siasia

Northern Valley Yokuts

Etymology

From Proto-Yokuts *sasa- ("eye").

Noun

siasia

1. (Noptinte) eye

References

• Madison S. Becler, Noptinte Yokuts, in Studies in American Indian Languages (Jesse O. Sawyer (editor), 1971)

Ternate

Etymology

Reduplication of sia (“to draw water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌsi.a.ˈsi.a]

Noun

siasia

1. a bucket

References

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