siak

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧ak
• IPA^(key): /siˈʔak/ [siˈʔak]

Noun

sìak

1. Alternative form of silak

Cua

Noun

siak

1. moon

References

• Maier, J and E. Burton, compilers. Vietnam word list (revised): Cua (1971), SIL International, page 1

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of siak – see 摔 (“to stumble; to lose one's balance; to fall; to plunge; to fall; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 摔).

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *si and Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈak/, [ˈʃak]
• IPA^(key): /siˈjak/ [siˈjak]
• Hyphenation: si‧ak

Pronoun

siák

1. First-person singular absolutive independent pronoun; I, me

   Siak laeng ti napan. ― I was the only one who went.

Usage notes

• When attached to the enclitic -(e)n, the pronoun becomes siakon, reflecting its old form (see etymology above).

  Siakon dita. ― I'll do it. / Leave it to me.

Derived terms

• sisiak

See also

Ilocano personal pronouns

Person	Number	Absolutive		Ergative	Oblique	Possessive
		Disjunctive	Enclitic	Enclitic3		bági form	kukua form
First	singular	siak	-ak	-ko, -k	kaniak	bagik	kukuak, kuak
	dual	data, sita1	-ta		kaniata, kadata	bagita	kukuata
	plural inclusive	datayo, sitayo1	-tayo, -tay		kaniatayo, kadatayo	bagitayo	kukuatayo
	plural exclusive	dakami, sikami1	-kami, -kam	-mi	kaniami, kadakami	bagimi	kukuami
Second	singular	sika	-ka	-mo, -m	kaniam, kenka	bagim	kukuam
	plural	dakayo, sikayo1	-kayo, -kay	-yo	kaniayo, kadakayo	bagiyo	kukuayo
Third	singular	isu, isuna	Ø2	-na	kaniana, kenkuana	bagina	kukuana
	plural	isuda	-da		kaniada, kadakuada	bagida	kukuada
1Regional variants. 2Null morpheme: there is no absolutive enclitic for the third person singular pronoun. The disjunctives isu or isuna may also be used. 3Ergative enclitics are also used as possessive markers.
Fused enclitics Actor Patient siak data datayo dakami sika dakayo isu5 isuda siak bagik4 — — — -ka -kayo -ko, -k -ko ida, -k ida data — bagita4 — — — — -ta -ta ida datayo — — bagitayo4 — — — -tayo -tayo ida dakami — — — bagimi4 -daka -dakayo -mi -mi ida sika -nak — — -nakami bagim4 — -mo, -m -mo ida, -m ida dakayo -dak -data — -dakami — bagiyo4 -yo -yo ida isu -nak -nata -natayo -nakami -naka -nakayo bagina4, -na -na ida isuda -dak -data -datayo -dakami -daka -dakayo -da bagida4, -da ida 4Reflexive pronouns use the bagí form. 5 isu or isuna may also be added after the enclitics in this column.

Kavalan

Noun

siak

1. winter melon

Polish

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *sь (whence -siaj in dzisiaj and *-kъ, modeled on words such as tak and jak. First attested in the eighteenth century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: siak

Adverb

siak (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, now only in tak czy siak) otherwise, differently; in a different way

   Synonym: inaczej

Derived terms

(adverb):

• tak czy siak

Further reading

• siak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “siak”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “siak”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 87
• siak in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego