si-
Chuukese
Prefix
si-
- First-person plural inclusive subject marker for tense modifying adverbs.
Navajo
Usage notes
This is an alternative form of shi- which comes about in some words as a result of coronal harmony. See, for example, sikʼis, sitsilí. This once firm rule has become optional, and today most Navajo speakers actually prefer to ignore the rules of sibilant (coronal) harmony, especially when there is relatively greater distance between the 1st-person shi- and the alveolar sibilant in the root.
Northern Ndebele
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nguni *si-, from Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *tɪ̀-.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nguni *sí-, from Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-, via an intermediate form *tɪ́-.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Nguni *sí-, from Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-.
Phuthi
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nguni *si-, from Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *tɪ̀-.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nguni *sí-, from Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-, via an intermediate form *tɪ́-.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Nguni *ísi-, from Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-kɪ̀-.
Prefix
si-
- Class 7 noun prefix.
Etymology 4
From Proto-Nguni *sí-, from Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-.
Swazi
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nguni *si-, from Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *tɪ̀-.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nguni *sí-, from Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-, via an intermediate form *tɪ́-.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Nguni *ísi-, from Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-kɪ̀-.
Prefix
si-
- Class 7 noun prefix.
Etymology 4
From Proto-Nguni *sí-, from Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-.
Xhosa
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nguni *si-, from Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *tɪ̀-.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nguni *sí-, from Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-, via an intermediate form *tɪ́-.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Nguni *sí-, from Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-.
Zulu
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nguni *si-, from Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *tɪ̀-.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nguni *sí-, from Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-, via an intermediate form *tɪ́-.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀-.
Prefix
si-
- Class 7 simple noun prefix.
Etymology 4
From Proto-Nguni *sí-, from Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-.
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “si-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “si-”