siu

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See also: Siu, SIU, siû, siú, siū, and -siu

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old High German siu, si, from Proto-West Germanic *si(j)u, *sī, from Proto-Germanic *sī.

Pronoun

siu f

  1. she (feminine singular nominative)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old High German siu.

Pronoun

siu n pl

  1. nominative/accusative neuter plural of ëȥ: they

Inflection

Middle High German personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative
Singular First ich mīn mir mich
Second du, dū dīn dir dich
Third Masculine ër
CG hë(r)		 sīn im(e) in
Feminine siu ir(e) ir(e) sie
Neuter ëȥ
CG iȥ, it		 es im(e) ëȥ
CG iȥ, it
Plural First wir unser uns uns, unsich
Second ir iuwer iu, iuch iuch
Third Masculine sie ir(e) in sie
Feminine
Neuter siu siu
The distinction of the forms siu and sie as shown above is typical of earlier Upper German texts, but was never general. The forms sī and si existed additionally and all four were increasingly used without differentiation.

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: si
  • Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: zi, si (Luserna), ze
    Mòcheno: si
  • German: sie
  • Hunsrik: sie
  • Luxembourgish: si
  • Yiddish: זי (zi)

Old Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse sjau.

Numeral

siu

  1. seven

Descendants

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronoun

siu

  1. she

Declension

Old Dutch personal pronouns
1st person Singular Plural
Nominative ik, ic, ih wī, wīr
Accusative mī, mik, *mic uns, unsig
Genitive mīn unsa, *unser
Dative mī uns, unsig
2nd person Singular Plural
Nominative thu, tu gī, ir
Accusative thī, thik, *thic iu,
Genitive thīn iuwa, *iuwer
Dative thī iu
3rd person Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative hē, hie sia it
Accusative imo sia it
Genitive sīn, is iro is
Dative imo iro imo
Plural
Nominative sia, sie (masc. plur.)
Accusative sia, sie (masc. plur.)
Genitive iro
Dative im

Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading

  • “siu”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

References

Old Irish

Etymology

Originally the dative of so (“this”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

siu

  1. here
    Synonym: sund
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 111c13
      Is hé ru·fiastar cumachtae inna díglae do·mbi{u}r-siu húa londas, intí du·écigi{gi} is ar trócairi ⁊ censi du·bir-siu forunni siu innahí fo·daimem ré techt innúnn.
      He who will know the power of the punishment which you sg inflict by means of wrath, it is he who will see that it is for the sake of mercy and gentleness that you inflict on us here the things that we suffer before going there.

Determiner

siu

  1. Alternative form of so used after the deictic particle í and its derivatives

Further reading

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz.

Pronoun

siu f

  1. she

Descendants

  • Low German: se

Pronoun

siu n pl

  1. they

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns
Personal pronouns
Singular 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative ik thū hē siu it
Accusative mī, me, mik thī, thik ina sia
Dative mī thī imu iru it
Genitive mīn thīn is ira is
Dual 1. 2. - - -
Nominative wit git - - -
Accusative unk ink - - -
Dative
Genitive unkero, unka

inker, inka

- - -
Plural 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative wī, we gī, ge sia sia siu
Accusative ūs, unsik eu, iu, iuu
Dative ūs im
Genitive ūser euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera iro

Descendants

  • Low German: se

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse sjau, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Numeral

siū

  1. seven

Descendants

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin sēbum (“sebum”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiu/
  • Hyphenation: si‧u

Noun

siu m (plural sii)

  1. fat, sebum

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

siu

  1. (transitive) to slice

Conjugation

Conjugation of siu
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tosiu fosiu misiu
2nd nosiu nisiu
3rd Masculine osiu isiu, yosiu†
Feminine mosiu
Neuter isiu
† - archaic

References

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