siya

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiʝa/
• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Hyphenation: si‧ya

siya f (plural siyes)

1. Alternative form of siella

siya

1. Romanization of ᬲᬶᬬ

siya

1. tribe, race, ethnic group

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Compare Indonesian, Malay and Maori ia.

• IPA^(key): /siˈa/
• IPA^(key): /siˈa/ (relaxed pronunciation)
• Hyphenation: si‧ya

siyá (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. he; she (third person personal pronoun)

   Filipino siya. ― S/he is a Filipino.

   Siya sana an nakapasar sa pinakamasakit na exam.

   S/he the only one who passed the hardest exam.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

• Hyphenation: si‧ya
• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /siˈa/
• (Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA^(key): /siˈd͡ʒa/

siyá (Badlit spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. he or she
2. this, that
   1. (personal) used to refer to a singular person or animal at a distance from the speaker regardless of its gender
   2. (demonstrative) used when avoiding to mention a person by name
   3. (demonstrative) used to demonstrate different objects

Borrowed from Spanish silla (“chair”).

• Hyphenation: si‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈsija/

síya (Badlit spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. a chair

   Synonym: lingkoranan

From Spanish silla.

siya

1. chair

From Proto-Austronesian *si ia (“he, she, it”, 3sg. personal pronoun).

• IPA^(key): /siˈja/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: si‧ya

siyá (Hanunoo spelling ᜰᜲᜬ)

1. he; she (third person singular animate personal pronoun)

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 250
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ia₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

• Hyphenation: si‧ya
• IPA^(key): /siˈa/

siyá

1. he; she

Borrowed from Spanish silla.

• Hyphenation: si‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈsia/

síya

1. chair

   Synonym: lingkoranan

siya

1. (interrogative) who

siyá

1. correct

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Compare Bikol Central siya, Cebuano siya, Indonesian ia, Maori ia, and Waray-Waray hiya.

• sya — informal
• s'ya — contraction
• xa — text messaging

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈa/
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /siˈa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: si‧ya

siyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. he; she (third person singular animate personal pronoun)

   Pilipino siya.

   S/he is a Filipino.

2. (colloquial) it (third person singular inanimate personal pronoun)

siyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. the one; the identical one; the very same

   Ang belong ito ay siyang ginawa ng kanyang lola.

   This veil is the very same one which her grandmother made.

siyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. so! well!

   Synonym: aba

2. (dialectal, Quezon) yes!

Early borrowing of Spanish silla, from Old Spanish siella, from Latin sella. Doublet of silya.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈsia/
    • Rhymes: -ia
  • IPA^(key): /siˈa/
    • Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: si‧ya

siya or siyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. saddle

   Synonyms: montura, (of a bicycle) sintadera

   siya ng kabayo ― horse saddle

   siya ng bisikleta ― bicycle saddle

   • 1989, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, translated by Thelma B. Kintanar, Daigdig ng Tao, Solidaridad Publishing House, page 30:

     Nakasabit sa dingding ang mga siya ng kabayo na may iba-ibang palawit na estribo.

     The horse saddles with different stirrups are hanging on the wall.

Borrowed from Hokkien 謝 / 谢 (siā, “regards to; thanks; gratefulness”), according to Manuel (1948).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: si‧ya

siyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. satisfaction; pleasure; contentment

   Synonyms: lugod, kaluguran, kasiyahan

2. (by extension) Only used in kasiya, sufficiency; adequacy

   Synonyms: kasapatan, kahustuhan, kasiyahan

3. (by extension) Only used in pasiya, decision; determination

siyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. sufficient; adequate; enough

   Synonyms: sapat, husto, tama

   Siya na.

   That's enough already.

• “siya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 107

• Isay, sayi

• sia

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /sia/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: si‧ya

siya (Sulat Sūg spelling سِيَ)

1. he; she (third person)

   Malingkat tuud siya.

   She is very beautiful.

   Bagay ku siya.

   He is my friend.

siya

1. salt

   siya ya'e : the ocean (literally: salt water)

• Lorna MacDonald, A Grammar of Tauya

Borrowed from Spanish silla, from Latin sella.

• IPA^(key):

siya (plural siyajte)

1. chair

   Synonym: sieta

2. saddle

• Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 91, 222

Related to Persian سیاه (siyâh).

siya

1. black