simi

See also: Simi, sími, SIMI, și-mi, and сими

English

Etymology 1

Noun

simi (plural simis)

1. A short sword or dagger used by the Kikuyu people.

Etymology 2

From Min Nan 甚麼／什麼／什么 (sím-mih, “what”).

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): [si˦mi˦˨]

Pronoun

simi (Singapore, colloquial, informal, Singlish)

1. (interrogative) What
   • 2016 January 22, <wakal...@yahoo.com.sg>, “China - Imperial Family”, in soc.culture.china (Usenet):

     Simi lanchiao?

2. Anything; whatever
   • 1998 August 9, K§_Chew, tmnet.communities (Usenet):

     Everyday must cook lah, clean lah, simi sai mah pao kah liao lor.

   • 2015 August 4, Sharanjit Leyl, “Cashing in on Singapore's 'SG50' jubilee”, in BBC News, Singapore:

     Search the acronym and you'll uncover them, including one called 'Simi Sai, also SG50' which describes the latest SG50 branding effort […].

   • 2018 March 24, Jewel Stolarchuk, “Former TRS editor who now runs ramen stall “terribly disappointed” that PAP Policy Forum holds “unfair” views about him, even after jail term”, in The Independent‎^[1]:

     I pleaded guilty because I am unable to prove in court that the articles in question does^{[sic – meaning do]} not have seditious tendencies because simi-sai also can be proven to have seditious tendencies.

Anagrams

• IMSI, Miis

Aruop

Noun

simi

1. woman

References

• transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sīmius.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mi/

Noun

simi m (plural simis)

1. simian

Derived terms

• simiesc
• simiot

Further reading

• “simi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Adjective

sīmī

1. inflection of sīmus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Quechua

Alternative forms

• (Ecuador): shimi

Noun

simi

1. mouth
2. speak
3. language
4. word

Declension

declension of simi

	singular	plural
nominative	simi	simikuna
accusative	simita	simikunata
dative	simiman	simikunaman
genitive	simip	simikunap
locative	simipi	simikunapi
terminative	simikama	simikunakama
ablative	simimanta	simikunamanta
instrumental	simiwan	simikunawan
comitative	simintin	simikunantin
abessive	siminnaq	simikunannaq
comparative	simihina	simikunahina
causative	simirayku	simikunarayku
benefactive	simipaq	simikunapaq
associative	simipura	simikunapura
distributive	siminka	simikunanka
exclusive	similla	simikunalla

possessive forms of simi

ñuqap - first-person singular

ñuqap (my)	singular	plural
nominative	simiy	simiykuna
accusative	simiyta	simiykunata
dative	simiyman	simiykunaman
genitive	simiypa	simiykunap
locative	simiypi	simiykunapi
terminative	simiykama	simiykunakama
ablative	simiymanta	simiykunamanta
instrumental	simiywan	simiykunawan
comitative	simiynintin	simiykunantin
abessive	simiyninnaq	simiykunannaq
comparative	simiyhina	simiykunahina
causative	simiyrayku	simiykunarayku
benefactive	simiypaq	simiykunapaq
associative	simiypura	simiykunapura
distributive	simiyninka	simiykunanka
exclusive	simiylla	simiykunalla

qampa - second-person singular

qampa (your)	singular	plural
nominative	simiyki	simiykikuna
accusative	simiykita	simiykikunata
dative	simiykiman	simiykikunaman
genitive	simiykipa	simiykikunap
locative	simiykipi	simiykikunapi
terminative	simiykikama	simiykikunakama
ablative	simiykimanta	simiykikunamanta
instrumental	simiykiwan	simiykikunawan
comitative	simiykintin	simiykikunantin
abessive	simiykinnaq	simiykikunannaq
comparative	simiykihina	simiykikunahina
causative	simiykirayku	simiykikunarayku
benefactive	simiykipaq	simiykikunapaq
associative	simiykipura	simiykikunapura
distributive	simiykinka	simiykikunanka
exclusive	simiykilla	simiykikunalla

paypa - third-person singular

paypa (his/her/its)	singular	plural
nominative	simin	siminkuna
accusative	siminta	siminkunata
dative	siminman	siminkunaman
genitive	siminpa	siminkunap
locative	siminpi	siminkunapi
terminative	siminkama	siminkunakama
ablative	siminmanta	siminkunamanta
instrumental	siminwan	siminkunawan
comitative	siminintin	siminkunantin
abessive	siminninnaq	siminkunannaq
comparative	siminhina	siminkunahina
causative	siminrayku	siminkunarayku
benefactive	siminpaq	siminkunapaq
associative	siminpura	siminkunapura
distributive	simininka	siminkunanka
exclusive	siminlla	siminkunalla

ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural

ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))	singular	plural
nominative	siminchik	siminchikkuna
accusative	siminchikta	siminchikkunata
dative	siminchikman	siminchikkunaman
genitive	siminchikpa	siminchikkunap
locative	siminchikpi	siminchikkunapi
terminative	siminchikkama	siminchikkunakama
ablative	siminchikmanta	siminchikkunamanta
instrumental	siminchikwan	siminchikkunawan
comitative	siminchiknintin	siminchikkunantin
abessive	siminchikninnaq	siminchikkunannaq
comparative	siminchikhina	siminchikkunahina
causative	siminchikrayku	siminchikkunarayku
benefactive	siminchikpaq	siminchikkunapaq
associative	siminchikpura	siminchikkunapura
distributive	siminchikninka	siminchikkunanka
exclusive	siminchiklla	siminchikkunalla

ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural

ñuqaykup (our(excl))	singular	plural
nominative	simiyku	simiykukuna
accusative	simiykuta	simiykukunata
dative	simiykuman	simiykukunaman
genitive	simiykupa	simiykukunap
locative	simiykupi	simiykukunapi
terminative	simiykukama	simiykukunakama
ablative	simiykumanta	simiykukunamanta
instrumental	simiykuwan	simiykukunawan
comitative	simiykuntin	simiykukunantin
abessive	simiykunnaq	simiykukunannaq
comparative	simiykuhina	simiykukunahina
causative	simiykurayku	simiykukunarayku
benefactive	simiykupaq	simiykukunapaq
associative	simiykupura	simiykukunapura
distributive	simiykunka	simiykukunanka
exclusive	simiykulla	simiykukunalla

qamkunap - second-person plural

qamkunap (your(pl))	singular	plural
nominative	simiykichik	simiykichikkuna
accusative	simiykichikta	simiykichikkunata
dative	simiykichikman	simiykichikkunaman
genitive	simiykichikpa	simiykichikkunap
locative	simiykichikpi	simiykichikkunapi
terminative	simiykichikkama	simiykichikkunakama
ablative	simiykichikmanta	simiykichikkunamanta
instrumental	simiykichikwan	simiykichikkunawan
comitative	simiykichiknintin	simiykichikkunantin
abessive	simiykichikninnaq	simiykichikkunannaq
comparative	simiykichikhina	simiykichikkunahina
causative	simiykichikrayku	simiykichikkunarayku
benefactive	simiykichikpaq	simiykichikkunapaq
associative	simiykichikpura	simiykichikkunapura
distributive	simiykichikninka	simiykichikkunanka
exclusive	simiykichiklla	simiykichikkunalla

paykunap - third-person plural

paykunap (their)	singular	plural
nominative	siminku	siminkukuna
accusative	siminkuta	siminkukunata
dative	siminkuman	siminkukunaman
genitive	siminkupa	siminkukunap
locative	siminkupi	siminkukunapi
terminative	siminkukama	siminkukunakama
ablative	siminkumanta	siminkukunamanta
instrumental	siminkuwan	siminkukunawan
comitative	siminkuntin	siminkukunantin
abessive	siminkunnaq	siminkukunannaq
comparative	siminkuhina	siminkukunahina
causative	siminkurayku	siminkukunarayku
benefactive	siminkupaq	siminkukunapaq
associative	siminkupura	siminkukunapura
distributive	siminkunka	siminkukunanka
exclusive	siminkulla	siminkukunalla

Derived terms

• qasi simi

See also

• qallu

Swahili

Verb

simi

1. first-person singular object of si-; it is not me

   Antonym: ndimi

See also

Emphatic copula negative (si-)

		Singular	Plural
1st person		simi, siye	sio
2nd person		siwe, siye	sinyi, sio
3rd person	m-wa(I/II)	siye	sio
	m-mi(III/IV)	sio	siyo
	ji-ma(V/VI)	silo	siyo
	ki-vi(VII/VIII)	sicho	sivyo
	n(IX/X)	siyo	sizo
	u(XI)	sio	see n(X) or ma(VI)
	ku(XV/XVII)	siko
	pa(XVI)	sipo
	mu(XVIII)	simo
For a full table, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧mi
• IPA^(key): /ˈsimiʔ/, [ˈsi.mɪʔ]

Noun

simì

1. small particles or remnants of food, especially fish (fallen from or left on the table after eating)

See also

• mismis
• pispis
• mumo