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Translingual
Symbol
tsi
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tsimshian.
Aromanian
Etymology
From Latin quid. Compare Romanian ce.
Pronoun
tsi (interrogative)
- what
Bura
Pronunciation
Noun
tsi
- arm
References
Ewe
Noun
tsi
- water (including in the form of a river or rain)
- dé asi tsi me — put one's hand in the water
2006, Aspect and Modality in Kwa Languages, →ISBN, page 158:mia-nyrɔ-e ɖé tɔ-a me né wò-a-no tsi kú- 1PL:1RR-immerse-3SG ALL river-DEF containing.region LINK 3SG-1RR-drink water die
- We should immerse him in the river so that he would drown. (literally "die by water")
2006, Aspect and Modality in Kwa Languages, →ISBN, page 187:tsi dî bé ye-a-dza- water want COMP LOG-SUBJV-ooze
- 'Rain wants to fall' i.e. 'it is about to rain'.
Verb
tsi
- extinguish
- hang
- suspend
Lala (South Africa)
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).
Verb
-tsi
- to say
Mohawk
Preposition
tsi
- to (with translocative t-)
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).
Verb
-tsi
- to say
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong *tsjɨᴮ (“what”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
tsi
- used in dab tsi (“what”)
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 29.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 284.