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siya

See also: Siya, si ya, sīyǎ, siþa, and síya

Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsiʝa/, [ˈsi.ʝa]
  • Rhymes: -iʝa
  • Hyphenation: si‧ya

Noun

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siya f (plural siyes)

  1. Alternative form of siella

Balinese

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Romanization

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siya

  1. Romanization of ᬲᬶᬬ

Bambara

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Noun

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siya

  1. tribe, race, ethnic group

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Compare Indonesian, Malay and Maori ia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /siˈa/ [siˈja]
  • IPA(key): /siˈa/ [ˈʃa] (relaxed pronunciation)
  • Hyphenation: si‧ya

Pronoun

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siyá (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. he; she (third person personal pronoun)
    Filipino siya. ― S/he is a Filipino.
    Siya sana an nakapasar sa pinakamasakit na exam.
    S/he the only one who passed the hardest exam.

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Bikol Central personal pronouns
Person Number Absolute (ang) Ergative (sa) Oblique (sa)
Length Full Short Full Short
First singular ako ko sakuya, sako, saako
plural inclusive kita nyato ta satuya, sato, saato
plural exclusive kami nyamo mi samuya, samo, kanamo, saamo
Second singular ika ka mo saimo, simo,kanimo
plural kamo nindo saindo, kaninyo, sainyo
Third singular siya, iya niya saiya, kaniya
plural sinda ninda sainda, kanila


Cebuano

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

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siyá (Badlit spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. he or she
  2. this, that
    1. (personal) used to refer to a singular person or animal at a distance from the speaker regardless of its gender
    2. (demonstrative) used when avoiding to mention a person by name
    3. (demonstrative) used to demonstrate different objects

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Cebuano personal pronouns
Person Number Direct Indirect (postposed) Indirect (preposed) Oblique
Length Full Short* Full Short** Base Suffixed -a Full Short
First singular akó ko nakò*** ko*** akò akoa kanakò nakò
plural inclusive kitá ta natò ta atò atoa kanatò natò
plural exclusive kamí mi namò amò amoa kanamò namò
Second singular ikáw ka nimo mo imo imoha kanimo nimo
plural kamó mo ninyo inyo inyoha kaninyo ninyo
Third singular siyá niya iya iyaha kaniya niya
plural silá nila ila ilaha kanila nila
*Forms under this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences
**Forms under this column are literary and rarely used colloquially.
***Ta is used over nako or ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.


Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish silla (“chair”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: si‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ˈsija/ [ˈs̪i.jɐ]

Noun

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síya (Badlit spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. a chair
    Synonym: lingkoranan

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

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Etymology

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From Spanish silla.

Noun

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siya

  1. chair

Hanunoo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *si ia (“he, she, it”, 3sg. personal pronoun).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /siˈja/ [siˈa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: si‧ya

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siyá (Hanunoo spelling ᜰᜲᜬ)

  1. he; she (third person singular animate personal pronoun)

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Hanunoo personal pronouns
Person Number Direct Indirect Oblique
First singular ako niko kangko, kang
plural inclusive kita nita kanta
plural exclusive kami nimi kanmi
Second singular kawo, ka nimo kanmo
plural kamo niyo kanyo
Third singular siya niya kanya
plural sida nida kanda

Further reading

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  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 250
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ia₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Hiligaynon

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: si‧ya
  • IPA(key): /siˈa/ [ˈsja]

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siyá

  1. he; she

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish silla.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: si‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ˈsia/ [ˈsi.ja]

Noun

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síya

  1. chair
    Synonym: lingkoranan

Karao

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Pronoun

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siya

  1. (interrogative) who

Limos Kalinga

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Adjective

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siyá

  1. correct

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Compare Bikol Central siya, Cebuano siya, Indonesian ia, Maori ia, and Waray-Waray hiya.

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Pronoun

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siyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. he; she (third person singular animate personal pronoun)
    Pilipino siya.
    S/he is a Filipino.
  2. (colloquial) it (third person singular inanimate personal pronoun)
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Tagalog personal pronouns
Person Number Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa)
First singular ako ko akin
dual1 kita, kata nita, nata, ta kanita, kanata, ata
plural inclusive tayo natin atin
plural exclusive kami namin amin
First & Second singular kita2
Second singular ikaw, ka mo iyo
plural kayo, kamo ninyo, niyo inyo
Third singular siya niya kaniya
plural sila nila kanila
1 First person dual pronouns are not commonly used in Standard Tagalog.
2 Replaces ko ikaw.

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siyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. the one; the identical one; the very same
    Ang belong ito ay siyang ginawa ng kanyang lola.
    This veil is the very same one which her grandmother made.
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Interjection

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siyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. so! well!
    Synonym: aba
  2. (dialectal, Quezon) yes!
 
Isang uri ng siyang ginamit para sa pangangabayo.
 
Isang siya ng bisikleta

Etymology 2

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Early borrowing of Spanish silla, from Old Spanish siella, from Latin sella. Doublet of silya.

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Noun

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siya or siyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. saddle
    Synonyms: montura, (of a bicycle) sintadera
    siya ng kabayo ― horse saddle
    siya ng bisikleta ― bicycle saddle
    • 1989, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, translated by Thelma B. Kintanar, Daigdig ng Tao, Solidaridad Publishing House, page 30:
      Nakasabit sa dingding ang mga siya ng kabayo na may iba-ibang palawit na estribo.
      The horse saddles with different stirrups are hanging on the wall.
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Hokkien 謝／谢 (siā, “regards to; thanks; gratefulness”), according to Manuel (1948).

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siyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. satisfaction; pleasure; contentment
    Synonyms: lugod, kaluguran, kasiyahan
  2. (by extension) Only used in kasiya, sufficiency; adequacy
    Synonyms: kasapatan, kahustuhan, kasiyahan
  3. (by extension) Only used in pasiya, decision; determination
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Adjective

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siyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. sufficient; adequate; enough
    Synonyms: sapat, husto, tama
    Siya na.
    That's enough already.

Further reading

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  • “siya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 107

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Tausug

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronunciation

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  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /sia/ [ˈsja]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: si‧ya

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siya (Sulat Sūg spelling سِيَ)

  1. he; she (third person)
    Malingkat tuud siya.
    She is very beautiful.
    Bagay ku siya.
    He is my friend.

Tauya

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Noun

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siya

  1. salt
    siya ya'e : the ocean (literally: salt water)

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  • Lorna MacDonald, A Grammar of Tauya

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish silla, from Latin sella.

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siya (plural siyajte)

  1. chair
    Synonym: sieta
  2. saddle

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  • Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 91, 222

Zazaki

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Etymology

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Related to Persian سیاه (siyâh).

Adjective

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siya

  1. black
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