sisi

• Hyphenation: si‧si

sisi

1. a barnacle; a crustacean in the subclass Cirripedia

sisi

1. six

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sisi

1. side
2. (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension; face.

• “sisi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsisi/, [ˈs̠is̠i]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsisi/, [ˈʃiʒ̥i]
• Rhymes: -isi
• Hyphenation: si‧si

sisi

1. Synonym of sisar

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 529

sisi

1. scale

• si si

From Spanish sí, with reduplication.

sisi

1. of course!

• IPA^(key): /si.si/
• Rhymes: -i

sisi (Jawi spelling سيسي, plural sisi-sisi, informal 1st possessive sisiku, 2nd possessive sisimu, 3rd possessive sisinya)

1. (geometry) side

   Synonym: segi

   Segi tiga mempunyai tiga sisi

   A triangle has three sides

2. perspective; side

   Synonyms: sudut, perspektif, segi

   Mereka melihat hal ini dari sisi mereka sahaja.

   They look at this problem from their perspective only.

3. side; faction

   Synonym: kalangan

   Ajaran komunis tidak boleh diperkembangkan di sisi rakyat.

   Communist teachings cannot be spread among the people.

sisi (Jawi spelling سيسي)

1. to move to one's side.

   Synonym: tepi

   Minta encik menyisi sedikit, boleh?

   Mister, can you move a bit to the side, please?

• “sisi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Onomatopoeic.

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /ˈɕi.ɕi/

sisi n (indeclinable)

1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, childish) Synonym of konik

• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “sisi”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 308

From English cheese.

sisi

1. cheese

sisi

1. Romanization of 𒀲𒆳𒊏 (sisi)

• Audio (Kenya):

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sisi

1. we (first-person plural pronoun)

Borrowed from English sissy.

sisí class 1a (plural bósisí class 2a)

1. sister

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səlsəl (“regret, remorse for something done”) with elision of /l/. Compare Bikol Central sulsol, Aklanon hinuesoe, Cebuano hinulsol, and Malay sesal.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsisi/ [ˈsiː.sɪ], (colloquial) /ˈsise/ [ˈsiː.sɛ]
• Rhymes: -isi
• Syllabification: si‧si

sisi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜐᜒ)

1. repentance; regret; remorse; contrition

   Synonym: pagsisisi

2. blame; blaming; reprimand (for a mistake or fault done)

   Synonyms: pagsisi, paninisi, pagpaparatang

3. sense of loss

   Synonyms: hinayang, panghihinayang

• Kapampangan: sisi

• “sisi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*selsel₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• IPA^(key): [ˈsi.si]

sisi

1. mosquito

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

Cognates with Amis siri.

sisi

1. goat

sisi

1. accusative singular of sis

From English six, compare with Igbo sisì

• IPA^(key): /sí.sì/

sísì

1. six pence (sixpence); in modern usage, five kobo

   Synonym: ẹgbàá

From English sissy.

• IPA^(key): /sī.sí/

sisí

1. (slang) young attractive lady

   Synonym: ọmọge

• bọ̀bọ́ (“bros; brother; young man”)