit

Romanization edit

si

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌹

Guinea-Bissau Creole edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese se. Cognate with Kabuverdianu si.

Conjunction edit

si

  1. if

Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French si.

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

si

  1. if

Iau edit

Noun edit

si

  1. woman

References edit

  • Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages

Ido edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian sì, Spanish sí.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

si

  1. (archaic) yes
    Synonym: yes
    Antonym: no

References edit

  • Progreso I (in Ido), 1908–1909, page 10

Indonesian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Bikol Central si, Chamorro si, and Malay si, Tagalog si.

Article edit

si

  1. Definite article used before the names of those with whom the speaker and interlocutor is intimate
    Tiada satupun yang berani pada si Tigor pemberani. ― No one dared to brave Tigor.
    Kukatakan pada si Yopi kecil, janganlah marah ― I said to little Yopi, don't angry.
    Kudengar bahwa si Tuti besar sedang sakit ― I hear that big Tuti is ill.
  2. Definite article used before a noun referring to a particular person in a category
    Si penjual jamu itu cantik sekali. ― That jamu seller is very pretty.
    Dia tertawa dengan si orang asing itu. ― She was laughing with the foreigner.
    Si pemuda itu tersenyum lebar lalu pergi. ― The young man smiled broadly then left.
  3. Definite article used before an adjective referring to a person whose well-known characteristics are referred to by the adjective
    Namanya si Putih ― Its name is Whitey.
    Si Gendut ― Fatso
    Si Goblok ― Old Muttonhead

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

si

  1. (law enforcement) aphetic form of seksi (“section”)

Interlingua edit

Adverb edit

si

  1. yes

Italian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin se (“him-, her-, it-, themselves”, reflexive third-person pronoun). Cognate with Spanish se and Portuguese se and si.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

si

  1. (reflexive) oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves
    Il tuo gatto si lava sul mio letto. ― Your cat cleans himself/itself on my bed.
    La tua gatta si lava sul mio letto. ― Your cat cleans herself on my bed.
    Marco si è rotto il braccio. ― Marco has broken his arm.
  2. (reciprocal pronoun) each other, one another
    Carlo e Laura si amano. ― Carlo and Laura love each other.
  3. (indefinite) one, you, we, they, people
    In Italia si pranza intorno all'una. ― In Italy they eat lunch around 13.
    In Italia si tende ad andare a letto tardi. ― In Italy, people tend to go to bed late.
    Si dice che Maria volesse uccidere Giovanni. ― It is said that Maria wanted to kill Giovanni.
    Da questa finestra si vede la banca. ― From this window, one can see the bank.
  4. (si passivante) Used to form the passive voice of a verb; it
    Si vende latte. / Vendesi latte. ― Milk for sale.
    Non si accettano carte di credito. ― Credit cards are not accepted.
  5. (dialectal, notably Rome) reflexive and reciprocal first person pronoun, where Standard Italian uses ci
    Se semo fatti sei chilometri a fette. (Ci siamo fatti sei chilometri a piedi.)
    We walked for six kilometers.
    Volemose bene. (Vogliamoci bene.)
    Let's love each other.
    Se la smezzamo? (Ce la dividiamo?)
    Do you want to split?
    • 1483, Matteo Maria Boiardo, Orlando Innamorato, I, XVIII, lines 37–39:
      Ambo se poseremo in questo prato
      e domatina, come il giorno pare,
      ritornaremo insieme a battagliare.
      We will both lay down in this meadow
      and tomorrow morning, when the day appears,
      together we will go back to fight.
Usage notes edit
  • When si is part of an infinitive, it can be placed before it as a separate word, but more often it is attached to the end. In this case, the final -e of the infinitive is dropped, or, in the case of infinitives ending in -rre, the final -re is dropped. Examples: amar(e) + si = amarsi; ridur(re) + si = ridursi.
  • Often translated using the passive voice in English when used as indefinite personal pronoun:
    Si dice che […] ― It is said that […]
  • Verb + si is often translated as become or get + [past participle] in English.
  • In cases where si (indefinite pronoun) and si (reflexive pronoun) follow each other, the first si is replaced with ci:
    Ci si lava. ― One washes oneself.
    (instead of: *Si si lava.)
  • Becomes se when followed by a third-person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

See also edit

Italian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Conjunctive Disjunctive Locative Partitive
Singular first — io mi, m', -mi me me —
second — tu ti, t', -ti te te
third m lui si2, s', -si lo, l', -lo gli, -gli glie, se2 lui, sé ci, c',
vi, v' (formal) 		ne, n'
f lei, Lei1 la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1 le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 lei, Lei1, sé
Plural first — noi ci, c', -ci ce noi —
second — voi, Voi4 vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4 ve voi, Voi4
third m loro, Loro1 si, s', -si li, Li1, -li, -Li1 gli, -gli, loro (formal),
Loro1 		glie, se loro, Loro1, sé ci, c',
vi, v' (formal) 		ne, n'
f le, Le1, -le, -Le1
1 Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
2 Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3 Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language.
4 Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).

Etymology 2 edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsi/, /ˈsi/*
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: sì

Noun edit

si

  1. (music) si (musical note B)

See also edit

Further reading edit

Jamaican Creole edit

Etymology edit

Derived from English see.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

si

  1. to see
    Mi wuda laik si im tu.
    I'd like to see him too.

Preposition edit

si

  1. (Used with ya) Here is; here are.
    Si Jan ya.
    Here is John.
    Si yu buk-dem ya.
    Here are your books.

Further reading edit

  • si at majstro.com

Japhug edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *səj (“to die”). Cognate with Tibetan ཤི (shi), Chinese 死 (OC *hljiʔ).[1]

Verb edit

si

  1. (Kamnyu, intransitive) to die

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *siŋ ~ *sik (“tree; wood; firewood”). Cognate with Tibetan ཤིང (shing, “tree”), Chinese 薪 (OC *siŋ, “firewood”), Tangut 𗝠 (*sji¹, “tree”).[2][3]

Noun edit

si

  1. (Kamnyu) tree
  2. (Kamnyu) wood

References edit

  1. ^ Zhang, Shuya, Jacques, Guillaume, Lai, Yunfan (2019) “A study of cognates between Gyalrong languages and Old Chinese”, in Journal of Language Relationship, volume 17, number 1, →DOI, page 89
  2. ^ Zhang, Shuya, Jacques, Guillaume, Lai, Yunfan (2019) “A study of cognates between Gyalrong languages and Old Chinese”, in Journal of Language Relationship, volume 17, number 1, →DOI, page 85
  3. ^ Jacques, Guillaume (2014) Esquisse de phonologie et de morphologie historique du tangoute, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 100
  • Guillaume Jacques, Argument Demotion in Japhug Rgyalrong (2012)
  • Guillaume Jacques (2021) A grammar of Japhug‎[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN

Kabuverdianu edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Portuguese se.

Conjunction edit

si

  1. if

Etymology 2 edit

From Portuguese sim.

Adverb edit

si

  1. yes

Khumi Chin edit

 
Si.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

si

  1. wild cow

References edit

  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎[2], Payap University, page 50

Koro (India) edit

Noun edit

si

  1. water

References edit

  • Roger Blench, Mark Post, (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconstructing the evidence (2011)

Kusaal edit

Etymology edit

from French scie (“saw”)

Noun edit

si

  1. saw (tool)

Ladin edit

Etymology edit

From Latin sē.

Adjective edit

si

  1. (possessive) his, her, hers, its, their

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

  • sei (standard in Republican spelling)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *sei (“so, thus”) used in parataxis, likely via the meaning "in this" as the locative singular of Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”); this older meaning is preserved in Latin sīc as well as in the oath sī dīs placet, cf. English so help me God. Related to Old English sē (“he, that”).

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

sī

  1. if, supposing that
    Sī versūs hōrum duōrum poētārum neglegētis, magnā parte litterārum carēbitis.
    If you neglect the verses of these two poets, you will miss a great part of literature.
  2. whether (when a verb of seeing or trying is the main verb in the apodosis; or when sī is used twice correlatively)
    sī... sī ― whether... or

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Aromanian: si
  • Catalan: si
  • Franco-Provençal: se
  • French: si
  • Friulian: se
  • Galician: se
  • Italian: se
  • Occitan: se
  • Portuguese: se
    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: si
    • Kabuverdianu: si
    • Papiamentu: si
  • Romanian: să
  • Romansch: sche
  • Sicilian: si
  • Spanish: si

References edit

  • si in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • si in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • si in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • si in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • si in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sī, sīc”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561

Latvian edit

Noun edit

si m (invariable)

  1. (music) si

Lolopo edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Loloish *ʃe² (“to die”), from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *səj¹ (“to die”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *səj (“to die”).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

si 

  1. (Yao'an) to die

Noun edit

si 

  1. (Yao'an) death

References edit

  • Merrifield, Judith, Merrifield, Scott (2018) “Query for si”, in Yao'an Loxrlavu – English Dictionary (in Chinese), SIL International

Louisiana Creole edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from French si (“if”).

Conjunction edit

si

  1. if

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from French si (“so”).

Adverb edit

si

  1. so (intensifier)

Etymology 3 edit

Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : si

Inherited from French six (“six”).

Numeral edit

si

  1. six
Usage notes edit
  • Precedes consonant-initial words. See usage notes at sis.

Luxembourgish edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

si

  1. third-person feminine singular, nominative: she
    Si ass eng ganz schéi Fra. ― She is a very beautiful woman
  2. third-person feminine singular, accusative: her
    Den Hond huet si gebass. ― The dog bit her
  3. third-person plural, nominative: they
    Si si ganz schéi Fraen. ― They are very beautiful women.
  4. third-person plural, accusative: them
    Den Hond huet si gebass. ― The dog bit them

Usage notes edit

  • The feminine singular is used chiefly with feminine words for things. Female persons are predominantly treated as grammatically neuter, though the feminine is not impossible. See hatt for more.

Declension edit

Luxembourgish personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative reflexive
str. unstr. str. unstr. str. unstr.
1st person singular ech — mech — mir mer like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular
(informal) 		du de dech — dir der like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular
(formal) 		Dir Der Iech Iech [əɕ] Iech Iech [əɕ] Iech
3rd person singular m hien en hien en him em sech
f si se si se hir er sech
n hatt et ('t) hatt et ('t) him em sech
1st person plural mir mer eis (ons) — eis (ons) — eis (ons)
2nd person plural dir der iech iech [əɕ] iech iech [əɕ] iech
3rd person plural si se si se hinnen en sech

Macanese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese se.

Conjunction edit

si

  1. if (introduces a condition)
    si nunca ― otherwise (literally, “if not”)
    si sâm capaz ― if you are brave / if you dare
    si más pricisâ ― if more is needed
    si já falâ co iou ― if you had told me
    si vosôtro querê vêm ― if you (pl.) want to come
    iou vai olâ si têm ― I'm going to see if there is any
    si têm vagar lôgo vêm ― I'll come if I have time

Derived terms edit

References edit

Malay edit

Etymology edit

from Proto-Austronesian *si₁. Compare Compare Berik si, Chamorro si, Indonesian si, and Tagalog si.

Article edit

si

  1. the (primarily used with people, rarely necessary)
    Ke mana perginya si budak nakal yang aku jumpa di taman tadi?
    Where has the brat I just met in the park headed to?
  2. definite particle used with adjectives to describe people
    si mati
    the dead (person)
  3. a definite article used in names or nicknames
    Si Polan
    John Doe

Synonyms edit

Mandarin edit

Romanization edit

si (si5／si0, Zhuyin ˙ㄙ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 廁／厕

si

  1. Nonstandard spelling of sī.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of sǐ.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of sì.

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.

Mauritian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French si.

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

si

  1. if

Derived terms edit

Interjection edit

si

  1. yes (used to contradict a negative statement)

Middle Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Dutch sia.

Alternative forms edit

Pronoun edit

si

  1. she
Inflection edit
Middle Dutch personal pronouns
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
masc. fem. neut.
nominative ic du hi si het wi gi si
accusative mi di hem, hen haer ons u hem, hen
dative hem, hen
genitive mijn dijn sijn haer sijn onse uwe haer
Descendants edit
  • Dutch: zij
    • Afrikaans: sy
  • Limburgish: zie

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Dutch sia.

Alternative forms edit

Pronoun edit

si

  1. they (all genders)
Inflection edit
Middle Dutch personal pronouns
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
masc. fem. neut.
nominative ic du hi si het wi gi si
accusative mi di hem, hen haer ons u hem, hen
dative hem, hen
genitive mijn dijn sijn haer sijn onse uwe haer
Descendants edit

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

si

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of wēsen

Further reading edit

  • “si (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “si (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “si (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English edit

Etymology edit

From Old English sīe, singular subjunctive of wesan, from Proto-Germanic *sijǭ (first person), *sijēs (second person), and *sijē (third person), singular subjunctive forms of *wesaną.

Verb edit

si

  1. (Early Middle English, rare) singular present subjunctive of been

Middle French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old French se.

Adverb edit

si

  1. if
  2. then (afterwards; following)

Descendants edit

  • French: si

Middle Low German edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

sî

  1. Alternative form of sê

Mòcheno edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German si(e), from Old High German siu, from Proto-West Germanic *sī, from Proto-Germanic *sī, nominative singular feminine of *iz. Cognate with German sie.

Pronoun edit

si

  1. she, it

Inflection edit

Personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person i biar
2nd person du ir
3rd person er, si, s sei

References edit

Mokilese edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

si

  1. ear

Declension edit

Possessive forms of si (tight inalienable possession, oa/a stem)
singular possessor first person sioaioa
second person sioamwen
third person sia
dual possessors first person inclusive siasa
first person exclusive siama
second person siamwa
third person siara
plural possessors first person inclusive siasai
first person exclusive siamai
second person siamwai
third person siarai
remote plural possessors first person inclusive siahs
first person exclusive siemi
second person siemwi
third person siahr
construct form sien

Molo edit

Noun edit

si

  1. water

References edit

  • Marvin Lionel Bender, Topics in Nilo-Saharan linguistics (1989)
  • [3]

Nalca edit

Noun edit

si

  1. tooth
  2. name

Norman edit

Etymology edit

From Old French si, from Latin si (“if”).

Conjunction edit

si

  1. (Guernsey) if

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse segja, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.

Verb edit

si (imperative si, present tense sier, passive sies, past tense sa, past participle sagt, present participle siende)

  1. to say
Derived terms edit

See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Determiner edit

si

  1. feminine singular of sin
See also edit
    Personal pronouns in Bokmål
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
feminine masculine neuter plural
Singular First – jeg meg mi min mitt mine
Second general du deg di din ditt dine
formal (rare) De Dem Deres
Third feminine (person) hun henne hennes
masculine (person) han ham / han hans
feminine (noun) den dens
masculine (noun)
neuter (noun) det dets
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine
Plural First – vi oss vår vårt våre
Second general dere deres
formal (very rare) De Dem Deres
Third general de dem deres
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine

Etymology 3 edit

See the main entry.

Noun edit

si (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of side, used only in the phrase på si.

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

si (uncountable)

  1. (music) si (seventh note of a major scale)

References edit

  • “si” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “si” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Anagrams edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

Determiner edit

si f

  1. feminine singular of sin

Etymology 2 edit

Acronym of Latin Sancte Ioannes, the phrase ending the hymn Ut queant laxis from earlier words of which the other notes of solfège were derived. A younger alteration, ti, allows for every note of the solfège to begin with a different letter.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

si m (definite singular si-en, indefinite plural si-ar, definite plural si-ane)

  2. (music) si, a syllable used in seventh note of a major scale
Coordinate terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Akin to the first part of Old Norse síþráðr.

Noun edit

si n (definite singular siet, uncountable)

  1. (collective, nautical, dated) tatters of rope used to stop leakage

Etymology 4 edit

Doublet of side.

Noun edit

si ?

  1. Used only idiomatically in the prepositional phrase på si.

Etymology 5 edit

Clipping of sidan.

Adverb edit

si

  1. (dialectal) since
  2. (dialectal) ago
  3. (dialectal) because, for

References edit

Anagrams edit

Old English edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

sī

  1. Alternative form of sīe

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

  • se
  • s' (before a vowel)

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin sic.

Adverb edit

si

  1. so; thus; in such a way
Descendants edit
  • French: si
  • Norman: si

Etymology 2 edit

See se.

Conjunction edit

si

  1. Alternative form of se (if)

Old Galician-Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Latin sīc (“thus; so”), from Proto-Indo-European *so (“this, that”).

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

si

  1. yes, affirmatively

Descendants edit

Old High German edit

Verb edit

sī

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of wesan

Old Saxon edit

Pronunciation edit

Article edit

si

  1. feminine nominative singular of sē

Declension edit

Declension of si
Singular Plural
Masculine Neuter Feminine
nominative sē that si, sia thē, thie
accusative than, then that thē, thie thē, thie
genitive thēs thēs thēra thēra
dative thēm thēm thēra thēm
instrumental thiu, thia, thuo, thuru -

Pali edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Sanskrit शी (śī).

Root edit

si

  1. to lie down
Derived terms edit
Verbs

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Sanskrit श्रि (śri).

Root edit

si

  1. to rest on
Usage notes edit

The initial consonant tends to geminate after prefixes.

Derived terms edit
Verbs
Non-present participles, gerundives, absolutives and infinitives
Nouns

Etymology 3 edit

Inherited from Sanskrit सि (si)

Root edit

si

  1. to bind
Derived terms edit
Pali terms belonging to the root si (bind)‎ (0 c, 3 e)

Papiamentu edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Spanish si and Portuguese se and Kabuverdianu si.

Conjunction edit

si

  1. if
  2. when

Etymology 2 edit

From Spanish sí and Portuguese sim and Kabuverdianu si.

Adverb edit

si

  1. yes

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: si

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese si, from Latin sibi, from Proto-Indo-European *sébʰye, dative of *swé (“self”). Cognate with French soi, Italian sé, Spanish sí.

Alternative forms edit

Pronoun edit

si (reflexive)

  1. (following a preposition) oneself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, yourselves, themselves
See also edit
Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number Person Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct object) 		Dative
(indirect object) 		Prepositional Prepositional
with com 		Non-declining
m f m f m and f m f m f m f
Singular First eu me mim comigo
Second tu te ti contigo você
o senhor a senhora
Third ele ela o
(lo, no) 		a
(la, na) 		lhe ele ela com ele com ela o mesmo a mesma
se si consigo
Plural First nós nos nós connosco (Portugal)
conosco (Brazil) 		a gente
Second vós vos vós convosco, com vós vocês
os senhores as senhoras
Third eles elas os
(los, nos) 		as
(las, nas) 		lhes eles elas com eles com elas os mesmos as mesmas
se si consigo
Indefinite se si consigo

Etymology 2 edit

From Latin Sancte Iohannes (“Saint John”) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

Noun edit

si m (plural sis)

  1. si (musical note)
Coordinate terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Conjunction edit

si

  1. Eye dialect spelling of se, representing Brazil Portuguese.

Quapaw edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Assiniboine sihá, Dakota sihá, Lakota sí, Omaha-Ponca si, Hidatsa icí, Crow iché.

Noun edit

si

  1. foot

Romagnol edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [ˈsiː]

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Latin sĕx (“six”).

Numeral edit

si m

  1. six
    Uj vö si dè.
    It takes six days.

Etymology 2 edit

From the initial letters of Sancte + Iohannes, of the seventh verse of the hymn Ut queant laxis.

Noun edit

si m (plural si)

  1. Si (musical note)

Etymology 3 edit

Inherited from Latin sēbum (“tallow”).

Noun edit

si m (plural si)

  1. tallow

References edit

Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, pages 584, 585

Romani edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

si

  1. to be
  2. there be
  3. Used before an accusative personal pronoun to indicate possession.
    Si la kale bala.
    She has black hair.

Usage notes edit

  • The personal pronoun is often omitted when si is used to mean "to be".
  • When a noun indicates the possessor, si follows the accusative case of the noun.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of si
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative present sem san si sam sen si
perfect semas sanas sas samas senas sas
future avava avesa avela avasa avena avena
imperfect semas sanas sasas samas senas sasas (sinesas)
past perfect avilemas avilǎnas avilǎsas avilǎmas avilenas avilenas
infinitive te avav / te ovav te aves / te oves te avel / te ovel te avas / te ovas te aven / te oven te aven / te oven
subjunctive present avavas avesas avelas avasas avenas avenas
past avilemas avilǎnas avilǎsas avilǎmas avilenas avilenas
imperative — av (ov) — — aven (oven) —

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Yūsuke Sumi (2018) ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 71

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

From Italian si.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

si m (plural si)

  1. (music) si (musical note B)

Declension edit

Declension of si
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) si siul (niște) si sii
genitive/dative (unui) si siului (unor) si silor
vocative siule silor

Romansch edit

Alternative forms edit

  • (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sen, se
  • (Puter, Vallader) sü

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin root sūsum, from Latin sūrsum.

Adverb edit

si

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) up, upward, upwards

Sassarese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin se (“him-, her-, it-, themselves”, reflexive third-person pronoun). Cognate with Italian si, Portuguese si and se.

Alternative forms edit

Pronoun edit

si

  1. (reflexive) oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves
    La camìsgia si la pònini li manni ― Adults wear shirts (literally, “The adults put the shirt on themselves”)
  2. (reciprocal pronoun) each other, one another
    Eddi s'àmani ― They love each other
  3. (indefinite) one, you, we, they, people
    Lu zipressu si dizi "àiburu di campusantu" ― The cypress is called "graveyard tree"
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Latin sī, from Proto-Italic *sei (“so, thus”) used in parataxis, likely via the meaning "in this" as the locative singular of Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”).

Conjunction edit

si

  1. if
    Si lu sai, dìmmiru! ― If you know, tell me! (literally, “If you know it, tell it to me!”)

References edit

  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Savi edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit सेतु (setu).

Noun edit

si

  1. bridge

References edit

  • Nina Knobloch (2020) A grammar sketch of Sauji: An Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan‎[4], Stockholm University

Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

si (Cyrillic spelling си)

  1. (reflexive) Replaces the dative of a personal pronoun when the subject is of the same person as the dative object; to oneself (clitic dative singular of sȅbe (“oneself”))
    1. to myself
    2. to yourself
    3. to himself, herself, itself
    4. to ourselves
    5. to yourselves
    6. to themselves
  2. (reflexive, emphatic, possessive, dative) one's, of oneself (clitic dative singular of sebe (“one”))
    Kako li je samo zaboravio gdje si je parkirao auto?
    Just how did he forget where he parked his car?

Declension edit

Declension of si
singular plural
nominative — —
genitive sȅbe, se sȅbe
dative sȅbi, si sȅbi
accusative sȅbe, se sȅbe
vocative — —
locative sȅbi sȅbi
instrumental sȍbōm sȍbom

Verb edit

si (Cyrillic spelling си)

  1. second-person singular present of bȉti

Slovak edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *esi.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

si

  1. second-person singular present of byť
    (you) are, (thou) art

Pronoun edit

si

  1. replaces the dative of a personal pronoun when the subject is of the same person as the dative object; roughly comparable with “to oneself” or “for oneself”
    Synonym: sebe
    Kupujem si topánky. ― I am buying myself shoes.
    Komu kupuješ topánky? Sebe. ― Whom are you buying the shoes for? For myself.

Further reading edit

  • “si”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene edit

Pronunciation 1 edit

Verb edit

sȉ

  1. second-person singular present of bíti

Pronunciation 2 edit

Pronoun edit

si

  1. dative singular of sébe

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin si (“if”).

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

si

  1. if

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Further reading edit

Sumerian edit

Romanization edit

si

  1. Romanization of 𒋛

Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

si

  1. negative present (all persons, numbers, and classes) of -wa (“to not be”)

-si

  1. negative relative stem of -wa, -wapo, -wako, or -wamo
    mtu asiye na maarifa ― a person without knowledge

Tagalog edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Austronesian *si. Compare Bikol Central si, Cebuano si, Gorontalo ti, Hiligaynon si, Ilocano si, Kapampangan i, Pangasinan si, and Waray-Waray si.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /si/, [sɪ]
  • Hyphenation: si

Article edit

si (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ, plural sina)

  1. direct marker placed before names or terms of address of people
    Tumakbo si Juan.
    Juan ran.
    Dinala nila si Tatay sa ospital.
    They brought Father to the hospital.
  2. direct marker placed before an adjective used to refer to a person with those distinct characteristics
    Nandiyan na si taba. ― Fatso is there.
Alternative forms edit
See also edit
Tagalog markers
Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa)
Common Singular ang ng sa
Plural ang mga ng mga sa mga
Personal Singular si ni kay
Plural / Polite sina nina kina

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English cee, the English name of the letter C/c.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /si/, [sɪ]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: si

Noun edit

si (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ)

  1. the name of the Latin-script letter C, in the Filipino alphabet.
    Synonym: (in the Abecedario) ce
See also edit

Further reading edit

  • “si”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Ternate edit

Adverb edit

si

  1. first, firstly

References edit

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh.

Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From English sea.

Noun edit

si

  1. sea
  2. waves; breakers; swells

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Italian si

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

si (definite accusative siyi, plural siler)

  1. (music) si (musical note B)

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Vietic *ɟ-riː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟriiʔ; cognate with Bahnar jri, Khmer ជ្រៃ (crɨy), Khasi jri, Old Mon jrey.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(classifier cây) si

  1. certain members of the Mallotus and Ficus genera

Volapük edit

Interjection edit

si

  1. yes

Walloon edit

Etymology edit

From Old French, from Latin si (“if”).

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

si

  1. if

Welsh edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

si m (plural sïon, not mutable)

  1. murmur, hum
  2. rumour

Yoruba edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /sí/

Noun edit

sí

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter S.

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Etymology 2 edit

Preposition edit

sí

  1. to, at, toward (used when movement is implied)

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Etymology 3 edit

Compare with Itsekiri sín

Verb edit

sí

  1. (intransitive) to be far, to be distant

Etymology 4 edit

Verb edit

sí

  1. (intransitive) Negative form of wà

Etymology 5 edit

Conjunction edit

sì

  1. and
Usage notes edit

Sì is solely used to join verbs/sentences and not nouns, for which àti is used. Additionally, when sì is used, the subject of each verb must be specified.

  1. Mo jó, mo kọ́ ẹ̀kọ́, mo sì kọ lẹ́tà. – I danced, studied, and wrote a letter.
  2. Wọn kò fẹ́ ṣiṣẹ́, wọn kò sì fẹ́ ṣeré. – They don't want to work or play.

Zhuang edit

Etymology edit

From Chinese 市 (shì).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

si (1957–1982 spelling si)

  1. city
    Nanzningz Si
    Nanning City

Zou edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-hjwəj-t (“blood”). Cognates include Nuosu ꌦ (sy) and Burmese သွေး (swe:).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sì

  1. blood

Verb edit

sì

  1. (intransitive) to die

References edit

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, pages 40, 47
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