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Definitions and meaning of sis

sis

Translingual

Symbol

sis

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Siuslaw.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Siuslaw terms

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪs/
  • Rhymes: -ɪs
  • Homophone: cis

Noun

sis (plural sises or sisses)

  1. (informal) Clipping of sister.

Synonyms

  • (sister): sissy

Translations

See also

  • sis boom bah (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

  • ISS, SSI

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Turkish sis.

Noun

sis (definite accusative sisi, plural sislər)

  1. fog
    Synonyms: duman, çən

Declension

Further reading

  • “sis” in Obastan.com.

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *siːᴮ (“four”), from Middle Chinese 四 (MC sijH, “four”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij (“four”). Cognate with Thai สี่ (sìi), Northern Thai ᩈᩦ᩵, Lao ສີ່ (sī), Lü ᦉᦲᧈ (ṡii¹), Tai Dam ꪎꪲ꪿, Shan သီႇ (sìi), Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥱ (sǐ), Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sī), Zhuang seiq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si˧˥/

Numeral

sis

  1. four

Synonyms

  • siq (in loanwords from Chinese)

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsis]
  • Rhymes: -is

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

sis m or f

  1. (cardinal number) six

Noun

sis m (plural sisos)

  1. six

Etymology 2

Noun

sis

  1. plural of si

References

  • “sis” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɪs]
  • Rhymes: -ɪs

Contraction

sis

  1. contraction of jsi + si

Usage notes

When using a reflexive verb in the second-person singular past form and in conditional, the auxiliary verb být (“to be”) is replaced with just -s appended to the reflexive pronoun se, si. The full form “jsi se”, “jsi si” is proscribed as hypercorrect.

Related terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪs

Verb

sis

  1. inflection of sissen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

  • ISS

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sessus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si/

Participle

sis (feminine sise, masculine plural sis, feminine plural sises)

  1. past participle of seoir

Verb

sis

  1. (rare) first/second-person singular past historic of seoir

Adjective

sis (feminine sise, masculine plural sis, feminine plural sises)

  1. (law or literary) located

Further reading

  • “sis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Noun

sis m pl

  1. plural of si

Gothic

Romanization

sis

  1. romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐍃

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French six.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sis/

Numeral

sis

  1. six

Ido

Etymology

From English six, French six, German sechs, Spanish seis, Italian sei, Russian шесть (šestʹ), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

sis

  1. six (6)

Kankanaey

Etymology

From si +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsis/ [ˈsi̞s]
    • Rhymes: -is
  • (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian) IPA(key): /ˈhih/ [ˈhi̞h]
    • Rhymes: -ih
  • Syllabification: sis

Article

sis

  1. alternative form of si

See also

  • (oblique arguments) sin, si, sis, ed, en, en da

References

  • Janet L. Allen (2014) Kankanaey: A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis‎[3] (overall work in English), →ISBN, page 128

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsiːs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsis]

Etymology 1

A contraction of sī vīs, from sī (“if”) + vīs (“you want”), the second person of volō (“to want”). Literally meaning "if you want".

Adverb

sīs (not comparable)

  1. if you want, if you wish, if you're willing, if you prefer
    Synonym: sōdēs

Etymology 2

Inflected form of sum (“I am”).

Verb

sīs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of sum

References

  • “sis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Louisiana Creole

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sis/
  • Rhymes: -is

Etymology 1

Inherited from French six (“six”).

Numeral

sis

  1. six
Usage notes
  • This word is used independently of nouns.
  • When preceding nouns, si is used for consonant-initial words, and siz is used for vowel-initial words. Compare French etymon six.

Etymology 2

Inherited from French sucer (“to suck”).

Verb

sis

  1. short form of sisé (“to suck”)

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French six.

Numeral

sis

  1. six

Navajo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪ̀s/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *səxʸ. Cognate with Western Apache sis, Chiricahua sis, Jicarilla sis, Plains Apache sis.

Noun

sis

  1. belt, sash, girdle
Usage notes

The possessed forms of this noun are based on the stem -ziiz rather than -sis. Thus shiziiz (“my belt”), biziiz (“his/her/their belt”), et cetera, not *shisis, *bisis.

Inflection

Etymology 2

Cognate with Tsuut'ina sis, Beaver shís, hís, Sekani hís, Chipewyan sheθ, Carrier shuθ.

Noun

sis

  1. (obsolete) hill, mountain
Alternative forms
  • tsis
Derived terms
  • Sis Naateel (“Wide Belt Mesa NM, Sisnathyel Mesa”)
  • Sisnaajiní (“Blanca Peak”)
  • Tsisnaajiní (“Blanca Peak”)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

Pronoun

sis

  1. locative of sii

Old French

Etymology

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sis/

Numeral

sis

  1. six

Descendants

  • Middle French: six
    • French: six
      • Haitian Creole: sis
      • Louisiana Creole: sis
      • Mauritian Creole: sis
    • Norman: six
  • Walloon: shijh
  • → Middle English: sice, sis
    • English: sice, sise, size
      • → Japanese: サイス (saisu)

Old High German

Verb

sīs

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of wesan

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • seis (Surmiran)
  • ses (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin sex (compare Spanish seis), from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

sis

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) six

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English cheese.

Noun

sis

  1. cheese

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سیس (sis, “freckle, spot; mist, fog”), origin unknown.

Pronunciation

Noun

sis (definite accusative sisi, plural sisler)

  1. (meteorology) fog

Declension

Derived terms

  • sisli

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sis”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Western Apache

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *səx. Cognate with Navajo sis, Chiricahua sis, Jicarilla sis, Plains Apache sis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɪ̀s]

Noun

sis (possessed form -ziz)

  1. belt

Derived terms

  • shiziz = "my belt"
  • biziz = "her/his/their belt"

Source: wiktionary.org