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Sí is used to add positive emphasis to the verb, much like the auxiliarydo in affirmative sentences in English. It generally contrasts with a previousno, and is placed in the same location within the sentence. This is a usage the word shares with Spanish.

Antonyms

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Fala

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈsi/
Rhymes:-i
Syllabification:sí

Etymology 1

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FromOld Galician-Portuguesesi(“yes”), fromLatinsīc(“thus, so”), fromProto-Indo-European*so(“this, that”).

Adverb

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sí

Etymology 2

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FromOld Galician-Portuguesesi, fromLatinsibi, fromProto-Indo-European*sébʰye.

Pronoun

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sí

Reflexive prepositional pronoun;oneself,himself,herself,itself,themselves,yourself;each other,one another

Fala personal pronouns
		nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
singular	first person	ei	me,-mi	mi
second person	tú	te,-ti	ti
third person	m	el	le,-li	u^LV,o^M	el
f	ela	a	ela
plural	first person	common	nos	mus^L nus^LV nos,-nus^M	nos
m	noshotrus^M	noshotrus^M
f	noshotras^M	noshotras^M
second person	common	vos	vus^LV vos,-vus^M	vos
m	voshotrus^M	voshotrus^M
f	voshotras^M	voshotras^M
third person	m	elis	le,-li	us^LV,os^M	elis
f	elas	as	elas
third person reflexive	—	se,-si	sí

References

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Valeš, Miroslav (2021),Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published2022,→ISBN, page258

Faroese

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Verb

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sí

imperative ofsíggja:behold

Ghomala'

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Pronunciation

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Rhymes:-i

Adverb

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sí

on the ground
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Particle

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sí

Marker of theProgressive aspect (with a focus on presence).
Synonyms:bó,wə́
Gaə̌sí fá' ―Iam working.

Adjective

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sí (lexical tone unattested)

positive (for a test)
Antonym:tə̌ sí pə́
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Adverb

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sí

tosting
Synonym:jɛ́
Féŋsí. ―The woundstings.

Derived terms

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shyə tə̂msǐ

References

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Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al,Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)
K'ayyang Foba Maï,Processus de grammaticalisation en Ghomala’ (2021)
Fezeu Molaping Franck Jordan (2019),The Skopos theory applied to subtitling of audiovisual programmes on the fight against HIV/AIDS and Malaria from French into Ghomala’

Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions ofsí – see死 (“die;death; etc.”).
(This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of死).

For pronunciation and definitions ofsí – see始 (“beginning;start; tobegin; tostart; etc.”).
(This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of始).

For pronunciation and definitions ofsí – see豕 (“pig;boar”).
(This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of豕).

For pronunciation and definitions ofsí – see矢 (“arrow; tovow; toswear; etc.”).
(This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of矢).

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ˈʃiː]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes:-ʃiː

Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromGermanSchi(“ski”), originally fromNorwegianski(“ski”).

Noun

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sí (pluralsík)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	sí	sík
accusative	sít	síket
dative	sínek	síknek
instrumental	sível	síkkel
causal-final	síért	síkért
translative	sívé	síkké
terminative	síig	síkig
essive-formal	síként	síkként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	síben	síkben
superessive	sín	síken
adessive	sínél	síknél
illative	síbe	síkbe
sublative	síre	síkre
allative	síhez	síkhez
elative	síből	síkből
delative	síről	síkről
ablative	sítől	síktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	síé	síké
non-attributive possessive – plural	síéi	síkéi

Possessive forms ofsí
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	sím	síjeim (orsíim)
2nd person sing.	síd	síjeid (orsíid)
3rd person sing.	síje	síjei (orsíi)
1st person plural	sínk	síjeink (orsíink)
2nd person plural	sítek	síjeitek (orsíitek)
3rd person plural	síjük	síjeik (orsíik)

Derived terms

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Compound words

Etymology 2

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Anonomatopoeia (soundimitation).

Verb

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sí

(archaic) tohowl,cry,whiz,shriek,screech,shrill^[1]
Synonyms:sivít,visít,sikít,vijjog,rikolt,sikolt,süvít

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofsí
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indicative	indicative	present	indef.	sívok	sísz	sí	sívunk	sítok	sínak
			def.	sívom	sívod	síja	síjuk	síjátok	síják
			2nd obj	sílak
		past	indef.	síttam	síttál	sítt	síttunk	síttatok	síttak
			def.	síttam	síttad	sítta	síttuk	síttátok	sítták
			2nd obj	síttalak
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verbfog, e.g.síni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	sívék	sívál	síva	sívánk	sívátok	sívának
		def.	sívám	sívád	sívá	sívánk	sívátok	sívák
		2nd obj	síválak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed byvala (volt), e.g.sí vala,sítt vala/volt.
archaic future		indef.	sívandok	sívandasz	sívand	sívandunk	sívandotok	sívandanak
		def.	sívandom	sívandod	sívandja	sívandjuk	sívandjátok	sívandják
		2nd obj	sívandalak

conditional		present	indef.	sínék	sínál	sína	sínánk	sínátok	sínának
	def.		sínám	sínád	síná	sínánk (or sínók)	sínátok	sínák
	2nd obj		sínálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed byvolna, e.g.sítt volna

subjunctive	subjunctive	present	indef.	síjak	síj or síjál	síjon	síjunk	síjatok	síjanak
			def.	síjam	sídd or síjad	síja	síjuk	síjátok	síják
			2nd obj	síjalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed bylégyen, e.g.sítt légyen

infinitive		síni		sínom	sínod	sínia	sínunk	sínotok	síniuk
other forms	sívás		sívó	sítt	sívandó	síva (síván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same-(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by-ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional-ik verbs).

Potential conjugation ofsí
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indicative	indicative	present	indef.	síhatok	síhatsz	síhat	síhatunk	síhattok	síhatnak
			def.	síhatom	síhatod	síhatja	síhatjuk	síhatjátok	síhatják
			2nd obj	síhatlak
		past	indef.	síhattam	síhattál	síhatott	síhattunk	síhattatok	síhattak
			def.	síhattam	síhattad	síhatta	síhattuk	síhattátok	síhatták
			2nd obj	síhattalak
archaic preterite		indef.	síhaték	síhatál	síhata	síhatánk	síhatátok	síhatának
		def.	síhatám	síhatád	síhatá	síhatánk	síhatátok	síhaták
		2nd obj	síhatálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed byvala (volt), e.g.síhat vala,síhatott vala/volt.
archaic future		indef.	síhatandokor sívandhatok	síhatandaszor sívandhatsz	síhatandor sívandhat	síhatandunkor sívandhatunk	síhatandotokor sívandhattok	síhatandanakor sívandhatnak
		def.	síhatandomor sívandhatom	síhatandodor sívandhatod	síhatandjaor sívandhatja	síhatandjukor sívandhatjuk	síhatandjátokor sívandhatjátok	síhatandjákor sívandhatják
		2nd obj	síhatandalakor sívandhatlak

conditional		present	indef.	síhatnék	síhatnál	síhatna	síhatnánk	síhatnátok	síhatnának
	def.		síhatnám	síhatnád	síhatná	síhatnánk (or síhatnók)	síhatnátok	síhatnák
	2nd obj		síhatnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed byvolna, e.g.síhatott volna

subjunctive	subjunctive	present	indef.	síhassak	síhass or síhassál	síhasson	síhassunk	síhassatok	síhassanak
			def.	síhassam	síhasd or síhassad	síhassa	síhassuk	síhassátok	síhassák
			2nd obj	síhassalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed bylégyen, e.g.síhatott légyen

infinitive		(síhatni)		(síhatnom)	(síhatnod)	(síhatnia)	(síhatnunk)	(síhatnotok)	(síhatniuk)
other forms	síható			síhatatlan		(síhatva /síhatván)

^sí inCzuczor, Gergely andJános Fogarasi:A magyar nyelv szótára (“A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsesí-, fromProto-Germanic*sin-.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /siː/
Rhymes:-iː

Adverb

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sí

always
Synonyms:alltaf,ávallt,sífelllt,æ,ætíð

Derived terms

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sí og æ(“always, permanently, continually”)

Irish

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ʃiː/
Homophone:síth(“peace”)

Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Irishside, fromOld Irishsíd, fromProto-Celtic*sīdos(“mound (inhabited by fairies); peace”), fromProto-Indo-European*sēds, from*sed-(“to sit”).Doublet ofsíth.

Alternative forms

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sidhe,síodh(superseded)

Noun

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sí m (genitive singularsí,nominative pluralsíthe)

fairy mound,tumulus

Declension

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Declension ofsí (fourth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	sí	síthe
vocative	ashí	ashíthe
genitive	sí	síthe
dative	sí	síthe

forms with thedefinite article
	singular	plural
nominative	ansí	nasíthe
genitive	antsí	nasíthe
dative	leis ansí donsí	leis nasíthe

Derived terms

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aos sí(“fairies”)
bean sí(“banshee, fairy woman”)
ceol sí(“fairy music; enchanting music”)
dumha sí(“fairy mound”)
leannán sí(“phantom lover”)
long sí(“phantom ship”)
sián(“fairy mound”)
síbhean(“fairy woman”)
síbhruíon(“fairy palace”)
síofrach(“elfin, fairy-like”)
síofróg(“elf-woman, fairy”)
síofróireacht(“fairy lore”)
sióg(“fairy”)
síothshluagh(“fairy host, fairy army”)
síscéal(“fairy-tale”)
síúil(“fairy-like, elfin; weird”)
slua sí(“fairy host”)
solas sí(“misguiding light”)

Etymology 2

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FromOld Irishsí, fromProto-Celtic*sī, fromProto-Indo-European*síh₂.

Pronoun

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sí (emphatic formsise,conjunctive)

she
it(referring to a feminine noun)

**Irish personal pronouns**
	person	conjunctive (emphatic)	disjunctive (emphatic)	possessive determiner
singular	first	mé (mise)	mo^L m'before vowel sounds
second	tú (tusa)¹	thú (thusa)	do^L d'before vowel sounds
third	m	sé (seisean)	é (eisean)	a^L
f	sí (sise)	í (ise)	a^H
n	—	ea	—
plural	first	muid,sinn (muidne,muide), (sinne)	ár^E
second	sibh (sibhse)¹	bhur^E
third	siad (siadsan)	iad (iadsan)	a^E

Mutation

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Mutated forms ofsí
radical	lenition	eclipsis
sí	shí afteran,tsí	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Lakota

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Noun

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sí

foot,paw

Nheengatu

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Etymology

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Inherited fromOld Tupisy, fromProto-Tupi-Guarani*t͡ʃɨ, fromProto-Tupian*tɨ.Displaced bymanha, from Portuguese.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈsi/
Rhymes:-i
Hyphenation:sí

Noun

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sí (pluralsí-itá)

(obsolete)mother(female parent)
Synonym:manha
Coordinate term:uba

Related terms

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References

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Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “sí”, inProposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP,→DOI,page697

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈsʲiː/

Etymology 1

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FromProto-Celtic*sī (compareWelshhi), fromProto-Indo-European*síh₂.

Pronoun

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sí

she
Sí fri gábud condon·fóir.
May she protect us against danger.
it(referring to a feminine noun)
Issí thol Dée.
It is God's will.

Related terms

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sissi(emphatic)

Descendants

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Irish:sí
Manx:ee
Scottish Gaelic:i

Etymology 2

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Seesíi.

Pronoun

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sí

alternative spelling ofsíi

Pichinglis

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Etymology

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FromEnglishsee.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /sí/

Verb

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sí

tosee
tofind

References

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Kofi Yakpo (2019),A grammar of Pichi (Studies in Diversity Linguistics;23)‎^[2], Berlin: Language Science Press,→DOI,→ISBN,→ISSN, page574

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈsi/[ˈsi]
Audio(Colombia): (file)
Rhymes:-i
Syllabification:sí
Homophone:si

Etymology 1

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Inherited fromOld Spanishsy, fromLatinsīc (est).

Particle

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sí

yes(commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question)
Synonyms:claro,por supuesto,(colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala)simón,(colloquial)sip
Antonyms:no,(colloquial, Mexico)nel
A syntactic marker foremphasis or to replace an earlier verb, allowing the speaker to avoid repeating the verb, both similar to Englishdo
Antonym:no
"Les gusta el chocolate, ¿verdad?" "A mísí, pero a él no."
"You both like chocolate, right?" "Ido, but he doesn't."
(Spain)hello(used to answer the telephone)

Usage notes

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As an emphasis or pro-verb, this term has in Spanish a usage that is not usually explicitly translated into English, since it could sound like apleonasm, being that "positively", "affirmatively", and always related to a negation (explicit or not):
- Élsí puede, yo no
  He (positively) can, I cannot.
- Estosí es una fiesta.
  Thissure is a party. / This is what I call a party.
- No sabemos si es sostenible, pero lo quesí sabemos es que funciona muy bien.
  We don't know if it's sustainable, but what wedo know is that it works very well.

Derived terms

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Noun

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sí m (pluralsíesorsís)

yes;aye,ay; approbation, acceptance
Ganaron lossíes.
The ayes have it.

Etymology 2

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Inherited fromLatinsibi, fromProto-Indo-European*sébʰye, dative of*swé(“self”). Cognate withFrenchsoi,Italiansé, andPortuguesesi.

Pronoun

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sí

himself,herself,itself,themselves,yourself,yourselves(form ofse used after prepositions)
parasí ―for himself/herself/itself/themselves/yourself/yourselves

Derived terms

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				Nominative	Disjunctive	Dative	Accusative	Comitative
First-person	Singular			yo	mí	me		conmigo
	Plural	Masculine¹		nosotros		nos		—
	Plural	Feminine		nosotras		nos		—
Second-person	Singular	Tuteo		tú	ti	te		contigo
		Voseo		vos	—	te
		Formal²	Masculine¹	usted		le,se³	lo
		Formal²	Feminine	usted		le,se³	la
	Plural	Familiar⁴	Masculine¹	vosotros		os
		Familiar⁴	Feminine	vosotras		os
		Formal/general²	Masculine¹	ustedes		les,se³	los
		Formal/general²	Feminine	ustedes		les,se³	las
Third-person	Singular	Masculine¹		él		le,se³	lo
		Feminine		ella			la
		Neuter		ello⁵			lo
	Plural	Masculine¹		ellos		les,se³	los
	Plural	Feminine		ellas		les,se³	las
	Reflexive			—	sí	se		consigo

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Catalan

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Fala

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adverb

Etymology 2

Pronoun

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Faroese

Verb

Ghomala'

Pronunciation

Adverb

Particle

Adjective

Adverb

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References

Hokkien

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

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Etymology 2

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

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Icelandic

Etymology

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Adverb

Derived terms

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronoun

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Mutation

Further reading

Lakota

Noun

Nheengatu

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

References

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Pronoun

Related terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronoun

Pichinglis