tsi

See also: tśi

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin quid. Compare Romanian ce.

Pronoun

tsi (interrogative)

1. what

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Bura

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sí]

Noun

tsi

1. arm

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Ewe

Noun

tsi

1. water (including in the form of a river or rain)

   dé asi tsi me — put one's hand in the water

   • 2006, Aspect and Modality in Kwa Languages →ISBN, pages 158 and 187:

     mia-nyrɔ-e ɖé tɔ-a me né wò-a-no tsi kú

     1PL:1RR-immerse-3SG ALL river-DEF containing.region LINK 3SG-1RR-drink water die

     We should immerse him in the river so that he would drown. (literally "die by water")

     […]

     tsi dî bé ye-a-dza

     water want COMP LOG-SUBJV-ooze

     'Rain wants to fall' i.e. 'it is about to rain'.

Verb

tsi

1. extinguish
2. hang
3. suspend

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Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

Verb

-tsi

1. to say

Inflection

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