siri

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English

Noun

siri (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of sirih (plant)

Amis

Noun

siri

  1. goat

References

'Are'are

Verb

siri

  1. to hunt

Synonyms

References

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siˈɾiʔ/
  • Hyphenation: si‧ri

Noun

sirî (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜍᜒ)

  1. short-temperedness; thin-skinnedness
  2. greed
    Synonym: pagkaakit

Derived terms

Catalan

Noun

siri m (plural siris)

  1. Alternative form of sirià

Further reading

  • “siri” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Buginese ᨔᨗᨑᨗ (siri, principle; honour; shame, dishonour).

Pronunciation

Noun

siri (plural siri-siri, first-person possessive siriku, second-person possessive sirimu, third-person possessive sirinya)

  1. principle and honour (of South Sulawesi people)
  2. shame, dishonour
    Synonym: malu

Alternative forms

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English series.

Pronunciation

Noun

siri (Jawi spelling سيري, plural siri-siri, informal 1st possessive siriku, 2nd possessive sirimu, 3rd possessive sirinya)

  1. series

Adjective

siri (Jawi spelling سيري)

  1. serial
    pembunuh bersiriserial killer

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Tupi

siri (Callinectes sapidus)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

siri (unpossessable)

  1. swimming crab (any crab of the family Portunidae)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Portuguese: siri

References

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit श्री (śrī).

Noun

siri f

  1. luck, glory, wealth, splendour

Descendants

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
Um siri

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi siri.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: si‧ri

Noun

siri m (plural siris)

  1. (Brazil) swimming crab
  2. (Brazil, colloquial) any crab

Hypernyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

siri (Cyrillic spelling сири)

  1. inflection of siriti:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person singular imperative

Slovene

Noun

siri

  1. nominative/instrumental plural of sir

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِرّ (sirr).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

siri class IX (plural siri class X)

  1. secret
  2. secrecy
  3. (euphemistic) private parts

Derived terms

Yogad

Noun

siri

  1. lie; falsehood