sio
Translingual
Symbol
sio
Italian
Etymology
Reshaping of suo by analogy with mio (“my; mine”, 1st-person singular possessive determiner).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsi.o/
- Rhymes: -io
- Hyphenation: sì‧o
Determiner
sio (feminine sia, masculine plural sii, feminine plural sie) (regional)
- obsolete form of suo (“his, her, its”, 3rd-person singular possessive determiner)
- 1585, Cristoforo Castelletti, Stravaganze d’amore, Act III, scene X; republished in Marcello Teodonio, La letteratura romanesca: Antologia di testi dalla fine del Cinquecento al 1870, 1st edition, Bari: Laterza, October 2004, →ISBN, page 10:
- Dice che vo’ solamente sentì quello che li vo’ dicere questo ’namorato sio, e che non ze pienzi de volé passà più inanzi, ch’aitramente li cacciarà un cortiello nella gola. (Romanesco)
- She says she just wants to hear what that suitor of hers wants to say to her; and that he better not think of going any further, or else she's going to stab him in the throat.
Latin
Noun
siō
- dative/ablative singular of sion
References
- sio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Old English
Article
sīo
- alternative form of sēo
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɕɔ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔ
- Syllabification: sio
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Alternative forms
Interjection
sio
Etymology 2
Etymology tree
Inherited from Old Polish sio, from Proto-Slavic *se (“this”).
Pronoun
sio n
- (obsolete, fossilized) only used in set phrases
Declension
Declension of sio
Derived terms
phrases
- a to, a sio
- ni to, ni sio
Further reading
- si in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- si in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swahili
Etymology
From si- + -o, literally "it is not (them/it/those)".
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Verb
sio
See also
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | simi, siye | sio | |
| 2nd person | siwe, siye | sinyi, sio | |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) | siye | sio |
| m-mi(III/IV) | sio | siyo | |
| ji-ma(V/VI) | silo | siyo | |
| ki-vi(VII/VIII) | sicho | sivyo | |
| n(IX/X) | siyo | sizo | |
| u(XI) | sio | see n(X) or ma(VI) | |
| ku(XV/XVII) | siko | ||
| pa(XVI) | sipo | ||
| mu(XVIII) | simo | ||
For a full table, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsi.o]
Interjection
sio
- alas!
Numeral
sio
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tsou
| < 8 | 9 | 10 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : sio | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.
Numeral
sio
Uma
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hiwa, from Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.
Numeral
sio
Volapük
Etymology
From si (“yes”) + -o (“-ly”, adverbial suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈo/
Adverb
sio