sia

See also: Sia, sía, ŝia, siä, sỉa, siá, sià, and siA

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.a/

Verb

sia

(archaic) first-person singular present subjunctive form of ser
Synonyms: sigui, siga
(archaic) third-person singular present subjunctive form of ser
Synonyms: sigui, siga

Derived terms

o sia

Conjunction

sia

whether it be; be it
- 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 […]
Synonym: siga

Chuukese

Pronoun

sia

we (inclusive)

Adjective

sia

we are (inclusive)

Related terms

		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

Noun

sia

water
river

References

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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

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

Garo

Verb

sia

to die

Interlingua

Verb

sia

imperative of esser

Conjunction

sia

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

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sír.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʃiə]

Adjective

sia

longer
further

References

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

sia

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

Conjunction

sia ... sia ...

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

Synonyms

sia ... che ...

Anagrams

-asi, sai

Kanakanabu

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

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.

Numeral

sia

nine

Latin

Noun

sia

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sion

References

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

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian sê. Cognates include West Frisian see.

Noun

sia f

(Föhr-Amrum) sea

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Adverb

sia

Alternative form of siden

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²siːɑ/

Adverb

sia

(pre-2012) alternative form of sidan

Old Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronoun

sia

they

Declension

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

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

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

sie

Etymology

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

Pronoun

sia m or f

she (accusative)
they

Declension

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	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

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

Scottish Gaelic

**Scottish Gaelic cardinal numbers**
< 5	6	7 >
Cardinal : sia Ordinal : siathamh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃia/

Numeral

sia

six

Derived terms

seasgad
sianar
siathamh

Mutation

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

Edward Dwelly (1911), “sia”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 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

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tíga.

Verb

sia

to leave

Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

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

to foretell; to tell the future

Conjugation

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	siad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

spå

Related terms

siare
sierska

Anagrams

Isa

Tausug

Etymology

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

Pronoun

sia

he

Ternate

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsi.a]

Verb

sia

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

Conjugation

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

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

Tetum

Etymology

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

Numeral

sia

nine

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English chair.

Noun

sia

chair

Venetian

Verb

sia

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

Yámana

Noun

sia

foam

Yami

Etymology

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

Pronoun

sia

they
he, she, it

sia

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

Derived terms

Conjunction

Further reading

Chuukese

Pronoun

Adjective

Related terms

Eritai

Noun

References

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

See also

Garo

Verb

Interlingua

Verb

Conjunction

Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

References

Italian

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjunction

Synonyms

Anagrams

Kanakanabu

Etymology

Numeral

Latin

Noun

References

North Frisian

Etymology

Noun

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Adverb

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Adverb

Old Dutch

Etymology

Pronoun

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronoun

Declension

Descendants

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Numeral

Derived terms

Mutation

References

Sotho

Etymology

Verb

Swedish

Etymology

Verb

Conjugation

Synonyms

Related terms

Anagrams

Tausug