sia

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See also: Sia, sía, ŝia, siä, sỉa, siá, sià, and siA

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay sial.

Pronunciation[edit]

Particle[edit]

sia

  1. (Singlish, Manglish) A sentence-final particle used to express discontent, shock, envy, exhaustion or exasperation.
    — You can't find it? Maybe someone stole it.
    — For what sia?
    • 2004, joshley, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
      […] Really disappointed siah […] The damage is done and no explanation will be accepted...... damn stupid!

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Soh, Ying Qi; Lee, Junwen; Tan, Ying-Ying (2022), “Ethnicity and Tone Production on Singlish Particles”, in Languages, volume 7, issue 3, →DOI

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

sia

  1. (archaic) first-person singular present subjunctive form of ser
    Synonyms: sigui, siga
  2. (archaic) third-person singular present subjunctive form of ser
    Synonyms: sigui, siga

Derived terms[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

sia

  1. whether it be; be it
    • 1961, Joan Lluís, El meu Pallars: El Pallars Sobirà:
      Degotalls que s'estimballen des dels cingles fins al riu, i calmosament davallen, sia hivern o sia estiu.
      Stalactites that fling themselves from the cliffs into the river, and calmly descend, be it winter or be it summer.
    • 1975, Narcís Xifra i Riera, Montserrat, juliol de 1936:
      El cas és que posaren altre cop en pràctica allò de destruir tot el que havien fet els altres, ja sia bo o dolent, i es complagueren amb la revenja […]
      The thing is that they reimplemented that destruction of everything that others had made, whether it be good or bad, and they were pleased with revenge […]
    Synonym: siga

Further reading[edit]

Chuukese[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

sia

  1. we (inclusive)

Adjective[edit]

sia

  1. we are (inclusive)

Related terms[edit]

Present and past tense Negative tense Future Negative future Distant future Negative determinate
Singular First person ua use upwe usap upwap ute
Second person ka, ke kose, kese kopwe, kepwe kosap, kesap kopwap, kepwap kote, kete
Third person a ese epwe esap epwap ete
Plural First person aua (exclusive)
sia (inclusive)		 ause (exclusive)
sise (inclusive)		 aupwe (exclusive)
sipwe (inclusive)		 ausap (exclusive)
sisap (inclusive)		 aupwap (exclusive)
sipwap (inclusive)		 aute (exclusive)
site (inclusive)
Second person oua ouse oupwe ousap oupwap oute
Third person ra, re rese repwe resap repwap rete


Eritai[edit]

Noun[edit]

sia

  1. water
  2. river

References[edit]

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

si +‎ -a. Possibly under influence of Slavic (Polish swój, Russian свой (svoj), Belarusian свой (svoj)) and Germanic (German sein).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈsia]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: si‧a

Pronoun[edit]

sia (accusative singular sian, plural siaj, accusative plural siajn)

  1. belonging to the subject of the sentence
    • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta:
      Sia estas kara pli ol la najbara.
      One's own is dearer than the neighbor's.
    Johano donis al Alfredo sian kukon.
    John gave Alfred his (John's) cake.

See also[edit]

Garo[edit]

Verb[edit]

sia

  1. to die

Interlingua[edit]

Verb[edit]

sia

  1. imperative of esser

Conjunction[edit]

sia

  1. whether (used the first time in a sentence)
  2. or (used the second time in a sentence)

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish sír.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sia

  1. longer
  2. further

References[edit]

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsi.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: sì‧a

Verb[edit]

sia

  1. inflection of essere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Conjunction[edit]

sia ... sia ...

  1. both ... and ..
  2. either ... or ..

Synonyms[edit]

  • sia ... che ...

Anagrams[edit]

Kanakanabu[edit]

Kanakanabu cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : sia

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.

Numeral[edit]

sia

  1. nine

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

sia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sion

References[edit]

  • sia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “sia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

North Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian sê. Cognates include West Frisian see.

Noun[edit]

sia f

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) sea

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Norwegian dialectal sia, from Old Norse síðan. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sidan.

Adverb[edit]

sia

  1. Alternative form of siden

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

sia

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of sidan

Old Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Along with siu (“she”), from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz.

Pronoun[edit]

sia

  1. they

Declension[edit]

Old Dutch personal pronouns
1st person Singular Plural
Nominative ik, ic, ih wī, wīr
Accusative mī, mik, *mic uns, unsig
Genitive mīn unsa, *unser
Dative mī uns, unsig
2nd person Singular Plural
Nominative thu, tu gī, ir
Accusative thī, thik, *thic iu,
Genitive thīn iuwa, *iuwer
Dative thī iu
3rd person Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative hē, hie sia it
Accusative imo sia it
Genitive sīn, is iro is
Dative imo iro imo
Plural
Nominative sia, sie (masc. plur.)
Accusative sia, sie (masc. plur.)
Genitive iro
Dative im

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Dutch: si, sie

Further reading[edit]

  • “sia (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Along with siu (“she”), from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz.

Pronoun[edit]

sia m or f

  1. she (accusative)
  2. they

Declension[edit]

Old Saxon personal pronouns
Personal pronouns
Singular 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative ik thū hē siu it
Accusative mī, me, mik thī, thik ina sia
Dative mī thī imu iru it
Genitive mīn thīn is ira is
Dual 1. 2. - - -
Nominative wit git - - -
Accusative unk ink - - -
Dative
Genitive unkero, unka

inker, inka

- - -
Plural 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative wī, we gī, ge sia sia siu
Accusative ūs, unsik eu, iu, iuu
Dative ūs im
Genitive ūser euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera iro

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Low German: sê, su, sia
    • Dutch Low Saxon: zee
    • German Low German: se
    • Plautdietsch: see

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Scottish Gaelic numbers (edit)
60[a], [b]
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: sia
    Standalone: a sia
    Ordinal: siathamh
    Ordinal abbreviation: 6mh
    Personal: sianar
    Multiplier: sia-fillte

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (Islay, South Argyll) sè

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish sé, from Proto-Celtic *swexs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare Irish sé, Manx shey.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ʃia/

Numeral[edit]

sia

  1. six

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
sia shia
after "an", t-sia
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “sia”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 sé”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Sotho[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *-tíga.

Verb[edit]

sia

  1. to leave

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish sīa, sēa, from Old Norse sjá, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.

Verb[edit]

sia (present siar, preterite siade, supine siat, imperative sia)

  1. to foretell; to tell the future

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of sia (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive sia sias
Supine siat siats
Imperative sia —
Imper. plural1 sien —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative siar siade sias siades
Ind. plural1 sia siade sias siades
Subjunctive2 sie siade sies siades
Participles
Present participle siande
Past participle siad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Tausug[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia.

Pronoun[edit]

sia

  1. he

Ternate[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

sia

  1. (transitive) to draw water (from a well, etc.)
  2. (transitive) to drag

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of sia
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tosia fosia misia
2nd nosia nisia
3rd Masculine osia isia, yosia†
Feminine mosia
Neuter isia
† - archaic

References[edit]

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

Tetum[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *siwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siwa, from Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.

Numeral[edit]

sia

  1. nine

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English chair.

Noun[edit]

sia

  1. chair

Venetian[edit]

Verb[edit]

sia

  1. inflection of èser:
    1. first-person singular, third-person singular and third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular and plural imperative

Yámana[edit]

Noun[edit]

sia

  1. foam

Yami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Austronesian *si-da. Compare Tagalog sila (“they, them”)

Pronoun[edit]

sia

  1. they
  2. he, she, it
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