sii
See also: síi, sīi, si'i, and сии
Aiwoo
Noun
sii
- fish
References
- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- si, siin, sinh, ŝchi
Etymology
From Old High German sīn (“to be”) (with some inflections from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”) and *beuną (“to be, exist, become”)), from Proto-Indo-European *es-, *h₁es- (“to be, exist”). Cognate with German sein.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siː/
Verb
sii (third-person singular simple present isch, past participle gsii, past subjunctive weer, auxiliary sii)
- to be
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
- Wänn sind Si s'letscht Mal dunde gsi?
- When were you last down there?
- Wänn sind Si s'letscht Mal dunde gsi?
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
- (auxiliary, taking a past participle) to have (used in forming the perfect tense)
- Coordinate term: haa
Conjugation
conjugation of sii – Urner dialect
| infinitive | sii | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | gsii | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person ich, i | 2nd person du | 3rd person er/si/es | 1st person mir | 2nd person ir | 3rd person si | ||
| indicative | present | bi, bin | bisch | isch | sind | sind | sind |
| subjunctive | present | sig | siigesch | sig | siige | siiget | siige |
| past | wär, wër | wäresch | wär, wër | wäre | wäret | wäre | |
| imperative | affirmative | — | biss | — | — | sind | — |
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 85.
Aukan
Etymology 1
From Sranan Tongo siri (“seed”), from English seed.
Noun
sii
- seed
- fruit
- a grain of rice
- pill
Ideophone
sii
- Signifies gliding gently on water
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sii, from Proto-Uralic *śiŋe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiː/, [ˈs̠iː]
- Rhymes: -iː
- Syllabification(key): sii
Noun
sii
- Synonym of siihirsi
Declension
| Inflection of sii (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sii | siit | |
| genitive | siin | siiden siitten | |
| partitive | siitä | siitä | |
| illative | siihin | siihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sii | siit | |
| accusative | nom. | sii | siit |
| gen. | siin | ||
| genitive | siin | siiden siitten | |
| partitive | siitä | siitä | |
| inessive | siissä | siissä | |
| elative | siistä | siistä | |
| illative | siihin | siihin | |
| adessive | siillä | siillä | |
| ablative | siiltä | siiltä | |
| allative | siille | siille | |
| essive | siinä | siinä | |
| translative | siiksi | siiksi | |
| instructive | — | siin | |
| abessive | siittä | siittä | |
| comitative | — | siineen | |
| Possessive forms of sii (type maa) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | siini | siimme |
| 2nd person | siisi | siinne |
| 3rd person | siinsä | |
Anagrams
- -isi-, isi
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsi.i/
- Rhymes: -ii
- Hyphenation: sì‧i
- (Rome) IPA(key): /ˈsi/*[1]
- Rhymes: -i
Verb
sii
- second-person singular imperative of essere
References
- sii in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
Noun
siī
- genitive singular of sion
Njyem
Noun
sii
- genet
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian sidza, sedza, sega, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną. Cognate with West Frisian sizze, Danish sige.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /siː/
Verb
sii (present sii, 2 sg. sairst, 3 sg. sair, past sair, perfect sair)
- (Sylt) to say
Northern Ohlone
Noun
sii
- water
Northern Sami
Pronoun
sii
- they (more than two of them)
Inflection
| Inflection of sii (irregular) | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | sii |
| Genitive | sīn |
| Nominative | sii |
| Genitive | sīn |
| Accusative | sīn |
| Illative | sidjiide |
| Locative | sīs |
| Comitative | sīnguin |
| Essive | sīnin |
See also
| Personal pronouns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| 1st person | mun | moai | mii |
| 2nd person | don | doai | dii |
| 3rd person | son | soai | sii |
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Rama
Noun
sii
- water
References
- Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, volume 29
Romanian
Verb
a sii (third-person singular present siește, past participle siit) 4th conj.
- Obsolete form of sfii.
References
- sii in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Somali
Verb
sii
- to give
Spanish
Etymology
Presumably from si and after English iff.
Conjunction
sii
- (mathematics, rare) iff
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:sii.
West Makian
Etymology
Cognate with Ternate isi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s̪iː/
Noun
sii
- urine
Verb
sii
- (intransitive) to urinate
Conjugation
| Conjugation of sii (action verb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | tesii | mesii | asii | |
| 2nd person | nesii | fesii | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | isii | desii | |
| animate | ||||
| imperative | nisii, sii | fisii, sii | ||
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics