siam

From Hokkien 閃 / 闪 (siám, “to dodge”).

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /sjɑm˦˨/

siam (invariable)

(Singapore, Singlish)

1. To move aside; to get out of the way.
   • 2018, Jean Tay, Sisters & Senang: The Island Plays, Epigram Books, →ISBN, Scene 12, page 73:

     Jenny: […] Then on the way back, Sunny crashed the car into the side of the road.
     Irene: I thought he race car driver?
     Jenny: (shrugs) He said he saw a dog.
     Irene: A dog?
     Jenny: […] Maybe it's an invisible dog. Or very good at hiding. So he siam [avoid] lor.

   • 2018 June 7, Cherlynn Ng, “Man beaten unconscious for stopping alleged groping now gets scolded vulgarities for filming guy”, in stomp.straitstimes.com‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 July 2018:

     One of the uncles who had restrained the man then approached James, who said: "Never mind, you siam lah. Not your daiji ['business' in Hokkien]."

2. To leave hastily, to run off.
3. To dodge or evade (an unwanted situation or responsibility).

siam

1. (Singapore, Singlish) Out of the way!; get lost!

• siam diu
• siam weed

• AMIs, Amis, ISAM, Isam, M'sia, MIAs, Masi, Mias, Sami, Sima, Sámi, aims, saim, sima

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siam. Cognate with Central Dusun siam and Tagalog siyam.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiam/

siam

1. nine

• Adul, M. Asfandi (1985) “siam”, in Struktur Bahasa Bulungan‎^[2], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *siam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siam.

siam

1. nine

Compare Tagalog siyam.

siam

1. nine

< Siam

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɑm/, [ˈs̠iɑ̝m]
• Rhymes: -iɑm
• Syllabification^(key): si‧am
• Hyphenation^(key): si‧am

siam (archaic)

1. Thai (language)

• thai, thain kieli; siamin kieli

• Sami, amis, masi, sima

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siam.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjam/ [ˈʃam]
• IPA^(key): /ˈsijam/ [ˈsi.jam]
• Hyphenation: siam

siám

1. nine

   Synonym: nuebe

siam

1. apocopic form of siamo

• Masi, Misa, mais, masi, mi sa

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *siam.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjam/ [ˈʃäm]

siam

1. nine

siam

1. first-person plural present subjunctive of èsser
2. first-person plural imperative of èsser

Inherited from Old Polish sam.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕam/
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: siam

siam (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) only used in tam i siam

• siam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Arabic صيام (“fast”). Doublet of saum

• IPA^(key): /si.jam/

siam

1. (Islam) fast; sawm

• boboran siam
• puasa

• 'SIJAM', in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

From Proto-Philippine *siam.

siam

1. nine