siasia

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Northern Valley Yokuts

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Etymology

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From Proto-Yokuts *sasa- ("eye").

Noun

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siasia

  1. (Noptinte) eye

References

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  • Madison S. Becler, Noptinte Yokuts, in Studies in American Indian Languages (Jesse O. Sawyer (editor), 1971)

Ternate

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Etymology

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Reduplication of sia (to draw water).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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siasia

  1. a bucket

References

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