siak
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: si‧ak
- IPA(key): /siˈʔak/ [siˈʔak]
Noun
sìak
- alternative form of silak
Cua
Noun
siak
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
Pronoun
siák
- 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
See also
Ilocano personal pronouns
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| 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
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Kavalan
Noun
siak
Polish
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Slavic *sь (whence -siaj in dzisiaj and *-kъ, modeled on words such as tak and jak.[1] First attested in the eighteenth century.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɕak/
- Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: siak
Adverb
siak (not comparable)
- (obsolete, now only in tak czy siak) otherwise, differently; in a different way
- Synonym: inaczej
Derived terms
adverbs/particles
- ani tak, ani siak
- ni tak, ni siak
- tak czy siak
References
- ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “siaki”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- ^ Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “siak”, in Słownik języka polskiego
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