sii

See also: sīi

Alemannic German

Etymology

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

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?

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Italian

Verb

sii

1. second-person singular imperative form of essere

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Northern Sami

Pronoun

sii

1. they (more than two of them)

Inflection

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

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Spanish

Etymology

Presumably from si and after English iff.

Conjunction

sii

1. (mathematics, rare) iff

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.