simi

From Min Nan 甚麼／什麼／什么 (sím-mih, “what”).

simi (Singapore, colloquial, informal, Singlish)

1. (interrogative) what
   • 2016 January 22, <wakal...@yahoo.com.sg>, “China - Imperial Family”, in soc.culture.china, Usenet:

     Simi lanchiao?

2. anything; whatever
   • 1998 August 9, K§_Chew, tmnet.communities, Usenet:

     Everyday must cook lah, clean lah, simi sai mah pao kah liao lor.

   • 2015 August 4, Leyl, Sharanjit, “Cashing in on Singapore's 'SG50' jubilee”, in BBC News, Singapore:

     Search the acronym and you'll uncover them, including one called 'Simi Sai, also SG50' which describes the latest SG50 branding effort […].

   • 2018 March 24, Stolarchuk, Jewel, “Former TRS editor who now runs ramen stall “terribly disappointed” that PAP Policy Forum holds “unfair” views about him, even after jail term”, in The Independent‎:

     I pleaded guilty because I am unable to prove in court that the articles in question does^{[sic, meaning do]} not have seditious tendencies because simi-sai also can be proven to have seditious tendencies.

simi

1. woman

• transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mi/

simi m (plural simis)

1. simian

sīmī

1. nominative masculine plural of sīmus
2. genitive masculine singular of sīmus
3. genitive neuter singular of sīmus
4. vocative masculine plural of sīmus

• (Ecuador): shimi

simi

1. mouth
2. speak
3. language
4. word

• qasi simi

• qallu

simì

1. remnants of food (especially fish fallen or left on a dining table)