sia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sia"

English

Alternative forms

siah, sial, siol

Etymology

From Malay sial.

Pronunciation

(Singapore) IPA^(key): /sjɑː˧/, /-˨˧/, /sjɐ/, /sjə/

Particle

sia

(Singlish, Manglish) Tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, exhaustion or exasperation.
— If you can’t find your pencils, maybe someone stole them.
— For what sia?
- 2004, joshley, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
  […] Really disappointed siah […] The damage is done and no explanation will be accepted...... damn stupid!
- 2015 May 14, @lawyizhuan, Twitter‎^[1]:
  Wah. Really damn shag [exhausting] sia, everyday. But I'm really glad to be able to contribute😄
- 2020 January 14, Justin Vanderstraaten, quoting Moon, “Drugs, Cash, and Prison. When Does Enough Become Enough?”, in ricemedia.co‎^[2], archived from the original on 26 February 2024:
  As soon as the sentence was handed down, I saw my Mum crying. I was given 5 minutes to talk to them and after that, I thought to myself what the fuck am I going to do sia! […]
- 2023, Kristian-Marc James Paul, Myle Yan Tay, Mysara Aljaru, Brown is Redacted: Reflecting on Race in Singapore, Ethos Books, →ISBN:
  And we fucking panic sia. We kept saying, "No no no!" And they kept shouting […]

References

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

Anagrams

ais, A.S.I., Asi, AIS, a-Si, is-a, Ais, sai, Isa, A.I.s, Isa., IAS, ISA, ASI, IAs, AIs, A. S. I.

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsi.ə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsi.a]

Verb

sia

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

Derived terms

o sia

Conjunction

sia

whether it be; be it
Synonym: siga
- 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 […]

Chuukese

Pronoun

sia

we (inclusive)

Adjective

sia

we are (inclusive)

Related terms

			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	exclusive	aua	ause	aupwe	ausap	aupwap	aute
	first person	inclusive	sia	sise	sipwe	sisap	sipwap	site
	second person		oua	ouse	oupwe	ousap	oupwap	oute
	third person		ra re	rese	repwe	resap	repwap	rete

Eritai

Noun

sia

water
river

References

Duane A. Clouse, 1997, Toward a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya, In Karl J. Franklin (ed.), Papers in Papuan linguistics No. 2, 133-236. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, page 172
C. L. Voorhoeve, 1975. Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p.108

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

IPA^(key): /ˈsia/
Rhymes: -ia
Hyphenation: si‧a

Pronoun

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

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

Finnish

Noun

sia

Archaic spelling of sija.

Declension

Inflection of sia (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		sia	siat
genitive		sian	siojen
partitive		siaa	sioja
illative		siaan	sioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sia	siat
accusative	nom.	sia	siat
accusative	gen.	sian	siat
genitive		sian	siojen siain ^rare
partitive		siaa	sioja
inessive		siassa	sioissa
elative		siasta	sioista
illative		siaan	sioihin
adessive		sialla	sioilla
ablative		sialta	sioilta
allative		sialle	sioille
essive		siana	sioina
translative		siaksi	sioiksi
abessive		siatta	sioitta
instructive		—	sioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of sia (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		siani	siani
accusative	nom.	siani	siani
accusative	gen.	siani	siani
genitive		siani	siojeni siaini ^rare
partitive		siaani	siojani
inessive		siassani	sioissani
elative		siastani	sioistani
illative		siaani	sioihini
adessive		siallani	sioillani
ablative		sialtani	sioiltani
allative		sialleni	sioilleni
essive		sianani	sioinani
translative		siakseni	sioikseni
abessive		siattani	sioittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	sioineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		siasi	siasi
accusative	nom.	siasi	siasi
accusative	gen.	siasi	siasi
genitive		siasi	siojesi siaisi ^rare
partitive		siaasi	siojasi
inessive		siassasi	sioissasi
elative		siastasi	sioistasi
illative		siaasi	sioihisi
adessive		siallasi	sioillasi
ablative		sialtasi	sioiltasi
allative		siallesi	sioillesi
essive		sianasi	sioinasi
translative		siaksesi	sioiksesi
abessive		siattasi	sioittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	sioinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		siamme	siamme
accusative	nom.	siamme	siamme
accusative	gen.	siamme	siamme
genitive		siamme	siojemme siaimme ^rare
partitive		siaamme	siojamme
inessive		siassamme	sioissamme
elative		siastamme	sioistamme
illative		siaamme	sioihimme
adessive		siallamme	sioillamme
ablative		sialtamme	sioiltamme
allative		siallemme	sioillemme
essive		sianamme	sioinamme
translative		siaksemme	sioiksemme
abessive		siattamme	sioittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	sioinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		sianne	sianne
accusative	nom.	sianne	sianne
accusative	gen.	sianne	sianne
genitive		sianne	siojenne siainne ^rare
partitive		siaanne	siojanne
inessive		siassanne	sioissanne
elative		siastanne	sioistanne
illative		siaanne	sioihinne
adessive		siallanne	sioillanne
ablative		sialtanne	sioiltanne
allative		siallenne	sioillenne
essive		siananne	sioinanne
translative		siaksenne	sioiksenne
abessive		siattanne	sioittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	sioinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		siansa	siansa
accusative	nom.	siansa	siansa
accusative	gen.	siansa	siansa
genitive		siansa	siojensa siainsa ^rare
partitive		siaansa	siojaan siojansa
inessive		siassaan siassansa	sioissaan sioissansa
elative		siastaan siastansa	sioistaan sioistansa
illative		siaansa	sioihinsa
adessive		siallaan siallansa	sioillaan sioillansa
ablative		sialtaan sialtansa	sioiltaan sioiltansa
allative		sialleen siallensa	sioilleen sioillensa
essive		sianaan sianansa	sioinaan sioinansa
translative		siakseen siaksensa	sioikseen sioiksensa
abessive		siattaan siattansa	sioittaan sioittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	sioineen sioinensa

Garo

Verb

sia

to die

Interlingua

Verb

sia

imperative of esser

Conjunction

sia

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

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sír.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʃiə]

Adjective

sia

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sia”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 sía”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

sia

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

Conjunction

sia ... sia ...

both ... and ..
either ... or ..

Synonyms

sia ... che ...

Anagrams

-asi, sai

Kanakanabu

**Kanakanabu cardinal numbers**
< 8	9	10 >
Cardinal : sia

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.

Numeral

sia

nine

Latin

Noun

sia

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sion

References

"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

Mambae

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siwa.

Numeral

sia

nine

North Frisian

Alternative forms

siie (Mooring)
See (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian sē, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi. The distinction between “sea” (feminine) and “lake” (masculine) is based on German See, where it developed through mixing of Low and High German usages. Older North Frisian, like Middle Low German, had only the feminine. There may have been another word for “lake”, although the North Frisian region has no natural lakes of dimensions that would necessitate to distinguish them from ponds etc.

Noun

sia m (plural sian)

(Föhr-Amrum) lake

Noun

sia f (plural sian)

(Föhr-Amrum) sea

Usage notes

The reduced article a may still be used with the feminine; cf. at for notes. This blurs the gender distinction. Some speakers therefore go a step further and use the Germanized form see for the masculine.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Adverb

sia

Alternative form of siden

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²siːɑ/

Adverb

sia

(pre-2012) alternative form of sidan

Old Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

sia

they

Declension

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

Middle Dutch: si, sie
- Dutch: zij
- Limburgish: zie

References

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *sehwā, from Proto-Germanic *sehwǭ.

Noun

sia f

sight

Inflection

Declension of sia (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	sia	sia, sion
accusative	sia, sion	sia, sion
genitive	sion	siono
dative	sion	sion

Descendants

Middle Dutch: sie

References

“sia (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

sie

Etymology

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

Pronoun

sia m or f

she (accusative)
they

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns
			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī, me, mik	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī, thik	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hē	ina	imu	is
		f	siu	sia	iru	ira
		n	it		it	is

dual	1st person		wit	unk		unkero, unka
dual	2nd person		git	ink		inker, inka

plural	1st person		wī, we	ūs, unsik	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		gī, ge	eu, iu, iuu		euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera
	3rd person	m	sia		im	iro
		f	sia
		n	siu

Descendants

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

Scottish Gaelic

**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

(Islay, South Argyll) sè

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃia/

Numeral

sia

six

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of *sia*
radical	lenition
sia	shia after "an", t-sia

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Edward Dwelly (1911) “sia”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sé”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tíga.

Verb

sia

to leave

Sundanese

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Doublet of dia.

Pronoun

sia (Sundanese script ᮞᮤᮃ)

(cohag) you
"Tah! Deuleu éta ku sia sorangan!"
There! You take a look at it yourself!

Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

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

to foretell; to tell the future

Conjugation

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

present participle		siande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

spå

Related terms

Anagrams

Isa

Ternate

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsi.a]

Verb

sia

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of *sia*
		singular	plural
		singular	inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tosia	fosia	misia
2nd person		nosia	nisia
3rd person	masculine	osia	isia yosia (archaic)
	feminine	mosia
	neuter	isia

References

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

Tetum

Etymology

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

Numeral

sia

nine

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English chair.

Noun

sia

chair

Venetan

Verb

sia

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

White Hmong

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʂiə̯˧/

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Maybe related to siv (“sash”) and similar words?”

Verb

sia

to wrap around the waist
sia siv ― to put on a sash

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Seems to be considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed proto-form is given.^[1] Same lemma as Etymology 1 (the classifier being "string, strip" suggests a semantic relation)?”

Noun

sia (classifier: txoj)

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[4], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 295.

^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

Yámana

Noun

sia

foam

Yami

Etymology

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

Pronoun

sia

they
he, she, it

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

[1]

		singular	plural
1st person exclusive	lemes	abdi¹, sim kuring²	abdi sadayana¹, simkuring sadayana²
	loma	urang¹, kuring², kami^{3, 4}	kuring sareréa
	cohag	aing	aing kabéhan
	enclitic	-ing †	-
1st person inclusive	lemes	-	urang samudayana
1st person inclusive	loma	-	arurang, urang
2nd person	lemes	anjeun, hidep⁵	aranjeun, haridep⁵
	loma	manéh, silaing	maranéh
	cohag	sia, dia⁴	saria, sararia
3rd person	lemes	mantenna⁶, anjeunna	aranjeunna
	loma	manéhna, inya⁴, nyana⁴, inyana⁴	maranéhna
	cohag	si éta	-
	enclitic	-na	-
reflexive	lemes	nyalira
reflexive	loma	sorangan, diri

Esperanto personal pronouns
		nominative	accusative	possessive	nominative	accusative	possessive
		singular			plural
first person		mi	min	mia	ni	nin	nia
second person	formal	vi	vin	via	vi	vin	via
second person	familiar¹	ci	cin	cia	vi	vin	via
third person	masculine	li	lin	lia	ili iŝi³	ilin iŝin³	ilia iŝia³
	feminine	ŝi	ŝin	ŝia
	neuter	ĝi	ĝin	ĝia
	gender-neutral²	ri ŝli	rin ŝlin	ria ŝlia
	reflexive	si	sin	sia	si	sin	sia
indefinite		oni	onin	onia	oni	onin	onia

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Particle

See also

References

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

Derived terms

Conjunction

Further reading

Chuukese

Pronoun

Adjective

Related terms

Eritai

Noun

References

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

See also

Finnish

Noun

Declension

Garo

Verb

Interlingua

Verb

Conjunction

Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

References

Italian

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjunction

Synonyms

Anagrams

Kanakanabu

Etymology

Numeral

Latin

Noun

References

Mambae

Etymology

Numeral

North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Noun

Usage notes

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Adverb

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Adverb

Old Dutch

Etymology 1

Pronoun

Declension

Descendants

References

Etymology 2

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

References

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology