isi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "isi"

Translingual

Symbol

isi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nkem-Nkum.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Nkem-Nkum terms

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈsi/ [ʔɪˈsɪ]
• Hyphenation: i‧si

Determiner

isí

1. thy own, your own
2. his own, her own
3. (Awash) my own

See also

Afar possessive determiners

		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
				m	f
personal	singular	yi	ku	kay	tet
	plural	ni	sin	ken
reflexive	singular	inní	isí
	plural	ninní	isinní, sinní

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “isi”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Alladian

Alternative forms

• ishi, nishi, n'shi, n'ʃi

Noun

isi

1. water

References

• Maurice Delafosse, Vocabulaires comparatifs de plus de 60 langues ou dialectes parlés à la Côte d’Ivoire et dans les régions limitrophes : avec des notes linguistiques et ethnologiques, une bibliographie et une carte (Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1904), page 43 (as Alaguian isi, ishi)
• Die Sudansprachen. Eine sprachvergleichende Studie von Diedrich Westermann (Abhandlungen des Hamburgischen Kolonialinstituts Bd. 3; Hamburg, 1911), p. 149:

  Nu. esi Wasser
     Alaguian isi Wasser (D.).

  Abbreviations: Nu. = Nuba, (D.) = aus Delafosse. Explanation: German Wasser (“water”)

• Marc Augé, Le rivage alladian: organisation et évolution des villages alladian (as n'ʃi)

Asi

Noun

isi

1. search

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔisi/ [ˈʔi.si]
• Hyphenation: i‧si

Verb

ísi (plural irisi, Basahan spelling ᜁᜐᜒ)

1. to search

   Synonym: hanap

2. to remind; to prompt

   Synonym: girumdom

3. to discover something, to find out about something

   Synonyms: rurop, talastas

Derived terms

• isihon
• mag-isi
• maisihan
• makaisi
• paisi

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔisi/ [ˈʔi.s̪ɪ]
• Hyphenation: i‧si

Noun

ísi (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐᜒ)

1. (chiefly Camiguin) toggle iron

Faroese

Etymology

From English easy.

Adjective

isi (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) easy; composed, calm

Adverb

isi (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) quietly, gently

Finnish

Etymology

Hypocoristic form of isä (“father”), possibly equivalent to isä +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisi/, [ˈis̠i]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -isi
• Syllabification^(key): i‧si
• Hyphenation^(key): isi

Noun

isi (familiar)

1. dad, father, daddy

   Synonyms: iskä, isukki, isä

Declension

Inflection of isi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		isi	isit
genitive		isin	isien
partitive		isiä	isejä
illative		isiin	iseihin
		singular	plural
nominative		isi	isit
accusative	nom.	isi	isit
	gen.	isin
genitive		isin	isien
partitive		isiä	isejä
inessive		isissä	iseissä
elative		isistä	iseistä
illative		isiin	iseihin
adessive		isillä	iseillä
ablative		isiltä	iseiltä
allative		isille	iseille
essive		isinä	iseinä
translative		isiksi	iseiksi
abessive		isittä	iseittä
instructive		—	isein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of isi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative isini isini accusative nom. isini isini gen. isini genitive isini isieni partitive isiäni isejäni inessive isissäni iseissäni elative isistäni iseistäni illative isiini iseihini adessive isilläni iseilläni ablative isiltäni iseiltäni allative isilleni iseilleni essive isinäni iseinäni translative isikseni iseikseni abessive isittäni iseittäni instructive — — comitative — iseineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative isisi isisi accusative nom. isisi isisi gen. isisi genitive isisi isiesi partitive isiäsi isejäsi inessive isissäsi iseissäsi elative isistäsi iseistäsi illative isiisi iseihisi adessive isilläsi iseilläsi ablative isiltäsi iseiltäsi allative isillesi iseillesi essive isinäsi iseinäsi translative isiksesi iseiksesi abessive isittäsi iseittäsi instructive — — comitative — iseinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative isimme isimme accusative nom. isimme isimme gen. isimme genitive isimme isiemme partitive isiämme isejämme inessive isissämme iseissämme elative isistämme iseistämme illative isiimme iseihimme adessive isillämme iseillämme ablative isiltämme iseiltämme allative isillemme iseillemme essive isinämme iseinämme translative isiksemme iseiksemme abessive isittämme iseittämme instructive — — comitative — iseinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative isinne isinne accusative nom. isinne isinne gen. isinne genitive isinne isienne partitive isiänne isejänne inessive isissänne iseissänne elative isistänne iseistänne illative isiinne iseihinne adessive isillänne iseillänne ablative isiltänne iseiltänne allative isillenne iseillenne essive isinänne iseinänne translative isiksenne iseiksenne abessive isittänne iseittänne instructive — — comitative — iseinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative isinsä isinsä accusative nom. isinsä isinsä gen. isinsä genitive isinsä isiensä partitive isiään isiänsä isejään isejänsä inessive isissään isissänsä iseissään iseissänsä elative isistään isistänsä iseistään iseistänsä illative isiinsä iseihinsä adessive isillään isillänsä iseillään iseillänsä ablative isiltään isiltänsä iseiltään iseiltänsä allative isilleen isillensä iseilleen iseillensä essive isinään isinänsä iseinään iseinänsä translative isikseen isiksensä iseikseen iseiksensä abessive isittään isittänsä iseittään iseittänsä instructive — — comitative — iseineen iseinensä

Further reading

• “isi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Anagrams

• sii

Greenlandic

Etymology 1

Form Proto-Eskimo *irǝ. Cognate of Inupiaq iri and Inuktitut ᐃᔨ (iyi), iji.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isi/

Noun

isi (plural isit)

1. (anatomy) eye

Declension

Declension of isi

case	singular	plural
absolutive	isi	isit
ergative	isip
allative	isimut	isinut
ablative	isimit	isiniit
prolative	isikkut	isitigut
locative	isimi	isini
instrumental	isimik	isinik
equative	isitut

Etymology 2

From Proto-Inuit *ici (“drum skin”), from Proto-Eskimo *ǝci (“drum skin, cover”).

Noun

isi (plural isit)

1. drum head, drum-skin
2. (music) string

Declension

Declension of isi

case	singular	plural
absolutive	isi	isit
ergative	isip
allative	isimut	isinut
ablative	isimit	isinit
prolative	isikkut	isitigut
locative	isimi	isini
instrumental	isimik	isinik
equative	isitut

References

• “isi“ in iserasuaat.gl
• isi in Katersat

Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping and -i diminutive of iskola (“school”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiʃi]
• Hyphenation: isi
• Rhymes: -ʃi

Noun

isi (plural isik)

1. (colloquial) school

   Synonyms: iskola, suli

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	isi	isik
accusative	isit	isiket
dative	isinek	isiknek
instrumental	isivel	isikkel
causal-final	isiért	isikért
translative	isivé	isikké
terminative	isiig	isikig
essive-formal	isiként	isikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	isiben	isikben
superessive	isin	isiken
adessive	isinél	isiknél
illative	isibe	isikbe
sublative	isire	isikre
allative	isihez	isikhez
elative	isiből	isikből
delative	isiről	isikről
ablative	isitől	isiktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	isié	isiké
non-attributive possessive – plural	isiéi	isikéi

Possessive forms of isi

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	isim	isijeim (or isiim)
2nd person sing.	isid	isijeid (or isiid)
3rd person sing.	isije	isijei (or isii)
1st person plural	isink	isijeink (or isiink)
2nd person plural	isitek	isijeitek (or isiitek)
3rd person plural	isijük	isijeik (or isiik)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay isi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isi, from Proto-Austronesian *isi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈisi/ [ˈi.si]
• Rhymes: -isi
• Syllabification: i‧si
• Homophone: ISI

Noun

isi (plural isi-isi)

1. content:
   1. that which is contained.
   2. subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.
2. list of contents.
3. table of contents
4. capacity, volume.
5. crux, essence, gist, heart, pith, quintessence, thrust
6. terms (of an agreement).
7. flesh, meat (of a citrus fruit, etc.).
8. the people who live in a certain place.
9. (dialect Java) magic power (in a kris).
10. charge (of a battery/gun, etc.).
11. body
12. charge
13. text
14. volume
15. filling
16. matter
17. letter
18. effect
19. sustention
20. holding capacity

Derived terms

• berisi
• berisikan
• isian
• keterisian
• mengisi
• mengisikan
• pengisi
• pengisian
• seisi
• terisi

• isi angin
• isi buku
• isi dada
• isi frekuensi
• isi hati
• isi kampung
• isi kawin
• isi kepala
• isi negeri
• isi pantun
• isi perut
• isi pulau
• isi rumah
• isi saldo
• isi tolak

Further reading

• “isi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Isoko

Noun

isi

1. plural of esi

Kavalan

Noun

isi

1. dregs (from winemaking)

References

• “isi”, in 原住民族語言線上辭典 [Online Dictionary of Aboriginal Languages] (in Mandarin), Taipei: Foundation for Research and Development of Aboriginal Languages, 2014

Lindu

Noun

isi

1. content
2. meat; flesh

Lokono

Noun

isi

1. seed

References

• de Goeje, C. H. (1928), The Arawak Language of Guiana‎^[3], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isi, from Proto-Austronesian *isi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisi/ [ˈi.si]
• Rhymes: -isi, -i
• Hyphenation: i‧si

Noun

isi (Jawi spelling ايسي, plural isi-isi or isi²)

1. flesh
   1. soft, often edible, parts of fruits (i.e. the mesocarp) or vegetables

      Isi tembikai itu manis dan menyegarkan. ― The melon's flesh was sweet and refreshing.

   2. (rare) muscle, meat or any related animal soft tissue

      Lembu William tak cukup isi nak boleh dijual. ― William's bull doesn't have enough meat to be sellable.

      Ken dan Jiji bagai isi dengan kuku. ― Ken and Jiji are unseparable friends (lit. 'like flesh and nail').

      Synonym: daging

2. content

   Synonym: kandungan

   1. subject matter of anything written or presented orally

      Isi rancangan sidang yang diadakan tidak berapa memberangsangkan minat hadirin. ― The contents of the convention's programming did not arouse much interest to the audience.

3. filling (of food)

   Synonym: inti

4. (of a building) inhabitants

   Synonym: penduduk

Verb

isi (Jawi spelling ايسي)

1. (transitive) to fill

Usage notes

Like some verbs like beri, the Malay dictionary, Kamus Dewan differentiates between isi and isikan in a way whereby the former should only be followed by an indirect object while the latter should only be followed by a direct object, but this distinction is rarely followed except academically.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pengisi [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pengisian [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• isian [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• perisian [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• mengisi [agent focus] (meN-)
• mengisikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• diisi [patient focus] (di-)
• diisikan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• terisi [agentless action] (teR-)
• berisi [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• isi rumah
• isipadu
• isi istana

Descendants

• > Indonesian: isi (inherited)

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “ايس isi”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 37
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “ايسي isi”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 67
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “isi”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 430

Further reading

• “isi”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀇𑀲𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• इसि (Devanagari script)
• ইসি (Bengali script)
• ඉසි (Sinhalese script)
• ဣသိ or ဢိသိ (Burmese script)
• อิสิ (Thai script)
• ᩍᩈᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ອິສິ (Lao script)
• ឥសិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄨𑄥𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛṣi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš.

Noun

isi m

1. sage, seer

Declension

Declension table of "isi" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	isi	isayo or isī
Accusative (second)	isiṃ	isayo or isī
Instrumental (third)	isinā	isīhi or isībhi
Dative (fourth)	isissa or isino	isīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	isismā or isimhā	isīhi or isībhi
Genitive (sixth)	isissa or isino	isīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	isismiṃ or isimhi	isīsu
Vocative (calling)	isi	isayo or isī

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဣသိ (i.si.)
• → Mon: ဣသိ
• → Khmer: ឥសី (ʼisəy)
• → Sinhalese: ඉසි (isi)
• → Thai: อิสิ (isi)

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ncɪ́.

Noun

isí class 9 (plural amasí class 6)

1. earth, the world

Samoan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

isi

1. some, a few

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Afar úsuk and Hadiyya iso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisi/
• Hyphenation: i‧si

Pronoun

isi

1. he

See also

Sidamo personal pronouns

		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
				m	f
singular	nominative	ani	ati	isi	ise
	genitive	ane*)	ate*)	isi*)	ise*)
	accusative			iso*)
plural	nominative	ninke	kiʼne	insa
	genitive	ninke*)	kiʼne*)	insa*)
	accusative

^*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007), A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 70

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with Tidore isi (“urine”), Tabaru osisi (“to urinate”). Further afield, compare Proto-Trans-New Guinea *(si)si, *siti, *pisi (“urine”) and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ihiq (“urine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.si/

Noun

isi

1. urine

References

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

Tidore

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate isi (“urine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.si/

Noun

isi

1. urine

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill, page 75
• Joost Pikkert, Cheryl Pikkert, Husain Mahifa (1994), Kamus Bahasa Tidore, Indonesia, Inggris

Turkish

Noun

isi

1. inflection of is:
   1. accusative singular
   2. third-person singular possessive

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.s̪i/

Verb

isi

1. (transitive) to kiss

Conjugation

Conjugation of isi (action verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tiisi	miisi	aisi
2nd person		niisi	fiisi
3rd person	inanimate	iisi	diisi
	animate
imperative		niisi, isi	fiisi, isi

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[4], Pacific linguistics

Zulu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /íːsi/

Noun

ī́si class 5 (plural amási class 6)

1. A lump of hard, curdled milk.
2. (in the plural) curdled or sour milk

Inflection

Class 5/6 (locative esini)

	singular		plural
full form	isi		amasi
simple form	lisi		masi
locative	esini		emasini
copulative	yisi		ngamasi
Possessive forms
	singular		plural
	modifier	substantive	modifier	substantive
class 1	wesi	owesi	wamasi	owamasi
class 2	besi	abesi	bamasi	abamasi
class 3	wesi	owesi	wamasi	owamasi
class 4	yesi	eyesi	yamasi	eyamasi
class 5	lesi	elesi	lamasi	elamasi
class 6	esi	awesi	amasi	awamasi
class 7	sesi	esesi	samasi	esamasi
class 8	zesi	ezesi	zamasi	ezamasi
class 9	yesi	eyesi	yamasi	eyamasi
class 10	zesi	ezesi	zamasi	ezamasi
class 11	lwesi	olwesi	lwamasi	olwamasi
class 14	besi	obesi	bamasi	obamasi
class 15	kwesi	okwesi	kwamasi	okwamasi
class 17	kwesi	okwesi	kwamasi	okwamasi

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-si”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-si (3.2.9)”