sino

See also: sinó, sino-, si no, sin-o, s-ino, Sino-, and S-ino

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧no

Noun

sino

1. a mature coconut fruit

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Galician

sinos

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese sino (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin signum (“bell”), from Latin signum (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Cognate with Portuguese sino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.no̝/

Noun

sino m (plural sinos)

1. bell

   Synonym: campá

2. sign

   Synonyms: signo, sinal

3. destiny, fate

   Synonym: destino

Derived terms

• Monte do Sino
• sineiro
• Sineiro
• Sino

References

• “sino” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “sino” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “sino” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “sino” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “sino” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Inari Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

siṇo

1. short grass

Inflection

Even o-stem, ṇ-n gradation
Nominative	siṇo
Genitive	sino
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	siṇo	sinoh
Accusative	sino	sinoid
Genitive	sino	sinoi
Illative	siṇon	sinoid
Locative	siinoost	sinoin
Comitative	sinoin	sinoiguin
Abessive	sinottáá	sinoittáá
Essive	sinnoon
Partitive	sinnood
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

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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Italian

Preposition

sino

1. Alternative form of fino.

Derived terms

• sin d'ora
• sin da
• sin qui
• persino
• sinché
• sinora

Anagrams

• Sion, soni

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sinō, from Proto-Indo-European *tḱi-né-ti, denominative present of the root *tḱey-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.noː/, [ˈs̠ɪ.noː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.no/, [ˈsiː.nɔ]

Verb

sinō (present infinitive sinere, perfect active sīvī or siī, supine situm); third conjugation

1. (with accusative of person and infinitive) I let, permit, allow, suffer.
2. I put, lay, set down.

Conjugation

• The shorter perfects like siī, siit are relatively rare, but syncopated perfects like sīris for sīveris are very common.

Conjugation of sinō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sinō	sinis	sinit	sinimus	sinitis	sinunt
	imperfect	sinēbam	sinēbās	sinēbat	sinēbāmus	sinēbātis	sinēbant
	future	sinam	sinēs	sinet	sinēmus	sinētis	sinent
	perfect	sīvī, siī	sīvistī, siistī, sīstī1	sīvit, siit	sīvimus, siimus	sīvistis, siistis, sīstis1	sīvērunt, sīvēre, siērunt, siēre
	pluperfect	sīveram, sieram	sīverās, sierās	sīverat, sierat	sīverāmus, sierāmus	sīverātis, sierātis	sīverant, sierant
	future perfect	sīverō, sierō	sīveris, sieris	sīverit, sierit	sīverimus, sierimus	sīveritis, sieritis	sīverint, sierint
passive	present	sinor	sineris, sinere	sinitur	sinimur	siniminī	sinuntur
	imperfect	sinēbar	sinēbāris, sinēbāre	sinēbātur	sinēbāmur	sinēbāminī	sinēbantur
	future	sinar	sinēris, sinēre	sinētur	sinēmur	sinēminī	sinentur
	perfect	situs + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	situs + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	situs + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sinam	sinās	sinat	sināmus	sinātis	sinant
	imperfect	sinerem	sinerēs	sineret	sinerēmus	sinerētis	sinerent
	perfect	sīverim, sierim	sīverīs, sierīs	sīverit, sierit	sīverīmus, sierīmus	sīverītis, sierītis	sīverint, sierint
	pluperfect	sīvissem, siissem, sīssem1	sīvissēs, siissēs, sīssēs1	sīvisset, siisset, sīsset1	sīvissēmus, siissēmus, sīssēmus1	sīvissētis, siissētis, sīssētis1	sīvissent, siissent, sīssent1
passive	present	sinar	sināris, sināre	sinātur	sināmur	sināminī	sinantur
	imperfect	sinerer	sinerēris, sinerēre	sinerētur	sinerēmur	sinerēminī	sinerentur
	perfect	situs + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	situs + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sine	—	—	sinite	—
	future	—	sinitō	sinitō	—	sinitōte	sinuntō
passive	present	—	sinere	—	—	siniminī	—
	future	—	sinitor	sinitor	—	—	sinuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sinere	sīvisse, siisse, sīsse1	sitūrum esse	sinī	situm esse	situm īrī
participles		sinēns	—	sitūrus	—	situs	sinendus, sinundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sinendī	sinendō	sinendum	sinendō	situm	sitū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• dēsinō
• pōnō
• situs

References

• sino in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sino in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I cannot sleep for anxiety: curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinunt
    
  • (ambiguous) on good grounds; reasonably: non sine causa
    
  • (ambiguous) without doubt, beyond all doubt: sine dubio (not sine ullo dubio)
    
  • (ambiguous) without any hesitation; without the least scruple: sine ulla dubitatione
    
  • (ambiguous) without delay: sine mora or nulla mora interposita
    
  • (ambiguous) indisputably; incontestably: sine (ulla) controversia
    
  • (ambiguous) to read a speech: de scripto orationem habere, dicere (opp. sine scripto, ex memoria)
    
  • (ambiguous) without any disguise, frankly: sine fuco ac fallaciis (Att. 1. 1. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) with no moderation: sine modo; nullo modo adhibito
    
  • (ambiguous) to lend some one money (without interest): pecuniam alicui credere (sine fenore, usuris)
    
  • (ambiguous) to restore prisoners without ransom: captivos sine pretio reddere
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• site in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin signum (“bell, ringing of a bell”), from Latin signum (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Cognate with Old Occitan senh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.no/

Noun

sino m

1. bell
   • 13th century C.E., Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, , E codex, cantiga 66 (facsimile):

     ſan pedro ſino tagia

     Saint Peter rang the bell

Synonyms

• campãa

Descendants

• Galician: sino
• Portuguese: sino
  • Kabuverdianu: sinu
  • Sinhalese: සීනුව (sīnuwa)
  • Tetum: sinu

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Portuguese

Sinos

Etymology

From Old Portuguese sino (“bell”), from Late Latin signum (“bell, ringing of a bell”), from Latin signum (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”).

Cognate with Galician sino, Catalan seny and Romansch zain. Also related to French tocsin and English tocsin (both ultimately from Old Occitan senh (“bell”)). Doublet of senho, senha, and signo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.nu/
• Hyphenation: si‧no

Noun

sino m (plural sinos)

1. bell (percussive instrument)
   • 1913, Fernando Pessoa, “Ó sino da minha aldeia”:

     Ó sino da minha aldeia, / Dolente na tarde calma, / Cada tua badalada / Soa dentro da minha alma.

     Oh bell of my village, / Lazy in this peaceful afternoon, / Each one of your tollings / Resounds in my soul.

Derived terms

• calças à boca de sino
• sineta

• sineiro
• torre sineira

Related terms

• assinar
• selo
• senha

• senho
• sigilo
• signa

• signo
• sina
• sinal

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: sinu
• Sinhalese: සීනුව (sīnuwa)
• Tetum: sinu

See also

• badalo
• campa

• campainha
• carrilhão

• chocalho
• guizo

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsino/, [ˈsi.no]

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin signum. Doublet of signo, cf. also seña. Cognate with English sign.

Noun

sino m (plural sinos)

1. destiny, fate, lot

   Synonyms: hado, destino, azar, fario

Etymology 2

Univerbation of si (“if”) +‎ no (“not”). Compare Portuguese senão, French sinon.

Conjunction

sino

1. but (after a negative clause) (i.e., "but rather", "but only", or "but rather only")

   No es cantante, sino actor. ― He is not a singer, but an actor.

2. except, apart from
3. only, solely

   No eres sino un alumno. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Further reading

• “sino” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Tagalog

Pronoun

sino

1. (interrogative) who

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Yami

Pronoun

sino

1. (interrogative) who

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Zia

Noun

sino

1. dog