sif
See also: Sif, šif, and šíf
Indonesian
Etymology
From English shift, from Middle English schiften, from Old English sċiftan (“to divide, separate into shares; appoint, ordain; arrange, organise”), from Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną, *skiptijaną, for earlier *skipatjaną (“to organise, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyb- (“to separate, divide, part”), from Proto-Indo-European *skēy- (“to cut, divide, separate, part”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɪf]
- Hyphenation: sif
Noun
sif (plural sif-sif, first-person possessive sifku, second-person possessive sifmu, third-person possessive sifnya)
- (colloquial) shiftwork.
Alternative forms
- شيف (syif) (Standard Malay)
Further reading
- “sif” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.