siak

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Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧ak
• IPA^(key): /siˈʔak/ [siˈʔak]

Noun

sìak

1. alternative form of silak

Cua

Noun

siak

1. moon

References

• Maier, J and E. Burton, compilers. Vietnam word list (revised): Cua (1971), SIL International, page 1

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of siak – see 摔 (“to stumble; to lose one's balance; to fall; to plunge; to fall; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 摔).

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *si and Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈak/, [ˈʃak]
• IPA^(key): /siˈjak/ [siˈjak]
• Hyphenation: si‧ak

Pronoun

siák

1. First-person singular absolutive independent pronoun; I, me

   Siak laeng ti napan. ― I was the only one who went.

Usage notes

• When attached to the enclitic -(e)n, the pronoun becomes siakon, reflecting its old form (see etymology above).

  Siakon dita. ― I'll do it. / Leave it to me.

Derived terms

• sisiak

See also

Ilocano personal pronouns

Person	Number	Absolutive		Ergative	Oblique	Possessive
		Disjunctive	Enclitic	Enclitic3		bági form	kukua form
First	singular	siak	-ak	-ko, -k	kaniak	bagik	kukuak, kuak
	dual	data, sita1	-ta		kaniata, kadata	bagita	kukuata
	plural inclusive	datayo, sitayo1	-tayo, -tay		kaniatayo, kadatayo	bagitayo	kukuatayo
	plural exclusive	dakami, sikami1	-kami, -kam	-mi	kaniami, kadakami	bagimi	kukuami
Second	singular	sika	-ka	-mo, -m	kaniam, kenka	bagim	kukuam
	plural	dakayo, sikayo1	-kayo, -kay	-yo	kaniayo, kadakayo	bagiyo	kukuayo
Third	singular	isu, isuna	Ø2	-na	kaniana, kenkuana	bagina	kukuana
	plural	isuda	-da		kaniada, kadakuada	bagida	kukuada

¹Regional variants.
²Null morpheme: there is no absolutive enclitic for the third person singular pronoun. The disjunctives isu or isuna may also be used.
³Ergative enclitics are also used as possessive markers.

Fused enclitics

Actor	Patient
	siak	data	datayo	dakami	sika	dakayo	isu5	isuda
siak	bagik4	—	—	—	-ka	-kayo	-ko, -k	-ko ida, -k ida
data	—	bagita4	—	—	—	—	-ta	-ta ida
datayo	—	—	bagitayo4	—	—	—	-tayo	-tayo ida
dakami	—	—	—	bagimi4	-daka	-dakayo	-mi	-mi ida
sika	-nak	—	—	-nakami	bagim4	—	-mo, -m	-mo ida, -m ida
dakayo	-dak	-data	—	-dakami	—	bagiyo4	-yo	-yo ida
isu	-nak	-nata	-natayo	-nakami	-naka	-nakayo	bagina4, -na	-na ida
isuda	-dak	-data	-datayo	-dakami	-daka	-dakayo	-da	bagida4, -da ida

⁴Reflexive pronouns use the bagí form.
⁵ isu or isuna may also be added after the enclitics in this column.

Kavalan

Noun

siak

1. winter melon

Polish

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *sь (whence -siaj in dzisiaj and *-kъ, modeled on words such as tak and jak. First attested in the eighteenth century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: siak

Adverb

siak (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, now only in tak czy siak) otherwise, differently; in a different way

   Synonym: inaczej

Derived terms

adverbs/particles

• ani tak, ani siak
• ni tak, ni siak
• tak czy siak

Further reading

• siak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “siak”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “siak”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 87
• siak in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego