siu

See also: Siu, SIU, siû, siú, siū, and -siu

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Sinagen with u as a placeholder.

Symbol

siu

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

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Sinagen terms

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old High German siu, si, from Proto-West Germanic *si(j)u, *sī, from Proto-Germanic *sī.

Pronoun

siu f

  1. she (feminine singular nominative)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old High German siu.

Pronoun

siu n pl

  1. nominative/accusative neuter plural of ëȥ: they

Inflection

Middle High German personal pronouns
nominative genitive dative accusative
singular first person ich mīn mir mich
second person du, dīn dir dich
third
person
m ër
CG hë(r)
sīn im(e) in
f siu ir(e) ir(e) sie
n ëȥ
CG , it
es im(e) ëȥ
CG , it
plural first person wir unser uns uns, unsich
second person ir iuwer iu, iuch iuch
third
person
m sie ir(e) in sie
f
n siu siu
The distinction of the forms siu and sie as shown above is typical of earlier Upper German texts, but was never general. The forms and si existed additionally and all four were increasingly used without differentiation.

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: si
  • Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: zi, si (Luserna), ze
    Mòcheno: si
  • German: sie
  • Hunsrik: sie
  • Luxembourgish: si
  • Yiddish: זי (zi)

Old Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse sjau.

Numeral

siu

  1. seven

Descendants

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronoun

siu

  1. she

Declension

Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading

  • siu”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

References

Old Irish

Etymology

Originally the dative of so (this).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʲiu̯/

Adverb

siu

  1. here
    Synonym: sund
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 111c13
      Is hé ru·fiastar cumachtae inna díglae do·mbi{u}r-siu húa londas, intí du·écigi{gi} is ar trócairi ⁊ censi du·bir-siu forunni siu innahí fo·daimem ré techt innúnn.
      He who will know the power of the punishment which you sg inflict by means of wrath, it is he who will see that it is for the sake of mercy and gentleness that you inflict on us here the things that we suffer before going there.

Determiner

siu

  1. alternative form of so used after the deictic particle í and its derivatives

Further reading

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz.

Pronoun

siu f

  1. she

Descendants

  • Low German: se

Pronoun

siu n pl

  1. they

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive
singular 1st person ik , me, mik mīn
2nd person thū thī, thik thī thīn
3rd
person
m ina imu is
f siu sia iru ira
n it it is
dual 1st person wit unk unkero, unka
2nd person git ink inker, inka
plural 1st person , we ūs, unsik ūs ūser
2nd person , ge eu, iu, iuu euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera
3rd
person
m sia im iro
f sia
n siu

Descendants

  • Low German: se

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse sjau, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Numeral

siū

  1. seven

Descendants

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin sēbum (sebum).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiu/
  • Hyphenation: si‧u

Noun

siu m (plural sii)

  1. fat, sebum

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsi.u]

Verb

siu

  1. (transitive) to slice

Conjugation

Conjugation of siu
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tosiu fosiu misiu
2nd person nosiu nisiu
3rd
person
masculine osiu isiu
yosiu (archaic)
feminine mosiu
neuter isiu

References

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