- IPA(key): /ˈsinis/,[ˈs̠inis̠]
- Rhymes:-inis
- Syllabification(key):si‧nis
- Hyphenation(key):si‧nis
sinis(obsolete, poetic)
- alternative form ofsinnes
early 1900s, “Thermopylain laulu”,Uuno Kailas (lyrics),Heikki Klemetti (music):Sinis, veljeni, kun minä kuolen,
minä heilutan tapparaa,
sinis lennätän viuhuvan nuolen,
sinis miekkani leimahtaa.- Until, my brother, I am dead,
I shall swing my battle-axe,
until then I shall let my arrows fly,
until then my sword shall flame.
Borrowed fromDutchcynisch (compareAfrikaanssinies), fromGermanzynisch, fromLatincynicus, fromAncient Greekκυνικός(kunikós).
sinis (comparativelebih sinis,superlativepaling sinis)
- cynical
From the terminative ofse(“it”). Akin toFinnishsinnes.
sinis
- untilthen
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971),Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page527
sinis
- second-personsingularpresentactiveindicative ofsinō
Borrowed fromIndonesiansinis, fromDutchcynisch, fromGermanzynisch, fromLatincynicus, fromAncient Greekκυνικός(kunikós).
sinis (Jawi spellingسينيس,comparativelebih sinis,superlativepaling sinis)
- cynical
- IPA(key): /ˈsʲi.nʲəsʲ/
- (Blasse)[ˈsʲi.nʲɪsʲ]
- (Griffith)[ˈsʲi.nʲɨsʲ]
sinis
- third-personsingularfutureabsolute ofsnigid