siri

See also: Siri, síri, siří, ŝiri, širi, šíři, and šíří

English

Noun

siri (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of sirih (“plant”)

Amis

Noun

siri

1. goat

References

• “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎^[1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

'Are'are

Verb

siri

1. to hunt

Synonyms

• ru'u
• (hunting with dogs): tarai kui

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈɾiʔ/ [siˈɾiʔ]
• Hyphenation: si‧ri

Noun

sirî (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜍᜒ)

1. short-temperedness; thin-skinnedness
2. greed

   Synonym: pagkaakit

Derived terms

• masiri

 

Catalan

Noun

siri m (plural siris)

1. Alternative form of sirià

Further reading

• “siri” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Buginese ᨔᨗᨑᨗ (siri, “principle; honour; shame, dishonour”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsiri/ [ˈsi.ri]
• Rhymes: -iri
• Syllabification: si‧ri

Noun

siri (plural siri-siri, first-person possessive siriku, second-person possessive sirimu, third-person possessive sirinya)

1. principle and honour (of South Sulawesi people)
2. shame, dishonour

   Synonym: malu

Alternative forms

• sirik

Further reading

• “siri” 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.

Malay

Alternative forms

• seri (Indonesia)

Etymology

From English series.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siri/
• Rhymes: -iri, -ri

Noun

siri (Jawi spelling سيري, plural siri-siri, informal 1st possessive siriku, 2nd possessive sirimu, 3rd possessive sirinya)

1. series

Adjective

siri (Jawi spelling سيري)

1. serial

   pembunuh bersiri ― serial killer

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• bersiri [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Further reading

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

Old Tupi

siri (Callinectes sapidus)

Alternative forms

• seri, syry

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈɾi/

Noun

siri (unpossessable)

1. swimming crab (any crab of the family Portunidae)

Derived terms

• siriaie'yma
• siriapûã
• sirigûasu
• sirimirĩ
• sirinema
• sirioby

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: siri

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “siri”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 443, column 1

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• सिरि (Devanagari script)
• সিরি (Bengali script)
• සිරි (Sinhalese script)
• သိရိ (Burmese script)
• สิริ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩥᩁᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ສິຣິ (Lao script)
• សិរិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄨𑄢𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit श्री (śrī).

Noun

siri f

1. luck, glory, wealth, splendour

Descendants

• Burmese: သီရိ (siri.)

Portuguese

Um siri

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi siri.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈɾi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈɾi/

• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: si‧ri

Noun

siri m (plural siris)

1. (Brazil) swimming crab
2. (Brazil, colloquial) any crab

Hypernyms

• caranguejo
• crustáceo

 

Derived terms

• boca de siri
• sirizinho

 

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

siri (Cyrillic spelling сири)

1. inflection of siriti:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

Slovene

Noun

siri

1. nominative/instrumental plural of sir

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِرّ (sirr).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

siri (n class, plural siri)

1. secret
2. secrecy
3. (euphemistic) private parts

Derived terms

• msiri

Yogad

Noun

siri

1. lie; falsehood