sium

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Friulian

Etymology 1

From Latin somnus.

Noun

sium m (plural siums)

  1. sleep, slumber

Etymology 2

From Latin somnium.

Noun

sium m (plural siums)

  1. dream
Synonyms

See also

Gothic

Romanization

sium

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌼

Macanese

Etymology

Possibly from an Afro-Portuguese variant of Portuguese senhor, reduced to *siô, with nasalization taking place by analogy of nhum.[1] Doublet of nhum, via an older form nhom.

Pronunciation

Noun

sium (plural sium-sium, feminine siára)

  1. sir, Mr, Mr.[2]
    Sium Capitám ― Mr Captain
  2. master, boss
  3. husband
    Nina azinha têm su sium.
    A girl quickly has her husband.

Usage notes

  • Note the difference in pronunciation of si- between siára (/sj/) and sium (/ʃ/).

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “sium”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 270
  2. ^ https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm
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