• IPA^(key): /ˈsiʝa/[ˈsi.ʝa]
• Rhymes:-iʝa
• Hyphenation:si‧ya

siya f (pluralsiyes)

1. Alternative form ofsiella

siya

1. Romanization ofᬲᬶᬬ

siya

1. tribe,race,ethnic group

Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*(si-)ia, fromProto-Austronesian*(si-)ia.CompareIndonesian,Malay andMaoriia.

• IPA^(key): /siˈa/ [siˈja]
• IPA^(key): /siˈa/ [ˈʃa](relaxed pronunciation)
• Hyphenation:si‧ya

siyá (Basahan spellingᜐᜒᜌ)

1. he;she(third person personal pronoun)

   Filipinosiya. ―S/he is a Filipino.

   Siya sana an nakapasar sa pinakamasakit na exam.

   S/he the only one who passed the hardest exam.

Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*(si-)ia, fromProto-Austronesian*(si-)ia.

• Hyphenation:si‧ya
• (Standard Cebuano)IPA^(key): /siˈa/ [ˈs̪ja]
• (Bohol, Southern Leyte)IPA^(key): /siˈd͡ʒa/ [s̪ɪˈd͡ʒa]

siyá (Badlit spellingᜐᜒᜌ)

1. he orshe
2. this,that
   1. (personal)used to refer to a singular person or animal at a distance from the speaker regardless of its gender
   2. (demonstrative)used when avoiding to mention a person by name
   3. (demonstrative)used to demonstrate different objects

Borrowed fromSpanishsilla(“chair”).

• Hyphenation:si‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈsija/ [ˈs̪i.jɐ]

síya (Badlit spellingᜐᜒᜌ)

1. achair

   Synonym:lingkoranan

FromSpanishsilla.

siya

1. chair

FromProto-Austronesian*si ia(“he, she, it”,3sg. personal pronoun).

• IPA^(key): /siˈja/[siˈa]
• Rhymes:-a
• Syllabification:si‧ya

siyá (Hanunoo spellingᜰᜲᜬ)

1. he;she(third person singular animate personal pronoun)

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953)Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press,→OCLC,page250
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ia₁”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI

Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*(si-)ia, fromProto-Austronesian*(si-)ia.

• Hyphenation:si‧ya
• IPA^(key): /siˈa/ [ˈsja]

siyá

1. he;she

Borrowed fromSpanishsilla.

• Hyphenation:si‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈsia/ [ˈsi.ja]

síya

1. chair

   Synonym:lingkoranan

siya

1. (interrogative)who

siyá

1. correct

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*(si-)ia, fromProto-Austronesian*(si-)ia. CompareBikol Centralsiya,Cebuanosiya,Indonesiania,Maoriia, andWaray-Warayhiya.

• sya —informal
• s'ya —contraction
• xa —text messaging

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key): /siˈa/[ˈʃa]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence)/siˈa/[ˈsja]
• Rhymes:-a
• Syllabification:si‧ya

siyá (Baybayin spellingᜐᜒᜌ)

1. he;she(third person singular animate personal pronoun)

   Pilipinosiya.

   S/he is a Filipino.

2. (colloquial)it(third person singular inanimate personal pronoun)

siyá (Baybayin spellingᜐᜒᜌ)

1. theone; theidenticalone; theverysame

   Ang belong ito aysiyang ginawa ng kanyang lola.

   This veil is thevery same one which her grandmother made.

siyá (Baybayin spellingᜐᜒᜌ)

1. so!well!

   Synonym:aba

2. (dialectal, Quezon)yes!

Earlyborrowing ofSpanishsilla, fromOld Spanishsiella, fromLatinsella.Doublet ofsilya.

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key): /ˈsia/[ˈsiː.ɐ],/siˈa/[ˈsja]
• Rhymes:-ia,-a
• Syllabification:si‧ya

siyaorsiyá (Baybayin spellingᜐᜒᜌ)

1. saddle

   Synonyms:montura,(of a bicycle)sintadera

   siya ng kabayo ―horsesaddle

   siya ng bisikleta ―bicyclesaddle

   • 1989, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, translated by Thelma B. Kintanar,Daigdig ng Tao, Solidaridad Publishing House, page30:

     Nakasabit sa dingding ang mgasiya ng kabayo na may iba-ibang palawit na estribo.

     The horsesaddles with different stirrups are hanging on the wall.

Borrowed fromHokkien謝 /谢(siā,“regards to; thanks; gratefulness”), according to Manuel (1948).

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key): /siˈa/[ˈsja]
• Rhymes:-a
• Syllabification:si‧ya

siyá (Baybayin spellingᜐᜒᜌ)

1. satisfaction;pleasure;contentment

   Synonyms:lugod,kaluguran,kasiyahan

2. (by extension)Only used inkasiya,sufficiency;adequacy

   Synonyms:kasapatan,kahustuhan,kasiyahan

3. (by extension)Only used inpasiya,decision;determination

siyá (Baybayin spellingᜐᜒᜌ)

1. sufficient;adequate;enough

   Synonyms:sapat,husto,tama

   Siya na.

   That'senough already.

• “siya”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948)Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications,page107

• Isay,sayi

• sia

Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*(si-)ia, fromProto-Austronesian*(si-)ia.

• (Sinūgan Parianun)IPA^(key): /sia/[ˈsja]
• Rhymes:-a
• Syllabification:si‧ya

siya (Sulat Sūg spellingسِيَ)

1. he;she(third person)

   Malingkat tuudsiya.

   She is very beautiful.

   Bagay kusiya.

   He is my friend.

siya

1. salt

   siya ya'e : the ocean (literally: salt water)

• Lorna MacDonald,A Grammar of Tauya

Borrowed fromSpanishsilla, fromLatinsella.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsija]

siya (pluralsiyajte)

1. chair

   Synonym:sieta

2. saddle

• Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962)Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: ElInstituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con laSecretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published1971, pages91, 222

Related toPersianسیاه(siyâh).

siya

1. black

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