siel
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch ziel, from Middle Dutch siele, from Old Dutch sēla, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.
Pronunciation edit
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Maltese edit
Root |
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s-j-l |
2 terms |
Etymology edit
From Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala, “to ask”). Compare Moroccan Arabic سال (sāl, “to be owed money”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
siel (imperfect jsil, past participle misul, verbal noun tisjil)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of siel | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | silt | silt | siel | silna | siltu | sielu | |
f | sielet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nsil | ssil | jsil | nsilu | ssilu | jsilu | |
f | ssil | |||||||
imperative | sil | silu |
Rotokas edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Tok Pisin sel, from English sail, from Middle English saile, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.
Noun edit
siel
References edit
- Firchow, Irwin, Firchow, Jacqueline, Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English[1], Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 101
West Frisian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
siel c (plural sielen, diminutive sieltsje)
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “siel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011