si
( international standards ) ISO 639-1 language code forSinhalese . FromMiddle English si ( “ seventh degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales ” ) ,Italian si Latin Sāncte Iohannēs ( “ Saint John (the Baptist) ” ) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymnUt queant laxis initialism ofSāncte Iohannēs
si (plural sis
( music ) solfège to represent the seventh note of amajor scale .Varying reconstructions. Oreldescends it fromProto-Albanian *tšei [ 1] Proto-Albanian *čī [ 2] Proto-Indo-European *kwi-h₁ Latin qui ( “ how, why ” ) ,Old English hwȳ hwī ( “ why ” ) . An interrogative and relative pronoun, especially in connection with a preposition.
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how ; in what way; in what stateSi janë shokët e tu?How are your friends? like ,as Si e dini, nuk kemi filluar ende.As you know, we've not yet begun. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998 ) “si ”, inAlbanian Etymological Dictionary , Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill,→ISBN 395 ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013 )Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen;33 ) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz,→ISBN 225 FromOld High German siu Proto-Germanic *sī German sie ( “ she; it ” ) ,Gothic 𐍃𐌹 ( si ) ,Old English sēo
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she it (for referents of the feminine grammatical gender)Alemannic German personal pronouns nominative accusative dative possessivem singular 1st person ich i mich mi mir mier mer min miin 2nd familiar du dich di dir dier der din diin polite Si Ine Ene -ne Ire 3rd m er in en im sin siin f si ire n es 's -s im sin siin plural 1st person mir mer üs öis ois eus üse öise oise euse 2nd person ir ier öi eu öie eure 3rd person si ine ene -ne ire
FromOld High German sie m pl , sio f pl , siu n pl . Cognate with German sie Dutch zij
si pl
they Alemannic German personal pronouns nominative accusative dative possessivem singular 1st person ich i mich mi mir mier mer min miin 2nd familiar du dich di dir dier der din diin polite Si Ine Ene -ne Ire 3rd m er in en im sin siin f si ire n es 's -s im sin siin plural 1st person mir mer üs öis ois eus üse öise oise euse 2nd person ir ier öi eu öie eure 3rd person si ine ene -ne ire
FromMiddle High German sein sīn Old High German sīn Proto-Germanic *sīnaz German sein Dutch zijn West Frisian syn Icelandic sinn
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his Inflected forms include:
FromMiddle High German sīn Old High German sīn German sein Dutch zijn Low German sien
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( Gressoney ) be FromLatin si
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if FromProto-Bahnaric *ciː Proto-Mon-Khmer *ciiʔ ( “ louse ” ) ; cognate withVietnamese chí chấy
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louse FromEnglish see
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tosee CompareChamorro si Indonesian si Malay si Tagalog si
si (plural sina
direct marker placed before names or terms of address of people Nagdalagansi Juan. ―Juan ran. Dinara nindasi Tatay sa ospital. ―They brought Father to the hospital. direct marker placed before an adjective used to refer to a person with those distinct characteristics Yaon nasi Taba. ―Fatso is here. ( Naga ) direct marker placed before common nouns Synonym: su Kinua ko nasi pakete. ―I already got the package FromOld Catalan si Latin si ( “ if ” ) .
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if FromLatin S ancteI ohannes( “ Saint John ” ) in thehymn for St. John the Baptist .
si m (plural sis
( music ) si ( seventh note of a diatonic scale ) FromOld Catalan si sin Latin sĭnus
si m (plural sins
cavity ,depression ( anatomy ) sinus ( figuratively ) uterus front portion of thebreast ( figuratively ) heart estuary ,bay FromLatin sĭbī
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himself ,herself ,itself oneself themselves each other Si is the stressed (or "strong", or "tonic") form of the reflexive pronounes Catalan personal pronouns and clitics strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic singular 1st standard jo mi 3 em m’ -me ,’m em m’ -me ,’m meu majestic1 nós ens -nos ,’ns ens -nos ,’ns nostre 2nd standard tu et t’ -te ,’t et t’ -te ,’t teu formal1 vós us -vos ,-us us -vos ,-us vostre very formal2 vostè el l’ -lo ,’l li -li seu 3rd m ell el l’ -lo ,’l li -li seu f ella la l’ 4 -la li -li seu n ho -ho li -li seu plural 1st person nosaltres ens -nos ,’ns ens -nos ,’ns nostre 2nd standard vosaltres us -vos ,-us us -vos ,-us vostre formal2 vostès els -los ,’ls els -los ,’ls seu 3rd m ells els -los ,’ls els -los ,’ls seu f elles les -les els -los ,’ls seu 3rd person reflexivesi es s’ -se ,’s es s’ -se ,’s seu adverbial ablative/genitive en n’ -ne ,’n locative hi -hi
1 Behaves grammatically as plural. 2 Behaves grammatically as third person.3 Only as object of a preposition. 4 Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
FromMiddle High German sīn
si (masculine senge or singe feminine and plural seng or sing
( Ripuarian ) his ,its ( third-person masculine and neuter possessive ) Wo hät e dannsi Jlas henjestallt? ―Where did he puthis glass? The formseng/sing is used for the neuter when strongly stressed:Dat essing Jlas! ( “ That'shis glass! ” ) Contrariwise, the formsi may be used for the masculine and feminine when unstressed, chiefly with words for relatives:si Papp (“his father”, but less common thansenge Papp ). CompareBikol Central si Indonesian si Malay si
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Subject marker for personal names Inherited fromSpanish sí
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yes Inherited fromSpanish si ( “ if ” ) .
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if FromMiddle High German si(e) Old High German siu Proto-West Germanic *sī Proto-Germanic *sī *iz German sie
si
( Luserna ) she ,it (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
si m (plural siow
hiss ,buzz (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
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( transitive ) fancy Inherited fromProto-Slavic *si
si (reflexive )
cliticdative ofsebe :tooneself tomyself toyourself Poslužsi . ―Serve yourself. tohimself toherself toitself toourselves toyourselves tothemselves Synonym: ( stressed ) sobě “si ”, inPříruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech),1935–1957 “si ”, inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech),1960–1971, 1989 FromLatin sex
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six FromOld Norse sía ( “ to sieve, filter ” ) .
si c (singular definite sien plural indefinite sier
sieve strainer colander si (imperative si infinitive atsi ,present tense sier past tense siede perfect tense harsiet )
sieve strain sift si m or f (plural si's diminutive sietje n )
musical note; ti FromItalian si French soi Spanish se Latin se i of personal pronouns.
si (reflexive ,accusative sin possessive sia
himself ,herself ,itself ,themselves ,oneself The reflexive pronounsi is only used to refer to the third person (In English:he /she /it /they ) not the first or second person (In English:I /we /you ). When the subject of a sentence is first or second person, the same pronoun is repeated (with the accusative ending-n si . (E.g. "they washthemselves " isili lavassin , but "I washmyself " ismi lavasmin , instead of *mi lavas sin .)
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toescape FromOld Galician-Portuguese se Latin sī ( “ if ” ) .
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if ( used to introduce a condition or choice ) 2000 Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala , Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:Isi “a patria do homi é sua lengua”, cumu idía Albert Camus, o que está claru é que a lengua está mui por encima de fronteiras, serras, rius i maris, de situaciós pulíticas i sociu-económicas, de lazus religiosus e inclusu familiaris. Andif “a man’s homeland is his language”, as Albert Camus said, what is clear is that language is above borders, mountain ranges, rivers and seas, above political and socio-economic situations, of religious and even family ties. si
Alternative form ofse 2000 Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala , Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 2: Númerus?:As lenguas, idiomas, dialectus o falas tenin un-as funciós mui claras desde o principiu dos siglu isi hai contabilizaus en o mundu un-as 8.000 lenguas, ca un-a con sua importancia numérica relativa, a nossa fala é un tesoiru mais entre elas. The tongues, languages or regional variants have some very clear functions since the beginning of the centuries and some 8,000 languages have been accounted for in the world, each with its relative numerical importance, Fala is yet another treasure among them. FromOld French se Latin si ( “ if ” ) .
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if ,whether Je me demandesi elle sera seule. ―I wonderif she'll be alone. Je veux savoirsi tu viendras ou non. ―I want to knowif you're coming or not. if ( assuming that ) Si j’avais ses pouvoirs, je créerais un monde où le mal n’existe pas.If I had his power, I'd create a world where evil didn't exist.Si tu n’avais pas appelé, je serais morte.If you hadn't called, I'd be dead.even if although ,while Elided precedingil ils s’il s’ils
FromOld French si Latin sic ( “ so, thus ” ) .Doublet ofsic
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yes ( used to contradict a negative statement ) Synonym: ( archaic ) si fait Tu ne m’aimes pas, n’est-ce pas ? —Si ! You don’t like me, do you? —Yes, I do ! Moi, je n’ai rien fait ! —Si ! I didn't do anything! —Yes, you did ! The positive particle usage is uncommon in Québec, where most speakers useoui
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so ,such ( intensifier ) J’étaissi fatigué ces jours-ci que je n’avais pas le courage de vous écrire. I wasso tired those days that I didn't have the energy to write to you. Cela n’aurait pas été unesi bonne idée. That wouldn't have beensuch a good idea. ( si + adjective/adverb + que ... ) however ( to whatever extent or degree ) Synonyms: aussi tout quelque Si bavard qu’il soit, il ne dit rien de stupide.However talkative he may be, he doesn't say anything stupid.2017 Platon :Mais un législateur qui aurait un tant soit peu de worth,si infime soit elle, quand bien même il n’en irait pas comme l’argument vient de le démontrer, n’aurait-il pas commis en cette occasion, plus qu’en n’importe quelle autre circonstance où il aurait eu l’audace de mentir aux jeunes gens dans l’intérêt du bien, son plus utile mensonge, celui capable de faire que tous, non pas de force mais de leur plein gré, se conduisent de façon entièrement juste ? But a legislator who would have the slightest bit of valour,however tiny it may be, even if it were not as the argument has just demonstrated, would he not have committed on this occasion, more than in any other circumstance where he would have had the audacity to lie to young people in the interest of the good, his most useful lie, the one capable of making everyone, not by force but of their own accord, behave in an entirely just fashion? In the sensehowever Theque si heureuse soit-elle ―however happy she may be si faible paraisse-t-il ―however weak he may seem si m (plural si
( music ) si FromLatin se
si (third person )
( reflexive pronoun ) himself ,herself "Statute of Galicia: [vote] yes", pro-Galician devolved government, 1936 FromLatin sīc
si
yes Antonym: non FromLatin sē ablative andaccusative pronoun form.
si (accusative se dative se
himself ,herself ,itself themselves The pronounsi is used exclusively as the object of a preposition; no nominative form exists.
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
si m (plural sis
( music ) si ( musical note ) ( music ) B (the musical note or key)si
Romanization of𐍃𐌹 Guinea-Bissau Creole [ edit ] FromPortuguese se Kabuverdianu si
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if FromFrench si
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if FromProto-Austronesian *si
IPA (key ) : /ˈsi/ [ˈsi] Rhymes:-i Syllabification:si si (Hanunoo spelling ᜰᜲ
a form preposed to personal names Si GawidGawid Sintaysi Luyon? Who is Luyon? Kang manoksi manayti. My bird the manayti (small bird) Conklin, Harold C. (1953 )Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press,→OCLC page244 si
woman Bill Palmer,The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN , 2017), page 531, table 95,Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages Borrowed from Italian sì Spanish sí
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( archaic ) yes Synonym: yes Antonym: no Progreso I (in Ido),1908–1909 , page10 FromProto-Austronesian *si Bikol Central si Chamorro si Malay si Tagalog si
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Definite article used before the names of those with whom the speaker and interlocutor is intimate or familiar with Tiada satupun yang berani padasi Tigor pemberani. ―No one dared to opposethe brave Tigor . Kukatakan padasi Yopi kecil, janganlah marah ―I said tolittle Yopi , don't angry. Kudengar bahwasi Tuti besar sedang sakit ―I hear thatbig Tuti is ill. Definite article used before a noun referring to a particular person with a particular characteristic Si penjual jamu itu cantik sekali.That jamu seller is very pretty.Dia tertawa dengansi orang asing itu. ―She was laughing withthe foreigner. Si pemuda itu tersenyum lebar lalu pergi.The young man smiled broadly then left.Definite article used before a nickname, typically for a subject whose well-known attributes are referred to by an adjective Namanyasi Putih ―The name isWhitey . Si GendutThe Fatso Si Goblok ―The Old Muttonhead Definite article used before animals si kucing ―the catsi
( law enforcement ) aphetic form ofseksi ( “ section ” ) Unadapted borrowing fromJapanese 市( し ) ( shi “ city ” ) . Romanised according modifiedKunrei-shiki romanization .
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( historical , 1942-1945) Synonym ofkota ( “ city ” ) si
yes FromLatin se ( “ him-, her-, it-, themselves ” ,reflexive third-person pronoun ) . Cognate withSpanish se Portuguese se si
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( reflexive pronoun ) oneself ,himself ,herself ,itself ,themselves Il tuo gattosi lava sul mio letto. ―Your cat cleanshimself /itself on my bed. La tua gattasi lava sul mio letto. ―Your cat cleansherself on my bed. Marcosi è rotto il braccio. ―Marco has brokenhis arm. ( reciprocal pronoun ) each other ,one another Carlo e Laurasi amano. ―Carlo and Laura loveeach other . ( indefinite ) one ,you ,we ,they ,people In Italiasi pranza intorno all'una. ―In Italythey eat lunch around 13. In Italiasi tende ad andare a letto tardi. ―In Italy,people tend to go to bed late. Si dice che Maria volesse uccidere Giovanni.It is said that Maria wanted to kill Giovanni.Da questa finestrasi vede la banca. ―From this window,one can see the bank. ( si passivante ) Used to form thepassive voice of a verb it Si vende latte. / Vendesi latte.Milk for sale. Nonsi accettano carte di credito. ―Credit cards are not accepted. ( dialectal , notably Rome ) reflexive and reciprocal first person pronoun, where Standard Italian usesci Volemose bene. ( Vogliamoci bene. ) Let's love each other. Se lasmezzamo ?( Ce la dividiamo?) Do you want to split? 1483 Orlando Innamorato , I, XVIII, lines37–39 :Ambose poseremo in questo prato We will both lay down in this meadow Whensi e of the infinitive is dropped, or, in the case of infinitives ending in -rre , the final -re is dropped. Examples:amar(e) si amarsi ridur(re) si ridursi Often translated using the passive voice in English when used as indefinite personal pronoun:Si dice che[ …] ―It is said that [ …] Verb +si become get In cases wheresi ( indefinite pronoun ) andsi ( reflexive pronoun ) follow each other, the firstsi ci Ci si lava. ―One washes oneself. (instead of:*Si si lava. Becomesse lo la li le ne Italian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Combined Disjunctive Locative Partitive Singular first — io mi m' -mi me me — second — tu ti t' -ti te te third m lui si 2 s' -si lo l' -lo gli -gli glie se 2 lui sé ci c' vi v' ( formal ) ne n' f lei Lei 1 la La 1 l' L' 1 -la -La 1 le 3 Le 1 -le 3 -Le 1 lei Lei 1 sé Plural first — noi ci c' -ci ce noi — second — voi Voi 4 vi Vi 4 v' V' 4 -vi -Vi 4 ve voi Voi 4 third m loro Loro 1 si s' -si li Li 1 -li -Li 1 gli -gli loro ( formal ) ,Loro 1 glie se loro Loro 1 sé ci c' vi v' ( formal ) ne n' f le Le 1 -le -Le 1 1 Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. 2 Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. 3 Often replaced bygli -gli 4 Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with Frenchvous
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( music ) si ( musical note B ) Derived fromEnglish see
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tosee Mi wuda laiksi im tu. I'd like tosee him too. si
(Used withya Si yu buk-demya .Here are your books.si
Thekatakana syllableスィ ( si ) inHepburn -like romanization. FromProto-Sino-Tibetan *səj ( “ to die ” ) . Cognate withTibetan ཤི ( shi ) ,Chinese 死 OC *hljiʔ [ 1]
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( Kamnyu, intransitive ) die FromProto-Sino-Tibetan *siŋ ~ *sik ( “ tree; wood; firewood ” ) . Cognate withTibetan ཤིང ( shing ,“ tree ” ) ,Chinese 薪 OC *siŋ Tangut 𗝠 ( *sji¹ ,“ tree ” ) .[ 2] [ 3]
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( Kamnyu ) tree ( Kamnyu ) wood ^ Zhang, Shuya, Jacques, Guillaume, Lai, Yunfan (2019 ) “A study of cognates between Gyalrong languages and Old Chinese ”, inJournal of Language Relationship , volume17 , number 1,→DOI 89 ^ Zhang, Shuya, Jacques, Guillaume, Lai, Yunfan (2019 ) “A study of cognates between Gyalrong languages and Old Chinese ”, inJournal of Language Relationship , volume17 , number 1,→DOI 85 ^ Jacques, Guillaume (2014 )Esquisse de phonologie et de morphologie historique du tangoute , Leiden: Brill,→ISBN 100 Guillaume Jacques,Argument Demotion in Japhug Rgyalrong (2012) Guillaume Jacques (2021 )A grammar of Japhug [2] →ISBN FromPortuguese se
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if FromPortuguese sim
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yes ( Standard Kankanaey ) IPA (key ) : /si/ [si̞] IPA (key ) : ( parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian ) /hi/ [hi̞] Rhymes:-i Syllabification:si si
oblique argument, specifically a commonnominal indefinite markerDialectal synonyms of si
Southern / Central Mt. Province Tadian si ,(Lubon ) hi ,(Banaao ,Cadad-anan ,Cagubatan ,Dacudac ,Lenga ,Pandayan ) ho Bauko si ,(Banao ,Bila ,Otucan ) hi Sabangan si ,(Tambingan ,Supang ,Data ,Lagan ,Losad ,Poblacion ) si ,(Bun-ayan ,Pingad ,Bao-angan ,Camatagan ,Napua ,Gayang ,Capinitan ,Busa ,Namatec ) hi Northern / Applai Mt. Province Sagada si
Janet L. Allen (2014 )Kankanaey: A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis [3] →ISBN 128 Si. si
wildcow K. E. Herr (2011 )The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin [4] 50 si
water Roger Blench, Mark Post,(De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconstructing the evidence (2011) fromFrench scie ( “ saw ” )
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saw ( tool ) FromLatin sē
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( possessive ) his ,her ,hers ,its ,their Inherited fromOld Spanish si ( “ if ” ) .
si (Hebrew spelling סי [ 1]
if supposing Inherited fromOld Spanish si ( “ oneself ” ) .
si (Hebrew spelling סי [ 1]
oneself herself itself himself themselves ( form ofse ) Inherited fromOld Spanish si ( “ yea ” ) .
si (Hebrew spelling סי [ 1]
yes aye ( commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question ) Antonym: no ↑1.0 1.1 1.2 “si ”, inTrezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola sei ( standard in Republican spelling ) se ( Merovingian ) FromProto-Italic *sei ( “ so, thus ” ) used in parataxis, likely via the meaning "in this" as the locative singular ofProto-Indo-European *só ( “ this, that ” ) ; this older meaning is preserved inLatin sīc sī dīs placet so help me God . Related to Old Englishsē ( “ he, that ” ) .
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if ,supposing thatSī versūs hōrum duōrum poētārum neglegētis, magnā parte litterārum carēbitis.If you neglect the verses of these two poets, you will miss a great part of literature.Sī vis pacem, para bellum.If you want peace, prepare for war.whether ( when a verb ofseeing ortrying is the main verb in the apodosis; or whensī is used twice correlatively ) sī ...sī whether ...or Aromanian:si Catalan:si Franco-Provençal:se French:si Friulian:se Galician:se Italian:se Occitan:se Portuguese:se Guinea-Bissau Creole:si Kabuverdianu:si Papiamentu:si Romanian:să Romansch:sche Sicilian:si Spanish:si si inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 )A Latin Dictionary si inCharlton T. Lewis (1891 )An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers "si ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis si inGaffiot, Félix (1934 )Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette. si inRichard Stillwell et al., editor (1976 ),The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites , Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press Sihler, Andrew L. (1995 )New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin , Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press,→ISBN De Vaan, Michiel (2008 ) “sī, sīc”, inEtymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN page561 si m ( invariable
( music ) si FromProto-Loloish *ʃe² ( “ to die ” ) , fromProto-Lolo-Burmese *səj¹ ( “ to die ” ) , fromProto-Sino-Tibetan *səj ( “ to die ” ) .
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( Yao'an ) die si
( Yao'an ) death Merrifield, Judith, Merrifield, Scott (2018 ) “Query for si ”, inYao'an Loxrlavu – English Dictionary (in Chinese), SIL International Inherited fromFrench si ( “ if ” ) .
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if Inherited fromFrench si ( “ so ” ) .
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so ( intensifier ) Inherited fromFrench six ( “ six ” ) .
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six Precedes consonant-initial words. See usage notes atsis si
third-person feminine singular, nominative :she Si ass eng ganz schéi Fra.She is a very beautiful womanthird-person feminine singular, accusative :her Den Hond huetsi gebass. ―The dog bither third-person plural, nominative :they Si si ganz schéi Fraen.They are very beautiful women.third-person plural, accusative :them Den Hond huetsi gebass. ―The dog bitthem The feminine singular is used chiefly with feminine words for things. Female persons are predominantly treated as grammatically neuter, though the feminine is not impossible. Seehatt FromPortuguese se
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if ( introduces a condition ) si nuncaotherwise (literally, “if notsi sâm capazif you are brave /if you daresi más pricisâif more is neededsi já falâ co iouif you had told mesi vosôtro querê vêmif you (pl.) want to comeiou vai olâsi têm ―I'm going to seeif there is any si têm vagar lôgo vêmI'll comeif I have time FromProto-Austronesian *si₁ Berik si Chamorro si Indonesian si Tagalog si
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the ( primarily used with people, rarely necessary ) Ke mana perginyasi budak nakal yang aku jumpa di taman tadi? Where hasthe brat I just met in the park headed to? definite particle used with adjectives to describe people a definite article used in names or nicknames si (si5 / si0 Zhuyin ˙ㄙ )
Hanyu Pinyin reading of廁 / 厕 si
Nonstandard spelling ofsī Nonstandard spelling ofsǐ Nonstandard spelling ofsì Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.FromFrench si
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if si
yes ( used to contradict a negative statement ) FromOld Dutch sia
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she Middle Dutch personal pronouns
FromOld Dutch sia
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they ( all genders ) Middle Dutch personal pronouns
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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first / third-person singular present subjunctive ofwēsen “si (II) ”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek ,2000 “si (III) ”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek ,2000 Verwijs, E. ,Verdam, J. (1885–1929 ) “si (I) ”, inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek , The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN FromOld English sīe wesan Proto-Germanic *sijǭ ( first person ) ,*sijēs ( second person ) , and*sijē ( third person ) , singular subjunctive forms of*wesaną
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( Early Middle English , rare ) singular present subjunctive ofbeen FromOld French se
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if then (afterwards; following)sî
Alternative form ofsê FromMiddle High German si(e) Old High German siu Proto-West Germanic *sī Proto-Germanic *sī *iz German sie
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she ,it si
ear Possessive forms ofsi (tight inalienable possession, oa/a stem) singular first person sioaioa second person sioamwen third person sioa dual first person inclusive siasa first person exclusive siama second person siamwa third person siara plural first person inclusive siasai first person exclusive siamai second person siamwai third person siarai remote plural first person inclusive siahs first person exclusive siami second person siemwi third person siahr construct form sien
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water Marvin Lionel Bender,Topics in Nilo-Saharan linguistics (1989) [5] si
tooth name FromOld French si Latin si ( “ if ” ) .
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( Guernsey ) if FromOld Norse segja Proto-Germanic *sagjaną Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ( “ to say ” ) .
si (imperative si present tense sier passive sies past tense sa past participle sagt present participle siende
tosay si
feminine singular ofsin See the main entry.
si ( uncountable )
Alternative form ofside ,used only in the phrasepå si si ( uncountable )
( music ) si ( seventh note of a major scale ) “si” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .“si ” inThe Ordnett Dictionary si f
feminine singular ofsin Acronym ofLatin Sancte Ioannes Ut queant laxis solfège were derived. A younger alteration,ti
si m (definite singular si-en indefinite plural si-ar definite plural si-ane
( music ) si major scale Akin to the first part ofOld Norse síþráðr
si n (definite singular siet uncountable
( collective , nautical , dated ) tatters ofrope used tostop leakage Doublet ofside
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Used only idiomatically in the prepositional phrase på si Clipping ofsidan
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( dialectal ) since ( dialectal ) ago ( dialectal ) because ,for “si” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .sī
Alternative form ofsīe FromLatin sic
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so ;thus ; in such a waySeese
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Alternative form ofse ( if ) Old Galician-Portuguese [ edit ] Inherited fromLatin sibi Proto-Indo-European *sébʰye *swé ( “ self ” ) . Cognate withOld French sei Old Spanish si
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oneself herself itself himself themselves ( form ofse ) Inherited fromLatin sīc ( “ thus; so ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *so ( “ this, that ” ) .
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yes ( affirmatively ) Antonym: non sī
first / third-person singular present subjunctive ofwesan si
feminine nominative singular ofsē Inherited fromLatin si ( “ if ” ) .
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if supposing Inherited fromLatin sibi Proto-Indo-European *sébʰye *swé ( “ self ” ) . Cognate withOld French sei Old Galician-Portuguese si
si
oneself herself itself himself themselves ( form ofse ) Inherited fromLatin sīc (est)( “ thus ” ) .
si
yea aye yes ( commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question ) Antonym: no Ralph Steele Boggset al. (1946 ) “si”, inTentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish , volume II, Chapel Hill,page469 Inherited fromSanskrit शी ( śī ) .
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tolie down Inherited fromSanskrit श्रि ( śri ) .
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torest on The initial consonant tends to geminate after prefixes.
Non-present participles, gerundives, absolutives and infinitives
Inherited fromSanskrit सि ( si ) .
si
tobind FromSpanish si Portuguese se Kabuverdianu si
si
if when FromSpanish sí Portuguese sim Kabuverdianu si
si
yes
FromOld Galician-Portuguese si Latin sibi Proto-Indo-European *sébʰye *swé ( “ self ” ) . Cognate withFrench soi Italian sé Spanish sí
si (reflexive )
( following a preposition ) oneself ,yourself ,himself ,herself ,itself ,yourselves ,themselves FromLatin S ancteI ohannes( “ Saint John ” ) in thehymn for St. John the Baptist .
si m (plural sis
si ( musical note ) si
Eye dialect spelling ofse , representingBrazil Portuguese .Possibly borrowed fromSpanish sí clipping ofsim
si
( Rio Grande do Sul , informal , Internet slang ) yes ( affirmative answer ) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sim Cognate withAssiniboine sihá Dakota sihá Lakota sí Omaha-Ponca si Hidatsa icí Crow iché
si
foot ( Central Romagnol ) :IPA (key ) : [ˈsiː]
Inherited fromLatin sĕx ( “ six ” ) .
si m
six Uj vösi dè. It takessix days. From the initial letters ofS ancteI ohannesUt queant laxis .
si m (plural si
Si (musical note)Inherited fromLatin sēbum ( “ tallow ” ) .
si m (plural si
tallow Masotti, Adelmo (1996 )Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary 584, 585
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
si
tobe there be Used before an accusative personal pronoun to indicate possession. Si la kale bala.Shehas black hair. The personal pronoun is often omitted whensi is used to mean "to be". When a noun indicates the possessor,si follows the accusative case of the noun. Yūsuke Sumi (2018 )ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ（ジプシー）語 New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy) 2021 ,→ISBN →OCLC 71 FromItalian si
si m (plural si
( music ) si ( musical note B ) Declension ofsi singular plural indefinite definite indefinite definite nominative-accusative si siul si sii genitive-dative si siului si silor vocative siule silor
( Sutsilvan, Surmiran ) sen se ( Puter, Vallader ) sü FromVulgar Latin Late Latin sūsum , fromLatin sūrsum
si
( Rumantsch Grischun , Sursilvan ) up ,upward ,upwards FromLatin se ( “ him-, her-, it-, themselves ” ,reflexive third-person pronoun ) . Cognate withItalian si Portuguese si se
si
( reflexive pronoun ) oneself ,himself ,herself ,itself ,themselves La camìsgiasi la pònini li manni ―Adults wear shirts (literally, “The adults put the shirt onthemselves ”)( reciprocal pronoun ) each other ,one another Eddis' àmani ―They loveeach other ( indefinite ) one ,you ,we ,they ,people Lu zipressusi dizi "àiburu di campusantu" ―The cypress is called "graveyard tree" FromLatin sī Proto-Italic *sei ( “ so, thus ” ) used in parataxis, likely via the meaning "in this" as the locative singular ofProto-Indo-European *só ( “ this, that ” ) .
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if Si lu sai, dìmmiru!If you know, tell me!If you know it, tell it to me!Rubattu, Antoninu (2006 )Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna , 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes FromSanskrit सेतु ( setu ) .
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bridge Knobloch, Nina (2020 )A grammar sketch of Sauji: An Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan [6] si (Cyrillic spelling си
( reflexive ) dative of a personal pronoun when thesubject is of the sameperson as the dativeobject ; tooneself (clitic dative singular ofsȅbe ( “ oneself ” ) )tomyself toyourself tohimself ,herself ,itself toourselves toyourselves tothemselves ( reflexive , emphatic , possessive, dative) one's , ofoneself (cliticdative singular ofsebe ( “ one ” ) )Kako li je samo zaboravio gdjesi je parkirao auto? Just how did he forget where he parked his car? si (Cyrillic spelling си
second-person singular present ofbȉti FromProto-Slavic *esi
si
second-person singular present ofbyť (you)are , (thou)art si
dative ofseba Kupujemsi topánky. ―I am buyingme shoes. Komu kupuješ topánky?Sebe . ―Whom are you buying shoes for?Myself . “si ”, inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk ,2003–2025 sȉ
second-person singular present ofbíti si
dative singular ofsébe FromLatin si ( “ if ” ) .
si
if si
Romanization of𒋛 si
negative present (all persons, numbers, and classes) of-wa ( “ to not be ” ) -si
negative relative stem of-wa ,-wapo ,-wako , or-wamo mtu asi ye na maarifa ―a person without knowledge FromProto-Austronesian *si Bikol Central si Cebuano si Gorontalo ti Hiligaynon si Ilocano si Kapampangan i Pangasinan si Waray-Waray si
si (plural sina Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ
direct marker placed before names or terms of address of people Dinala nilasi Tatay sa ospital. They brought Father to the hospital. direct marker placed before an adjective used to refer to a person with those distinct characteristics Nandiyan nasi taba. ―Fatso is there. Borrowed fromEnglish cee C c
si (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ
the name of theLatin-script letterC c Filipino alphabet Synonym: ( in the Abecedario ) ce ( Latin-script letter names ) titik ey bi si di i ef dyi eyts ay dyey key el em en enye en dyi o pi kyu ar es ti yu vi dobolyu eks way zi “si ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 si
first ,firstly Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh. FromEnglish sea
si
sea waves ;breakers ;swells FromItalian si
si (definite accusative siyi plural siler
( music ) si ( musical note B ) FromProto-Vietic *ɟ-riː Proto-Austroasiatic *ɟriːʔ ( “ banyan, ficus ” ) . Cognate withBahnar jri Khmer ជ្រៃ ( crɨy ) ,Khasi jri Old Mon jrey
(classifier cây ,quả ,trái si • (
certainplants of theMallotus Ficus Synonym: gừa si
yes 1932 Leerboek der Wereldtaal , page19 :Cils äbinons-li i pö zäl et?Si ! elogob us tumis. Were there children at that party as well?Yes , I've seen hundreds of them there. Borrowed from a descendant ofSanskrit सिंह ( siṃhá ) .
si ( Nisheigram ) [ 1]
lion ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016 ) “si”, inNûristânî Etymological Lexicon [1] FromOld French Latin si ( “ if ” ) .
si
if si m (plural sïon not mutable )
murmur ,hum rumour IPA (key ) : /sí/
sí
The name of theLatin-script letterS s ( Latin-script letter names ) lẹ́tà á bí dí é ẹ́ fí gí gbì hí í jí kí lí mí ní ó ọ́ pí rí sí ṣí tí ú wí yí sí
to ,at ,toward ( used when movement is implied ) Compare withItsekiri sín
sí
( intransitive ) far , to bedistant sí
( intransitive ) Negative form ofwà sì
and Sì is solely used to join verbs/sentences and not nouns, for whichàti sì is used, the subject of each verb must be specified.
Mo jó, mo kọ́ ẹ̀kọ́, mosì kọ lẹ́tà. –I danced, studied, and wrote a letter. Wọn kò fẹ́ ṣiṣẹ́, wọn kòsì fẹ́ ṣeré. –They don't want to work or play. FromChinese 市 shì
si (1957–1982 spelling si
city FromProto-Sino-Tibetan *swiʔ ( “ blood ” ) . Cognates includeNuosu ꌦ ( sy ) andBurmese သွေး ( swe: ) .
sì
blood sì
( intransitive ) die Lukram Himmat Singh (2013 )A Descriptive Grammar of Zou , Canchipur: Manipur University, pages40, 47 
