tsi

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Translingual

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Symbol

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tsi

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tsimshian.

Aromanian

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Etymology

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From Latin quid. Compare Romanian ce.

Pronoun

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tsi (interrogative)

  1. what

Bura

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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tsi

  1. arm

References

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Ewe

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Noun

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tsi

  1. water (including in the form of a river or rain)
    dé asi tsi meput 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
      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

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tsi

  1. extinguish
  2. hang
  3. suspend

Japanese

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Romanization

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tsi

  1. The katakana syllable ツィ (tsi) in Hepburn-like romanization.

Lala (South Africa)

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (say, quote).

Verb

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-tsi

  1. to say

Mohawk

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Preposition

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tsi

  1. to (with translocative t-)

Swazi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (say, quote).

Verb

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-tsi

  1. to say

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong *tsjɨᴮ (what).[1]

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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tsi

  1. used in dab tsi (what)

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 29.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 284.