sisi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sisi"

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧si

Noun

sisi

1. a barnacle; a crustacean in the subclass Cirripedia

Garifuna

Numeral

sisi

1. six

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsisi/ [ˈsi.si]
• Rhymes: -isi
• Syllabification: si‧si

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay sisi.

Noun

sisi (plural sisi-sisi)

1. side:
   1. a bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape
   2. (geometry) face: any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension
   3. one half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
   4. a region in a specified position with respect to something.
   5. one set of competitors in a game.

Derived terms

• bersisi
• bersisian
• disisi
• disisikan
• mengesisikan
• menyisi
• menyisikan
• penyisian

• ke sisi
• sisi ambulakral
• sisi dekat bulan
• sisi gelap bulan
• sisi jauh bulan
• sisi udara

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦶꦱꦶ (sisi, “to blow one's nose, to snort”).

Verb

sisi

1. to snort, to blow one's nose.

Etymology 3

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

Noun

sisi (plural sisi-sisi)

1. (zoology) common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata).

   Synonym: lalat hijau

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Alune [Term?]

Verb

sisi

1. to remove the coconut flesh from the shell

Further reading

• “sisi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsisi/, [ˈs̠is̠i]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsisi/, [ˈʃiʒ̥i]
• Rhymes: -isi
• Hyphenation: si‧si

Noun

sisi

1. Synonym of sisar

Declension

Declension of sisi (type 5/vahti, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	sisi	sisit
genitive	sisin	sissiin, sisilöin
partitive	sissiä	sisijä, sisilöjä
illative	sissii	sissii, sisilöihe
inessive	sisis	sisiis, sisilöis
elative	sisist	sisiist, sisilöist
allative	sisille	sisiille, sisilöille
adessive	sisil	sisiil, sisilöil
ablative	sisilt	sisiilt, sisilöilt
translative	sisiks	sisiiks, sisilöiks
essive	sisinnä, sissiin	sisiinnä, sisilöinnä, sissiin, sisilöin
exessive1)	sisint	sisiint, sisilöint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 529

Kimaragang

Noun

sisi

1. scale

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• si si

Etymology

From Spanish sí, with reduplication.

Interjection

sisi

1. of course!

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.si/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

sisi (Jawi spelling سيسي, plural sisi-sisi, informal 1st possessive sisiku, 2nd possessive sisimu, 3rd possessive sisinya)

1. (geometry) side

   Synonym: segi

   Segi tiga mempunyai tiga sisi

   A triangle has three sides

2. perspective; side

   Synonyms: sudut, perspektif, segi

   Mereka melihat hal ini dari sisi mereka sahaja.

   They look at this problem from their perspective only.

3. side; faction

   Synonym: kalangan

   Ajaran komunis tidak boleh diperkembangkan di sisi rakyat.

   Communist teachings cannot be spread among the people.

Verb

sisi (Jawi spelling سيسي)

1. to move to one's side.

   Synonym: tepi

   Minta encik menyisi sedikit, boleh?

   Mister, can you move a bit to the side, please?

Further reading

• “sisi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /ˈɕi.ɕi/

Noun

sisi n (indeclinable)

1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, childish) Synonym of konik

Further reading

• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “sisi”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 308

Samoan

Etymology

From English cheese.

Noun

sisi

1. cheese

Sumerian

Romanization

sisi

1. Romanization of 𒀲𒆳𒊏 (sisi)

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Pronoun

sisi

1. we (first-person plural pronoun)

See also

Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class_(I/II))

	person	independent	subject concord		object concord	combined forms			possessive
			affirmative	negative		na	ndi-	si-
singular	first	mimi	ni-	si-	-ni-	nami, na mimi	ndimi, ndiye	simi, siye	-angu
	second	wewe	u-	hu-	-ku-	nawe, na wewe	ndiwe, ndiye	siwe, siye	-ako
	third	yeye	a-, yu-	ha-, hayu-	-m-, -mw-, -mu-	naye, na yeye	ndiye	siye	-ake
plural	first	sisi	tu-	hatu-	-tu-	nasi, na sisi	ndisi, ndio	sio	-etu
	second	ninyi	m-, mw-, mu-	ham-, hamw-, hamu-	-wa-	nanyi, na ninyi	ndinyi, ndio	sinyi, sio	-enu
	third	wao	wa-	hawa-	-wa-	nao	ndio	sio	-ao
reflexive		—	—		-ji-	—			—
For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Swazi

Etymology

Borrowed from English sissy.

Noun

sisí class 1a (plural bósisí class 2a)

1. sister

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səlsəl (“regret, remorse for something done”) with elision of /l/. Compare Bikol Central sulsol, Aklanon hinuesoe, Cebuano hinulsol, and Malay sesal.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsisi/ [ˈsiː.sɪ], (colloquial) /ˈsise/ [ˈsiː.sɛ]
• Rhymes: -isi
• Syllabification: si‧si

Noun

sisi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜐᜒ)

1. repentance; regret; remorse; contrition

   Synonym: pagsisisi

2. blame; blaming; reprimand (for a mistake or fault done)

   Synonyms: pagsisi, paninisi, pagpaparatang

3. sense of loss

   Synonyms: hinayang, panghihinayang

Derived terms

• di-nagsisisi
• isisi
• magsisi
• magsisihan
• manisi
• masisi
• pagsisi
• pagsisihan
• pagsisisi
• pagsisising-anak
• pagsisising-lubos
• paninisi
• sisihan
• sisihin
• sumisi

Descendants

• Kapampangan: sisi

Further reading

• “sisi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*selsel₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsi.si]

Noun

sisi

1. mosquito

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Thao

Etymology

Cognates with Amis siri.

Noun

sisi

1. goat

Turkish

Noun

sisi

1. accusative singular of sis

Yoruba

Etymology 1

From English six, compare with Igbo sisì

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sí.sì/

Noun

sísì

1. six pence (sixpence); in modern usage, five kobo

   Synonym: ẹgbàá

Etymology 2

From English sissy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sī.sí/

Noun

sisí

1. (slang) young attractive lady

   Synonym: ọmọge

Coordinate terms

• bọ̀bọ́ (“bros; brother; young man”)