shi

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English

Etymology 1

Clipping of shibire. Coined by Japanese-Canadian geneticist and zoologist David Suzuki, the person who also coined "shibire".

Noun

shi (uncountable)

  1. (genetics) Abbreviation of shibire.
Derived terms
shibire

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaɪ/ (expressly not /ʃi/)

Pronoun

shi

  1. (rare, furry fandom) Alternative form of sie (gender-neutral pronoun)
    • 1999 november 20, "Chakat Goldfur" (username), Furry Art on Ebay...horrible shameless plug, alt.fan.furry, Usenet:
      The mother was Chakat Goldfur and the sire was Garrek Redfox (foxtaur) so she has the same red fur but cougar-like markings. Of course shi’s still only a cub yet, but if shi grows up to look anything like the your Jaguar-Vixen, shi’s going to be a heartbreaker!
    • 2001 January 25, "Achowth Keciyl" (username), quoting "A. Seraph" (username), Fur: The one and only Herm Gengimal, in fur.artwork.erotica, Usenet:
      > Unlike most Furry Hermaphrodites I've seen, Clash is fairly
      > androgynous. Shi is remarkable in hir modesty.
      >
      > But shi IS rather naughty, as you can see.
    • 2006, Kenneth Fox, Joined in Mind and Body, Kenneth Fox, →ISBN, page 230:
      Dropping hir forebody down just a little, shi bent over double at the waist. Andrew's eyes blinked open as whiskers met his cheeks just before feline lips. He purred to hir and reached up to caress hir back as shi kissed him ...
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

shi (uncountable)

  1. Apocopic form of shit

Interjection

shi

  1. Apocopic form of shit

See also

See also

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *śūh, from Proto-Indo-European *suh₂-s < *sh₂ew- (“to rain”). Compare Ancient Greek ὕει (húei, “it rains”), Hittite (ishuwāi, “(s)he pours out, spills”), Tocharian B suwaṃ (“it rains”).

Pronunciation

Noun

shi m (plural shira, definite shiu, definite plural shirat)

  1. rain

Declension

Declension of shi
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative shi shira shiu shirat
accusative shiun
dative shiu shirave shiut shiravet
ablative shirash

References

  1. ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 226.

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin sic. Compare to Daco-Romanian și.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

shi

  1. and
  2. also

Dena'ina

Pronoun

shi

  1. I, me (first-person singular)

Related terms

Drung

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *səj.

Verb

shi

  1. to die

References

  • Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung‎, Santa Barbara: University of California

Esperanto

Pronoun

shi

  1. H-system spelling of ŝi

Hausa

Pronunciation

Pronoun

shi m sg (feminine ita, plural su)

  1. he (3rd person singular pronoun)

See also

  • másà (3rd person singular masculine indirect object enclitic pronoun)
  • shí (3rd person singular masculine independent object pronoun)
  • -sà (3rd person singular masculine possessive enclitic pronoun)

Japanese

Romanization

shi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of し
  2. Rōmaji transcription of シ
  3. Rōmaji transcription of しっ

Jingpho

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj (“ten”).

Numeral

shi

  1. ten

Kwama

Noun

shi

  1. tooth

References

  • Goldberg, Justin, Asadik, Habte, Bekama, Jiregna, Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary‎, SIL International

Mandarin

Romanization

shi (shi5／shi0, Zhuyin ˙ㄕ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 匙
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 殖
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𥫽

shi

  1. Nonstandard spelling of shī.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of shí.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of shǐ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of shì.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Scots

Pronunciation

Pronoun

shi

  1. (South Scots, personal) she

Usage notes

Used alongside the English she (/ʃiː/).

See also

Yanomamö

Noun

shi (plural shi pë)

  1. feces, castings, poop

References

  • Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

Verb

shi

  1. (transitive) to tear, to slash, to scratch

Derived terms

References

  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “-iši-”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
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