siro

siro

1. they

From French sire, English sire. Doublet of senjoro and sinjoro.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -iro
• Hyphenation: si‧ro

siro (accusative singular siron, plural siroj, accusative plural sirojn)

1. (honorific) sire

• monsinjoro

Likely derived from sirota, possibly as a back-derivation, and/or influenced by sirkeä.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiro/,
• Rhymes: -iro
• Syllabification^(key): si‧ro

siro (comparative sirompi, superlative siroin)

1. petite (fairly short and of slim build)
2. graceful, delicate
3. slender

• sirotella, sirottaa

• “siro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• orsi, riso, sori

siro

1. nominative/vocative/accusative singular of siras

siro

1. to chase

• Benedicte Haraldstad Frostad (2012). The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu.