sili

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sili"

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl chilli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsili/ [ˈsi.l̪i]
• Hyphenation: si‧li

Noun

síli (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜒ)

1. (Naga) chili pepper

   Synonym: lada

See also

• labuyo

 

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl chilli.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧li
• IPA^(key): /ˈsili/ [ˈs̪i.l̪ɪ]

Noun

sili

1. Capsicum; a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae
2. the fruit of these plants; a chili pepper or bell pepper

Czech

Alternative forms

• seli (part)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪlɪ]

Participle

sili

1. animate masculine plural past active participle of sít

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

sili

1. hot pepper

Fijian

Verb

sili

1. To bathe.

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /síː.lìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [síː.lìː]

Noun

sīlī̀ m (plural sīlī̀, possessed form sīlìn)

1. Alternative form of silin

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.li/
• Rhymes: -ili
• Hyphenation: sì‧li

Noun

sili m

1. plural of silo

Anagrams

• -lisi, Lisi, lisi

Karao

Noun

sili

1. hot pepper

Kavalan

Noun

sili

1. hot pepper

Latvian

Noun

sili m

1. nominative/vocative plural of sils

Lingala

Noun

sili

1. louse

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic силити (siliti), from Proto-Slavic *sila (“force”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

a sili (third-person singular present silește, past participle silit) 4th conj.

1. to force someone
2. (reflexive) to try one's best

Conjugation

    conjugation of sili (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a sili
gerund			silind
past participle			silit
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	silesc	silești	silește	silim	siliți	silesc
	imperfect	sileam	sileai	silea	sileam	sileați	sileau
	simple perfect	silii	siliși	sili	silirăm	silirăți	siliră
	pluperfect	silisem	siliseși	silise	siliserăm	siliserăți	siliseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să silesc	să silești	să silească	să silim	să siliți	să silească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		silește			siliți
	negative		nu sili			nu siliți

Samoan

Adjective

sili

1. best; highest; superior; noble

Derived terms

• silisili

Verb

sili

1. to ask

Sango

Noun

sili

1. louse

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sili (Cyrillic spelling сили)

1. dative/locative singular of sila

Verb

sili (Cyrillic spelling сили)

1. inflection of siliti:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch ziel.

Noun

sili

1. soul

   Synonym: kra

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English seal.

Noun

sili (n class, plural sili)

1. seal (A pinniped, particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sili

1. first-person singular present negative of -la

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsili/ [ˈsiː.lɪ], (colloquial) /ˈsile/ [ˈsiː.lɛ]
• Rhymes: -ili
• Syllabification: si‧li

Noun

sili (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜒ)

1. chili pepper; pepper (plant and fruit)

Alternative forms

• sile

Derived terms

• sili-silihan
• silihan
• siling-bilog
• siling-haba
• siling-labuyo
• siling-lara
• siling-panigang
• siling-paraka
• siling-pasiti
• siling-pukinggan
• siling-pula
• sinili
• sinilihan

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈli/ [sɪˈli]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: si‧li

Noun

silí (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜒ)

1. winnowing to separate husked rice from the unhusked rice (on a basket tray)

Derived terms

• ipagsili
• magsili
• silihin

 

Further reading

• “sili”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• isil, siil

Turkish

Etymology

From Common Turkic *silig (“clean, pure, beautiful”), from Proto-Turkic *sīl- (“to clean, purify”). Cognate with Tatar сылу (sılu), Kazakh сұлу (sūlu), Kyrgyz сулуу (suluu), Bashkir һылыу (hılıw), Uzbek suluv (“beautiful, handsome”), etc.

Adjective

sili

1. (obsolete) clean, pure
2. (obsolete, figurative) chaste, virtuous

Related terms

• silmek
• -ik

References

• “sili”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Tuvaluan

Verb

sili

1. To ask.

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl chilli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsili/, [ˈsi.li]
• Hyphenation: si‧li

Noun

síli

1. chili pepper

   Synonym: harang

2. (anatomy, informal) the penis

   Synonyms: buto, lisik, utin

Yogad

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

Noun

sili

1. chilli