simi
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "simi"
English
Etymology 1
Noun
simi (plural simis)
Etymology 2
From Hokkien 甚麼 / 什麼 / 甚么 / 什么 (sím-mih, “what”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
simi (Singapore, colloquial, informal, Singlish)
- (interrogative) What
- 2016 January 22, <wakal...@yahoo.com.sg>, “China - Imperial Family”, in soc.culture.china (Usenet):
- Simi lanchiao?
- Anything; whatever
- 2015 August 4, Sharanjit Leyl, “Cashing in on Singapore's 'SG50' jubilee”, in BBC News, Singapore:
- Search the acronym and you'll uncover them, including one called 'Simi Sai, also SG50' which describes the latest SG50 branding effort […].
- 2018 March 24, Jewel Stolarchuk, “Former TRS editor who now runs ramen stall “terribly disappointed” that PAP Policy Forum holds “unfair” views about him, even after jail term”, in The Independent:
- I pleaded guilty because I am unable to prove in court that the articles in question does[sic – meaning do] not have seditious tendencies because simi-sai also can be proven to have seditious tendencies.
Anagrams
Aruop
Noun
simi
References
- transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
simi m (plural simis)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “simi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin
Adjective
sīmī
Quechua
Alternative forms
- (Ecuador): shimi
Noun
simi
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | simi | simikuna |
accusative | simita | simikunata |
dative | simiman | simikunaman |
genitive | simip | simikunap |
locative | simipi | simikunapi |
terminative | simikama | simikunakama |
ablative | simimanta | simikunamanta |
instrumental | simiwan | simikunawan |
comitative | simintin | simikunantin |
abessive | siminnaq | simikunannaq |
comparative | simihina | simikunahina |
causative | simirayku | simikunarayku |
benefactive | simipaq | simikunapaq |
associative | simipura | simikunapura |
distributive | siminka | simikunanka |
exclusive | similla | simikunalla |
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Derived terms
See also
Swahili
Verb
simi
See also
For a full table, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsimiʔ/ [ˈsiː.mɪʔ]
- Rhymes: -imiʔ
- Syllabification: si‧mi
Noun
simì (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜒ)
- small particles or remnants of food, especially fish (fallen from or left on the table after eating)
See also
Anagrams
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