sia

Abbreviation of English Sami, Akkala.

sia

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Akkala Sami terms

• siah, sial, siol

Borrowed from Malay sial.

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /sjɑː˧/, /-˨˧/, /sjɐ/, /sjə/

sia

1. (Singlish, Manglish) Tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, surprise, exhaustion or exasperation.

   — If you can’t find your pencils, maybe someone stole them.
   — For what sia?

   • 2004, joshley, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):

     […] Really disappointed siah […] The damage is done and no explanation will be accepted...... damn stupid!

   • 2015 May 14, @lawyizhuan, Twitter‎^[1]:

     Wah. Really damn shag [exhausting] sia, everyday. But I'm really glad to be able to contribute😄

   • 2020 January 14, Justin Vanderstraaten, quoting Moon, “Drugs, Cash, and Prison. When Does Enough Become Enough?”, in ricemedia.co‎^[2], archived from the original on 26 February 2024:

     As soon as the sentence was handed down, I saw my Mum crying. I was given 5 minutes to talk to them and after that, I thought to myself what the fuck am I going to do sia! […]

   • 2023, Kristian-Marc James Paul, Myle Yan Tay, Mysara Aljaru, Brown is Redacted: Reflecting on Race in Singapore, Ethos Books, →ISBN:

     And we fucking panic sia. We kept saying, "No no no!" And they kept shouting […]

Rarely used by older speakers. Mainly used as a marker of youth identity (Hiramoto et al., 2022), sometimes reflecting the “in-group relationship” between speakers, e.g., within a friend group (Khoo, 2012).

Discourse particles in colloquial Singaporean and Malaysian English
⟵ More assertiveLess assertive ⟶
Expressing objection	what	Characterizing	one1–3	Expressing inevitability	lor2–3	Expressing resignation	lor1	Expressing uncertainty	leh1–2
Explanatory	mah	Assertive	lah1–14	Intensifying	sia	Agreement-seeking	hor2	Confirmation-seeking	ah1–3, hah1–3
Expressing skepticism	meh	Declarative	leh3–6, hor1, know, nia	Speculative	ba2	Conveying tentativeness	leh7–11, ba1
Non-pragmatic
Aspect-marking					liao, already
References Gupta, A. F. (1992) “The pragmatic particles of Singapore colloquial English”, in Journal of Pragmatics, volume 18, number 1, →DOI

• Khoo, V. Y. L. (2012) Conversation Analytic Approach to the sia Particle in Singapore Colloquial English (BA Thesis)
• Soh, Ying Qi, Lee, Junwen, Tan, Ying-Ying (2022) “Ethnicity and Tone Production on Singlish Particles”, in Languages, volume 7, number 3, →DOI
• Hiramoto, M., Choo, J. X. M., Gonzalez, W. D. W., Leimgruber, R. E., Lim, J. J. (2022) “From Malay to Colloquial Singapore English: A case study of sentence-final particle sia”, in Ngefac, A., Wolf, H., Hoffmann, T., editors, World Englishes and creole languages today existing paradigms and current trends in action, Lincom, pages 117–130
• Hafiz, M., Hiramoto, M., Leimgruber, R. E., Gonzalez, W. D. W., Lim, J. J. (2025) “Sociolinguistic variation in Colloquial Singapore English sia”, in World Englishes, volume 44, →DOI, pages 218–236

• ais, A.S.I., Asi, AIS, a-Si, is-a, Ais, sai, Isa, A.I.s, Isa., IAS, ISA, ASI, IAs, AIs, A. S. I.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsi.a]

sia

1. (archaic) inflection of ser:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

   Synonyms: sigui, siga

• o sia

sia

1. whether it be; be it

   Synonym: siga

   • 1961, Joan Lluís, El meu Pallars: El Pallars Sobirà:

     Degotalls que s'estimballen des dels cingles fins al riu, i calmosament davallen, sia hivern o sia estiu.

     Stalactites that fling themselves from the cliffs into the river, and calmly descend, be it winter or be it summer.

   • 1975, Narcís Xifra i Riera, Montserrat, juliol de 1936:

     El cas és que posaren altre cop en pràctica allò de destruir tot el que havien fet els altres, ja sia bo o dolent, i es complagueren amb la revenja […]

     The thing is that they reimplemented that destruction of everything that others had made, whether it be good or bad, and they were pleased with revenge […]

• “sia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “sia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

sia

1. we (inclusive)

sia

1. we are (inclusive)

sia

1. water
2. river

• Duane A. Clouse, 1997, Toward a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya, In Karl J. Franklin (ed.), Papers in Papuan linguistics No. 2, 133-236. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, page 172
• C. L. Voorhoeve, 1975. Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p.108

si +‎ -a. Possibly under influence of Slavic (Polish swój, Russian свой (svoj), Belarusian свой (svoj)) and Germanic (German sein).

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• IPA^(key): /ˈsia/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: si‧a

sia (accusative singular sian, plural siaj, accusative plural siajn)

1. belonging to the subject of the sentence

   Johano donis al Alfredo sian kukon.

   John gave Alfred his (John's) cake.

   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta:

     Sia estas kara pli ol la najbara.

     One's own is dearer than the neighbor's.

sia

1. archaic spelling of sija

sia

1. to die

sia

1. imperative of esser

sia

1. whether (used the first time in a sentence)
2. or (used the second time in a sentence)

From Old Irish sír.

• IPA^(key): [ʃiə]

sia

1. longer
2. further

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sia”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 sía”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: sì‧a

sia

1. inflection of essere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

sia ... sia ...

1. both ... and ..
2. either ... or ..

• sia ... che ...

• -asi, sai

Kanakanabu cardinal numbers

<  8	9	10  >
Cardinal : sia

From Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.

sia

1. nine

sia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sion

• "sia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “sia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siwa.

sia

1. nine

• siie (Mooring)
• See (Sylt)

From Old Frisian sē, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi. The distinction between “sea” (feminine) and “lake” (masculine) is based on German See, where it developed through mixing of Low and High German usages. Older North Frisian, like Middle Low German, had only the feminine. There may have been another word for “lake”, although the North Frisian region has no natural lakes of dimensions that would necessitate to distinguish them from ponds etc.

sia m (plural sian)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) lake

sia f (plural sian)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) sea

• The reduced article a may still be used with the feminine; cf. at for notes. This blurs the gender distinction. Some speakers therefore go a step further and use the Germanized form see for the masculine.

From Norwegian dialectal sia, from Old Norse síðan. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sidan.

sia

1. alternative form of siden

• IPA^(key): /²siːɑ/

sia

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of sidan

Along with siu (“she”), from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz.

sia

2. they

• Middle Dutch: si, sie
  • Dutch: zij
  • Limburgish: zie

• “sia (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-West Germanic *sehwā, from Proto-Germanic *sehwǭ.

sia f

2. sight

• Middle Dutch: sie

• “sia (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

• sie

Along with siu (“she”), from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz.

sia m or f

1. she (accusative)
2. they

• Middle Low German: sê, su, sia
  • Low German: sie
    • Dutch Low Saxon: zee
    • German Low German: se
  • Plautdietsch: see

Scottish Gaelic numbers ^(edit)

	60[a], [b]
←  5	6	7  →
Cardinal: sia     Standalone: a sia     Ordinal: siathamh     Ordinal abbreviation: 6mh     Personal: sianar     Multiplier: sia-fillte

• (Islay, South Argyll) sè

From Old Irish sé, from Proto-Celtic *swexs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare Irish sé, Manx shey.

• IPA^(key): /ʃia/

sia

1. six

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “sia”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sé”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Proto-Bantu *-tíga.

sia

1. to leave

Inherited from Old Sundanese siya, cognates with Javanese sira and Sasak side. Doublet of dia.

sia (Sundanese script ᮞᮤᮃ)

1. (cohag) you

   "Tah! Deuleu éta ku sia sorangan!"

   There! You take a look at it yourself!

From Old Swedish sīa, sēa, from Old Norse sjá, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.

sia (present siar, preterite siade, supine siat, imperative sia)

1. to foretell; to tell the future

• spå

• siare in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• Isa

• IPA^(key): [ˈsi.a]

sia

1. (transitive) to draw water (from a well, etc.)
2. (transitive) to drag

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

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *siwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siwa, from Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.

sia

1. nine

From English chair.

sia

1. chair

sia

1. inflection of èser:
   1. first-person singular, third-person singular and third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular and plural imperative

• IPA^(key): /ʂiə̯˧/

sia

1. to wrap around the waist

   sia siv ― to put on a sash

sia (classifier: txoj)

1. life
2. breath
3. living being

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[4], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 295.

sia

1. foam

From Proto-Austronesian *si-da. Compare Tagalog sila (“they, them”)

sia

1. they
2. he, she, it