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Estonian
Adverb
siis (not comparable)
- then, after that
Siis ma olin noor.- I was young then.
Siis ma läksin koju.- Then I went home.
- so
See on siis tõsi?- So it is true?
Finnish
Etymology
sii- + -s (s-lative singular). Related to Moksha сяс (śas).
Pronunciation
Adverb
siis
- therefore, so, thus (consequently, for that reason, as a result of which)
Ajattelen, siis olen.- I think, therefore I am.
- I mean, so (when clarifying or elaborating)
Hän oli siis oikeassa.- So she was right.
Tiedätte siis laulun sanat?- So, you guys know the lyrics of the song?
Tarkoitin siis, ettei tässä ole mitään syytä huoleen.- What I meant is that there is nothing to worry about.
- as in, in the sense of
- kuusi, siis puu, (...) ― kuusi, as in the tree , (...)
- so (used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question)
- Synonym: eli (always as the first word in this sense)
Siis miten se nyt menikään?- So how did it go again?
Derived terms
Further reading
Ingrian
Etymology
Lative of se. Akin to Finnish siis and Estonian siis.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
siis
- so, thus
1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:Paino voip olla vahva, poolivahva ja slaaboi, siis sitä voip sannoa i painottomaks.- The stress may be strong, half-strong and weak, so it's possible to say it as unstressed.
- so that
1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 32:Makkaa aina yksintää, siis et noise läsimää.- Always sleep alone, so you don't get ill.
- then, afterwards
1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:Siis höö näyttiit meille poolen, kus ono linna, vaikko linnaa metsän takant bygrält ei näkynt.- Then they showed us the direction, where the city is, even though the city wasn't visible from the hillock from behind the forest.
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 532
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 53
Latin
Noun
siīs
- dative/ablative plural of sion
North Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *seuþaną.
Verb
siis
- (Föhr-Amrum, of a liquid) to boil
Conjugation
infinitive I
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siis
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infinitive II
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(tu) siisen
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past participle
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sesen
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present
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past
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3rd-person singular
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sast
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soos
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3rd-person plural
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siis
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soos
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perfect
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pluperfect
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3rd-person singular
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hee sesen
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hed sesen
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3rd-person plural
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haa sesen
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hed sesen
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future (skel)
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future (wel)
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3rd-person singular
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skal siis
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wal siis
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3rd-person plural
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skel siis
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wel siis
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Wolof
Pronunciation
Noun
siis
- chair