fisi

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek φύση (fýsi).

Noun

fisi f

  1. nature, character

Chichewa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mpítí. Cognate to Swahili fisi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfí.si/, /ˈfi.si/

Noun

físi class 1a (plural afísi class 2)

  1. hyena

Haitian Creole

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French fusil (“rifle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fisi

  1. rifle

Icelandic

Noun

fisi

  1. indefinite dative singular of fis

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Internationalism, from Latin fissiō (“the act of breaking up”).

Noun

fisi

  1. fission (process whereby one item splits to become two)

Etymology 2

Noun

fisi

  1. Nonstandard form of visi.

Italian

Adjective

fisi

  1. masculine plural of fiso

Jamamadí

Noun

fisi

  1. (Banawá) monkey

References

Latin

Participle

fīsī

  1. inflection of fīsus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Participle

fisi

  1. (non-standard since 2012) feminine singular of fisen
  2. (non-standard since 2012) neuter singular of fisen

Verb

fisi

  1. (non-standard since 2012) supine of fisa

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English fish.

Pronunciation

Noun

fisi

  1. fish

Verb

fisi

  1. to fish

Derived terms

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mpítí. Cognate to Kikuyu hiti, Chichewa fisi, Zulu impisi.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

fisi (n class, plural fisi)

  1. hyena
  2. (figuratively) greedy person

See also

Tongan

Etymology 1

Verb

fisi (intransitive)

  1. (of trees or plants) to flower, bud, blossom

Noun

fisi

  1. a bud or blossom
  2. (by extension) the arms or tentacles of a jellyfish

Etymology 2

Verb

fisi (transitive)

  1. to flick, to strike with the finger or fingernail as it is snapped from the thumb

Noun

fisi

  1. a game in which lightsticks are flicked

West Makian

Pronunciation

Noun

fisi

  1. seawater

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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