siu

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

Middle High German

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronoun

siu f

  1. she
Inflection
Middle High German personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative
Singular First ich mîn mir mich
Second du, dîn dir dich
Third Masculine ër sîn im(e) in
Feminine siu (, si) ir(e) ir(e) sie (, si)
Neuter ëȥ es im(e) ëȥ
Plural First wir unser uns unsich, uns
Second ir iuwer iu iuch
Third Masculine sie (, si) ir(e) in sie (, si)
Feminine
Neuter siu, (, si) siu (, si)
Descendants
  • Alemannic German: si
  • Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: zi, si (Luserna); ze
    Mòcheno: si
  • German: sie
  • Hunsrik: sie
  • Luxembourgish: si
  • Yiddish: זי (zi)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old High German siu.

Pronoun

siu n pl

  1. nominative/accusative neuter plural of ëȥ

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

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

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

Verb

siu

  1. (transitive) to slice

Conjugation

Conjugation of siu
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tosiu fosiu misiu
2nd nosiu nisiu
3rd Masculine osiu isiu, yosiu
Feminine mosiu
Neuter isiu
- archaic

References

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