sisi

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sisi"

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: si‧si

Noun

sisi

  1. a barnacle; a crustacean in the subclass Cirripedia

Garifuna

Numeral

sisi

  1. six

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay sisi.

Noun

sisi (plural sisi-sisi)

  1. side:
    1. a bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape
    2. (geometry) face: any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension
    3. one half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
    4. a region in a specified position with respect to something.
    5. one set of competitors in a game.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦶꦱꦶ (sisi, “to blow one's nose, to snort”).

Verb

sisi

  1. to snort, to blow one's nose.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Piliana language (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sisi (plural sisi-sisi)

  1. (zoology) common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata).
    Synonym: lalat hijau

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Alune

Verb

sisi

  1. to remove the coconut flesh from the shell

Further reading

Ingrian

Pronunciation

Noun

sisi

  1. Synonym of sisar

Declension

Declension of sisi (type 5/vahti, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative sisi sisit
genitive sisin sissiin, sisilöin
partitive sissiä sisijä, sisilöjä
illative sissii sissii, sisilöihe
inessive sisis sisiis, sisilöis
elative sisist sisiist, sisilöist
allative sisille sisiille, sisilöille
adessive sisil sisiil, sisilöil
ablative sisilt sisiilt, sisilöilt
translative sisiks sisiiks, sisilöiks
essive sisinnä, sissiin sisiinnä, sisilöinnä, sissiin, sisilöin
exessive1) sisint sisiint, sisilöint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 529

Kimaragang

Noun

sisi

  1. scale

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish sí, with reduplication.

Interjection

sisi

  1. of course!

Malay

Pronunciation

Noun

sisi (Jawi spelling سيسي, plural sisi-sisi, informal 1st possessive sisiku, 2nd possessive sisimu, 3rd possessive sisinya)

  1. (geometry) side
    Synonym: segi
    Segi tiga mempunyai tiga sisi
    A triangle has three sides
  2. perspective; side
    Synonyms: sudut, perspektif, segi
    Mereka melihat hal ini dari sisi mereka sahaja.
    They look at this problem from their perspective only.
  3. side; faction
    Synonym: kalangan
    Ajaran komunis tidak boleh diperkembangkan di sisi rakyat.
    Communist teachings cannot be spread among the people.

Verb

sisi (Jawi spelling سيسي)

  1. to move to one's side.
    Synonym: tepi
    Minta encik menyisi sedikit, boleh?
    Mister, can you move a bit to the side, please?

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Noun

sisi n (indeclinable)

  1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, childish) Synonym of konik

Further reading

  • Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “sisi”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 308

Samoan

Etymology

From English cheese.

Noun

sisi

  1. cheese

Sumerian

Romanization

sisi

  1. Romanization of 𒀲𒆳𒊏 (sisi)

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Pronoun

sisi

  1. we (first-person plural pronoun)

See also

Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class(I/II))
Number Person Independent Subject concord Object concord Combined forms Possessive
affirmative negative na ndi- si-
Singular First mimi ni- si- -ni- nami, na mimi ndimi, ndiye simi, siye -angu
Second wewe u- hu- -ku- nawe, na wewe ndiwe, ndiye siwe, siye -ako
Third yeye a-, yu- ha-, hayu- -m-, -mw-, -mu- naye, na yeye ndiye siye -ake
Plural First sisi tu- hatu- -tu- nasi, na sisi ndisi, ndio sio -etu
Second ninyi m-, mw-, mu- ham-, hamw-, hamu- -wa- nanyi, na ninyi ndinyi, ndio sinyi, sio -enu
Third wao wa- hawa- -wa- nao ndio sio -ao
Reflexive — — -ji- — —
For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Swazi

Etymology

Borrowed from English sissy.

Noun

sisí class 1a (plural bósisí class 2a)

  1. sister

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səlsəl (“regret, remorse for something done”) with elision of /l/. Compare Bikol Central sulsol, Aklanon hinuesoe, Cebuano hinulsol, and Malay sesal.

Pronunciation

Noun

sisi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜐᜒ)

  1. repentance; regret; remorse; contrition
    Synonym: pagsisisi
  2. blame; blaming; reprimand (for a mistake or fault done)
    Synonyms: pagsisi, paninisi, pagpaparatang
  3. sense of loss
    Synonyms: hinayang, panghihinayang

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Kapampangan: sisi

Further reading

  • “sisi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*selsel₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

sisi

  1. mosquito

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Thao

Etymology

Cognates with Amis siri.

Noun

sisi

  1. goat

Turkish

Noun

sisi

  1. accusative singular of sis

Yoruba

Etymology 1

From English six, compare with Igbo sisì

Pronunciation

Noun

sísì

  1. six pence (sixpence); in modern usage, five kobo
    Synonym: ẹgbàá

Etymology 2

From English sissy.

Pronunciation

Noun

sisí

  1. (slang) young attractive lady
    Synonym: ọmọge
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