isi

isi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "isi"

Afar

Pronunciation

• (Northern Afar) IPA^(key): /iˈsi/
• (Southern Afar) IPA^(key): /iˈʃi/
• Hyphenation: i‧si

Determiner

isí

1. thy own, your own
2. his own, her own
3. (Awash) my own

See also

Afar possessive determiners

		1st person	2nd person	3rd person m	3rd person f
Personal	Singular	yi	ku	kay	tet
	Plural	ni	sin	ken
Reflexive	Singular	inní	isí
	Plural	ninní	isinní, sinní

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “isi”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

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Alladian

Alternative forms

• ishi, nishi, n'shi, n'ʃi

Noun

isi

1. water

References

• Maurice Delafosse, Vocabulaires comparatifs de plus de 60 langues ou dialectes parlés à la Côte d’Ivoire et dans les régions limitrophes : avec des notes linguistiques et ethnologiques, une bibliographie et une carte (Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1904), page 43 (as Alaguian isi, ishi)
• Die Sudansprachen. Eine sprachvergleichende Studie von Diedrich Westermann (Abhandlungen des Hamburgischen Kolonialinstituts Bd. 3; Hamburg, 1911), p. 149:

  Nu. esi Wasser
     Alaguian isi Wasser (D.).

  Abbreviations: Nu. = Nuba, (D.) = aus Delafosse. Explanation: German Wasser (“water”)

• Marc Augé, Le rivage alladian: organisation et évolution des villages alladian (as n'ʃi)

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Asi

Noun

isi

1. search

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: i‧si
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔisi/

Verb

ísi

1. to search

   Synonym: hanap

2. to remind; to prompt

   Synonym: girumdom

3. to discover something, to find out about something

   Synonyms: rurop, talastas

Derived terms

• isihon
• mag-isi
• maisihan
• makaisi
• paisi

 

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: i‧si
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔisi/, [ˈʔi.s̪ɪ]

Noun

isi

1. (chiefly Camiguin) toggle iron

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Faroese

Etymology

From English easy.

Adjective

isi (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) easy; composed, calm

Adverb

isi (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) quietly, gently

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Finnish

Etymology

Hypocoristic form of isä (“father”), possibly equivalent to isä +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisi/, [ˈis̠i]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -isi
• Syllabification^(key): i‧si

Noun

isi

1. (familiar) dad, father, daddy

   Synonyms: iskä, isukki, isä

Declension

Inflection of isi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		isi	isit
genitive		isin	isien
partitive		isiä	isejä
illative		isiin	iseihin
		singular	plural
nominative		isi	isit
accusative	nom.	isi	isit
	gen.	isin
genitive		isin	isien
partitive		isiä	isejä
inessive		isissä	iseissä
elative		isistä	iseistä
illative		isiin	iseihin
adessive		isillä	iseillä
ablative		isiltä	iseiltä
allative		isille	iseille
essive		isinä	iseinä
translative		isiksi	iseiksi
instructive		—	isein
abessive		isittä	iseittä
comitative		—	iseineen

Possessive forms of isi (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	isini	isimme
2nd person	isisi	isinne
3rd person	isinsä

Anagrams

• sii

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Greenlandic

Etymology 1

Form Proto-Eskimo *irǝ. Cognate of Inupiaq iri and Inuktitut ᐃᔨ (iyi), iji.

Noun

isi (plural isit)

1. (anatomy) eye

Declension

Declension of isi

	singular	plural
absolutive	isi	isit
ergative	isip	isit
allative	isimut	isinut
ablative	isimit	isiniit
prosecutive	isikkut	isiniit
locative	isimi	isini
instrumental	isimik	isinik
equative	isitut	isitut

Etymology 2

From Proto-Inuit *ici (“drum skin”), from Proto-Eskimo *ǝci (“drum skin, cover”).

Noun

isi (plural isit)

1. drum head, drum-skin
2. (music) string

Declension

Declension of isi

	singular	plural
absolutive	isi	isit
ergative	isip	isit
allative	isimut	isinut
ablative	isimit	isinit
prosecutive	isikkut	isinit
locative	isimi	isini
instrumental	isimik	isinik
equative	isitut	isitut

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Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping and -i diminutive of iskola (“school”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiʃi]
• Hyphenation: isi
• Rhymes: -ʃi

Noun

isi (plural isik)

1. (colloquial) school

   Synonyms: iskola, suli

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	isi	isik
accusative	isit	isiket
dative	isinek	isiknek
instrumental	isivel	isikkel
causal-final	isiért	isikért
translative	isivé	isikké
terminative	isiig	isikig
essive-formal	isiként	isikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	isiben	isikben
superessive	isin	isiken
adessive	isinél	isiknél
illative	isibe	isikbe
sublative	isire	isikre
allative	isihez	isikhez
elative	isiből	isikből
delative	isiről	isikről
ablative	isitől	isiktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	isié	isiké
non-attributive possessive - plural	isiéi	isikéi

Possessive forms of isi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	isim	isijeim
2nd person sing.	isid	isijeid
3rd person sing.	isije	isijei
1st person plural	isink	isijeink
2nd person plural	isitek	isijeitek
3rd person plural	isijük	isijeik

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Kavalan

Noun

isi

1. dregs (from winemaking)

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Lindu

Noun

isi

1. content
2. meat; flesh

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isi, from Proto-Austronesian *isi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isi/
• Rhymes: -si, -i

Noun

isi (Jawi spelling ايسي‎, plural isi-isi, informal 1st possessive isiku, 2nd possessive isimu, 3rd possessive isinya)

1. flesh
2. content

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pengisi [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pengisian [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• isian [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• perisian [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• mengisi [agent focus] (meN-)
• mengisikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• diisi [patient focus] (di-)
• diisikan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• terisi [agentless action] (teR-)
• berisi [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: isi

Further reading

• “isi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀇𑀲𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• इसि (Devanagari script)
• ইসি (Bengali script)
• ඉසි (Sinhalese script)
• ဣသိ or ဢိသိ (Burmese script)
• อิสิ (Thai script)
• ᩍᩈᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ອິສິ (Lao script)
• ឥសិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄨𑄥𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛṣi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš.

Noun

isi m

1. sage, seer

Declension

Declension table of "isi" (masculine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	isi	isayo or isī
Accusative (second)	isiṃ	isayo or isī
Instrumental (third)	isinā	isīhi or isībhi
Dative (fourth)	isissa or isino	isīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	isismā or isimhā	isīhi or isībhi
Genitive (sixth)	isissa or isino	isīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	isismiṃ or isimhi	isīsu
Vocative (calling)	isi	isayo or isī

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဣသိ (i.si.)
• → Mon: ဣသိ
• → Khmer: ឥសី (ʼisəy)
• → Sinhalese: ඉසි (isi)
• → Thai: อิสิ (isi)

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Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ncɪ́.

Noun

isí class 9 (plural amasí class 6)

1. earth, the world

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Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Afar úsuk and Hadiyya iso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisi/
• Hyphenation: i‧si

Pronoun

isi

1. he

See also

Sidamo personal pronouns

		1st person	2nd person	3rd person m	3rd person f
Nominative	sg.	ani	ati	isi	ise
	pl.	ninke	kiʼne	insa
Genitive	sg.	ane*)	ate*)	isi*)	ise*)
	pl.	ninke*)	kiʼne*)	insa*)
Accusative	sg.	ane*)	ate*)	iso*)	ise*)
	pl.	ninke*)	kiʼne*)	insa*)
*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 70

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Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with Tidore isi (“urine”), Tabaru osisi (“to urinate”). Further afield, compare Proto-Trans-New Guinea *(si)si, *siti, *pisi (“urine”) and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ihiq (“urine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.si/

Noun

isi

1. urine

References

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

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Tidore

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate isi (“urine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.si/

Noun

isi

1. urine

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill, page 75
• Joost Pikkert, Cheryl Pikkert, Husain Mahifa (1994) Kamus Bahasa Tidore, Indonesia, Inggris

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Turkish

Noun

isi

1. inflection of is:
   1. accusative singular
   2. third-person singular possessive

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West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.s̪i/

Verb

isi

1. (transitive) to kiss

Conjugation

Conjugation of isi (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tiisi	miisi	aisi
2nd person		niisi	fiisi
3rd person	inanimate	iisi	diisi
	animate
imperative		niisi, isi	fiisi, isi

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

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Zulu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /íːsi/

Noun

ī́si class 5 (plural amási class 6)

1. A lump of hard, curdled milk.
2. (in the plural) curdled or sour milk

Inflection

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	isi	amasi
Locative	esini	emasini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	isi		amasi
Simple form	lisi		masi
Locative	esini		emasini
Copulative	yisi		ngamasi
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wesi	owesi	wamasi	owamasi
Class 2	besi	abesi	bamasi	abamasi
Class 3	wesi	owesi	wamasi	owamasi
Class 4	yesi	eyesi	yamasi	eyamasi
Class 5	lesi	elesi	lamasi	elamasi
Class 6	esi	awesi	amasi	awamasi
Class 7	sesi	esesi	samasi	esamasi
Class 8	zesi	ezesi	zamasi	ezamasi
Class 9	yesi	eyesi	yamasi	eyamasi
Class 10	zesi	ezesi	zamasi	ezamasi
Class 11	lwesi	olwesi	lwamasi	olwamasi
Class 14	besi	obesi	bamasi	obamasi
Class 15	kwesi	okwesi	kwamasi	okwamasi
Class 17	kwesi	okwesi	kwamasi	okwamasi

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-si”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-si (3.2.9)”