shi

See also: shī, shí, shǐ, shì, shį, and shį́

English

Pronunciation

(pronoun) IPA^(key): [ʃaɪ] - expressly not [ʃi]

Noun

shi (uncountable)

Apocopic form of shit

Pronoun

shi

(rare, furry fandom) Alternative form of sie (gender-neutral pronoun)
- 1999 november 20, "Chakat Goldfur" (username), Furry Art on Ebay...horrible shameless plug, alt.fan.furry, Usenet:
  The mother was Chakat Goldfur and the sire was Garrek Redfox (foxtaur) so she^[sic] has the same red fur but cougar-like markings. Of course shi’s still only a cub yet, but if shi grows up to look anything like the your Jaguar-Vixen, shi’s going to be a heartbreaker!
- 2001 January 25, "Achowth Keciyl" (username), quoting "A. Seraph" (username), Fur: The one and only Herm Gengimal, in fur.artwork.erotica, Usenet:
  > Unlike most Furry Hermaphrodites I've seen, Clash is fairly
  > androgynous. Shi is remarkable in hir modesty.
  >
  > But shi IS rather naughty, as you can see.
- 2006, Kenneth Fox, Joined in Mind and Body, Kenneth Fox, →ISBN, page 230:
  Dropping hir forebody down just a little, shi bent over double at the waist. Andrew's eyes blinked open as whiskers met his cheeks just before feline lips. He purred to hir and reached up to caress hir back as shi kissed him ...

Synonyms

see Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns
hir (objective form)

Interjection

shi

Apocopic form of shit

Anagrams

-ish, His, Hsi, IHS, Ish, his, ish

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *śūh, from Proto-Indo-European *suh₂-s < *sh₂ew- (“to rain”). Compare Ancient Greek ὕει (húei, “it rains”), Hittite [script needed] (ishuwāi, “(s)he pours out, spills”), Tocharian B [Term?] (suwaṃ, “it rains”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʃi]

Noun

shi m (indefinite plural shira, definite singular shiu, definite plural shirat)

rain

Declension

Declension of shi

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)		definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	(një) shi	(disa) shira	shiu	shirat
accusative (kallëzore)	(një) shi	(disa) shira	shiun	shirat
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	(një) shiu	(disa) shirave	shiut	shiravet
dative (dhanore)	(një) shiu	(disa) shirave	shiut	shiravet
ablative (rrjedhore) (prej)	(një) shiu	(disa) shirash	shiut	shiravet

References

Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 226.

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin sic. Compare to Daco-Romanian și.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʃi]

Conjunction

shi

and
also

Dena'ina

Pronoun

shi

I, me (first-person singular)

Related terms

sh-

Drung

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *səj.

Verb

shi

to die

References

Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung‎, Santa Barbara: University of California

Esperanto

Pronoun

shi

H-system spelling of ŝi

Hausa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃí/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ́]

Pronoun

shi m sg (feminine ita, plural su)

he (3rd person singular pronoun)

Japanese

Romanization

shi

Rōmaji transcription of し
Rōmaji transcription of シ
Rōmaji transcription of しっ

Jingpho

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj (“ten”).

Numeral

shi

ten

Kwama

Noun

shi

tooth

References

Goldberg, Justin; Asadik, Habte; Bekama, Jiregna; Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary‎, SIL International

Mandarin

Romanization

shi (shi⁵ / shi⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄕ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 匙.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 殖.
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𥫽.

shi

Nonstandard spelling of shī.
Nonstandard spelling of shí.
Nonstandard spelling of shǐ.
Nonstandard spelling of shì.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Scots

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɪ/

Pronoun

shi

(South Scots, personal) she

Usage notes

Used alongside the English she (/ʃiː/).