sia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sia"

English edit

Alternative forms edit

siah, sial, siol

Etymology edit

From Malay sial.

Pronunciation edit

(Singapore) IPA^(key): /sjɑː˧/, /-˨˧/, /sjɐ/

Particle edit

sia

(Singlish, Manglish) Tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, exhaustion or exasperation.
— You can't find your pencils? Maybe someone stole them.
— For what sia?
- 2004, joshley, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
  […] Really disappointed siah […] The damage is done and no explanation will be accepted...... damn stupid!

References edit

Soh, Ying Qi, Lee, Junwen, Tan, Ying-Ying (2022) “Ethnicity and Tone Production on Singlish Particles”, in Languages, volume 7, number 3, →DOI

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsi.ə]
IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈsi.a]

Verb edit

sia

(archaic) inflection of ser:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative
Synonyms: sigui, siga

Derived terms edit

o sia

Conjunction edit

sia

whether it be; be it
Synonym: siga
- 1961, Joan Lluís, El meu Pallars: El Pallars Sobirà:
  Degotalls que s'estimballen des dels cingles fins al riu, i calmosament davallen, sia hivern o sia estiu.
  Stalactites that fling themselves from the cliffs into the river, and calmly descend, be it winter or be it summer.
- 1975, Narcís Xifra i Riera, Montserrat, juliol de 1936:
  El cas és que posaren altre cop en pràctica allò de destruir tot el que havien fet els altres, ja sia bo o dolent, i es complagueren amb la revenja […]
  The thing is that they reimplemented that destruction of everything that others had made, whether it be good or bad, and they were pleased with revenge […]

Chuukese edit

Pronoun edit

sia

we (inclusive)

Adjective edit

sia

we are (inclusive)

Related terms edit

		Present and past tense	Negative tense	Future	Negative future	Distant future	Negative determinate
Singular	First person	ua	use	upwe	usap	upwap	ute
	Second person	ka, ke	kose, kese	kopwe, kepwe	kosap, kesap	kopwap, kepwap	kote, kete
	Third person	a	ese	epwe	esap	epwap	ete
Plural	First person	aua (exclusive) sia (inclusive)	ause (exclusive) sise (inclusive)	aupwe (exclusive) sipwe (inclusive)	ausap (exclusive) sisap (inclusive)	aupwap (exclusive) sipwap (inclusive)	aute (exclusive) site (inclusive)
	Second person	oua	ouse	oupwe	ousap	oupwap	oute
	Third person	ra, re	rese	repwe	resap	repwap	rete

Eritai edit

Noun edit

sia

water
river

References edit

Duane A. Clouse, 1997, Toward a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya, In Karl J. Franklin (ed.), Papers in Papuan linguistics No. 2, 133-236. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, page 172
C. L. Voorhoeve, 1975. Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p.108

Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

si +‎ -a. Possibly under influence of Slavic (Polish swój, Russian свой (svoj), Belarusian свой (svoj)) and Germanic (German sein).

Pronunciation edit

Audio (file)

IPA^(key): [ˈsia]
Rhymes: -ia
Hyphenation: si‧a

Pronoun edit

sia (accusative singular sian, plural siaj, accusative plural siajn)

belonging to the subject of the sentence
Johano donis al Alfredo sian kukon.
John gave Alfred his (John's) cake.
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta:
  Sia estas kara pli ol la najbara.
  One's own is dearer than the neighbor's.

Garo edit

Verb edit

sia

to die

Interlingua edit

Verb edit

sia

imperative of esser

Conjunction edit

sia

whether (used the first time in a sentence)
or (used the second time in a sentence)

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish sír.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ʃiə]

Adjective edit

sia

References edit

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sia”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 sía”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈsi.a/
Rhymes: -ia
Hyphenation: sì‧a

Verb edit

sia

inflection of essere:
1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Conjunction edit

sia ... sia ...

both ... and ..
either ... or ..

Synonyms edit

sia ... che ...

Anagrams edit

-asi, sai

Kanakanabu edit

**Kanakanabu cardinal numbers**
< 8	9	10 >
Cardinal : sia

Etymology edit

From Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.

Numeral edit

sia

nine

Latin edit

Noun edit

sia

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sion

References edit

sia 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)
“sia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Mambae edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siwa.

Numeral edit

sia

nine

North Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian sê. Cognates include West Frisian see.

Noun edit

sia f

(Föhr-Amrum) sea

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Norwegian dialectal sia, from Old Norse síðan. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sidan.

Adverb edit

sia

Alternative form of siden

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /²siːɑ/

Adverb edit

sia

(pre-2012) alternative form of sidan

Old Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Along with siu (“she”), from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz.

Pronoun edit

sia

they

Declension edit

Old Dutch personal pronouns

1st person	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ik, ic, ih	wī, wīr
Accusative	mī, mik, *mic	uns, unsig
Genitive	mīn	unsa, *unser
Dative	mī	uns, unsig
2nd person	Singular	Plural
Nominative	thu, tu	gī, ir
Accusative	thī, thik, *thic	iu,
Genitive	thīn	iuwa, *iuwer
Dative	thī	iu

3rd person	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hē, hie	sia	it
Accusative	imo	sia	it
Genitive	sīn, is	iro	is
Dative	imo	iro	imo
		Plural
Nominative		sia, sie (masc. plur.)
Accusative		sia, sie (masc. plur.)
Genitive		iro
Dative		im

Descendants edit

Middle Dutch: si, sie
- Dutch: zij
- Limburgish: zie

Old Saxon edit

Alternative forms edit

sie

Etymology edit

Along with siu (“she”), from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz.

Pronoun edit

sia m or f

she (accusative)
they

Declension edit

Old Saxon personal pronouns

Personal pronouns
Singular	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	ik	thū	hē	siu	it
Accusative	mī, me, mik	thī, thik	ina	sia	it
Dative	mī	thī	imu	iru	it
Genitive	mīn	thīn	is	ira	is

Dual	1.	2.	-	-	-
Nominative	wit	git	-	-	-
Accusative	unk	ink	-	-	-
Dative	unk	ink	-	-	-
Genitive	unkero, unka	inker, inka	-	-	-

Plural	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	wī, we	gī, ge	sia	sia	siu
Accusative	ūs, unsik	eu, iu, iuu	sia	sia	siu
Dative	ūs	eu, iu, iuu	im
Genitive	ūser	euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera	iro

Descendants edit

Middle Low German: sê, su, sia
- Dutch Low Saxon: zee
- German Low German: se
- Plautdietsch: see

Scottish Gaelic edit

**Scottish Gaelic numbers ^(edit)**
	60^{[a], [b]}
← 5	6	7 →
Cardinal: sia Standalone: a sia Ordinal: siathamh Ordinal abbreviation: 6mh Personal: sianar Multiplier: sia-fillte

Alternative forms edit

(Islay, South Argyll) sè

Etymology edit

From Old Irish sé, from Proto-Celtic *swexs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare Irish sé, Manx shey.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʃia/

Numeral edit

sia

six

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
sia	shia after "an", t-sia
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

Edward Dwelly (1911) “sia”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 sé”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Sotho edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-tíga.

Verb edit

sia

to leave

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish sīa, sēa, from Old Norse sjá, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.

Verb edit

sia (present siar, preterite siade, supine siat, imperative sia)

to foretell; to tell the future

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of sia (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	sia		sias
Supine	siat		siats
Imperative	sia		—
Imper. plural¹	sien		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	siar	siade	sias	siades
Ind. plural¹	sia	siade	sias	siades
Subjunctive²	sie	siade	sies	siades
	Participles
Present participle	siande
Past participle	—
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms edit

spå

Related terms edit

Anagrams edit

Isa

Tausug edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia.

Pronoun edit

sia

he

Ternate edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈsi.a]

Verb edit

sia

(transitive) to draw water (from a well, etc.)
(transitive) to drag

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of sia
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tosia	fosia	misia
2nd	nosia	nisia
3rd	Masculine	osia	isia, yosia^†
Feminine	mosia
Neuter	isia
† - archaic

References edit

Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetum edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *siwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siwa, from Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.

Numeral edit

sia

nine

Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From English chair.

Noun edit

sia

chair

Venetian edit

Verb edit

sia

inflection of èser:
1. first-person singular, third-person singular and third-person plural present subjunctive
2. third-person singular and plural imperative

White Hmong edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʂiə̯˧/

Etymology 1 edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Maybe related to siv (“sash”) and similar words?”

Verb edit

sia

to wrap around the waist
sia siv ― to put on a sash

Etymology 2 edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Seems to be considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed proto-form is given.^[1] Same lemma as Etymology 1 (the classifier being "string, strip" suggests a semantic relation)?”

Noun edit

sia (classifier: txoj)

References edit

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[2], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 295.

^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

Yámana edit

Noun edit

sia

foam

Yami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Austronesian *si-da. Compare Tagalog sila (“they, them”)

Pronoun edit

sia

they
he, she, it

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

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