sii

See also: síi, sīi, si'i, and сии

Aiwoo

Noun

sii

1. fish

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• si, siin, sinh, ŝchi

Etymology

From Old High German sīn (“to be”) (with some inflections from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”) and *beuną (“to be, exist, become”)), from Proto-Indo-European *es-, *h₁es- (“to be, exist”). Cognate with German sein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siː/

Verb

sii (third-person singular simple present isch, past participle gsii, past subjunctive weer, auxiliary sii)

1. to be
   • 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):

     Wänn sind Si s'letscht Mal dunde gsi?

     When were you last down there?

Conjugation

    conjugation of sii – Urner dialect

infinitive		sii
past participle		gsi
		singular			plural
		1st person ich, i	2nd person du	3rd person er/si/es	1st person mir	2nd person ir	3rd person si
indicative	present	bi, bin	bisch	isch	sind	sind	sind
subjunctive	present	sig	siigesch	sig	siige	siiget	siige
	past	wär, wër	wäresch	wär, wër	wäre	wäret	wäre
imperative	affirmative	—	biss	—	—	sind	—

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 85.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sii, from Proto-Uralic *śiŋe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiː/, [ˈs̠iː]
• Rhymes: -iː
• Syllabification: sii

Noun

sii

1. Synonym of siihirsi

Declension

Inflection of sii (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		sii	siit
genitive		siin	siiden siitten
partitive		siitä	siitä
illative		siihin	siihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sii	siit
accusative	nom.	sii	siit
	gen.	siin
genitive		siin	siiden siitten
partitive		siitä	siitä
inessive		siissä	siissä
elative		siistä	siistä
illative		siihin	siihin
adessive		siillä	siillä
ablative		siiltä	siiltä
allative		siille	siille
essive		siinä	siinä
translative		siiksi	siiksi
instructive		—	siin
abessive		siittä	siittä
comitative		—	siineen

Possessive forms of sii (type maa)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	siini	siimme
2nd person	siisi	siinne
3rd person	siinsä

Anagrams

• -isi-, isi

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.i/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: sì‧i

Verb

sii

1. second-person singular imperative of essere

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Latin

Noun

siī

1. genitive singular of sion

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North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian sidza, sedza, sega, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną. Cognate with West Frisian sizze, Danish sige.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siː/

Verb

sii (present sii, 2 sg. sairst, 3 sg. sair, past sair, perfect sair)

1. (Sylt) to say

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Northern Ohlone

Noun

sii

1. water

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Northern Sami

Pronoun

sii

1. they (more than two of them)

Inflection

Inflection of sii (irregular)
Nominative	sii
Genitive	sīn
Nominative	sii
Genitive	sīn
Accusative	sīn
Illative	sidjiide
Locative	sīs
Comitative	sīnguin
Essive	sīnin

See also

Personal pronouns
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	mun	moai	mii
2nd person	don	doai	dii
3rd person	son	soai	sii

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Rama

Noun

sii

1. water

References

• Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, volume 29

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Somali

Verb

sii

1. to give

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Spanish

Etymology

Presumably from si and after English iff.

Conjunction

sii

1. (mathematics, rare) iff

Quotations

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:sii.