# siri
## English
### Noun

siri (uncountable)
* Alternative form of sirih (“plant”)

## Amis
### Noun

siri
* goat

#### References

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

## 'Are'are
### Verb

siri
* 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: /siˈɾiʔ/ [siˈɾiʔ]
* Hyphenation: si‧ri

### Noun

sirî (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜍᜒ)
* short-temperedness; thin-skinnedness
* greed
    Synonym: pagkaakit

#### Derived terms

* masiri

## Catalan
### Noun

siri m (plural siris)
* 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: /ˈsiri/ [ˈsi.ri]
* Rhymes: -iri
* Syllabification: si‧ri

### Noun

siri (plural siri-siri)
* principle and honour (of South Sulawesi people)
* 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: /siri/
* Rhymes: -iri, -ri

### Noun

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

### Adjective

siri (Jawi spelling سيري)
* serial
    pembunuh bersiri ― serial killer

#### Derived terms

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
### Alternative forms

* seri, syry

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /siˈɾi/

### Noun

siri (unpossessable)
* 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

* 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
* luck, glory, wealth, splendour

#### Descendants

* Burmese: သီရိ (siri.)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi siri.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /siˈɾi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /siˈɾi/
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: si‧ri

### Noun

siri m (plural siris)
* (Brazil) swimming crab
* (Brazil, colloquial) any crab

#### Hypernyms

* caranguejo
* crustáceo

#### Derived terms

* boca de siri
* sirizinho

### References

* ↑ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) 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

## Serbo-Croatian
### Verb

siri (Cyrillic spelling сири)
* inflection of siriti:
** third-person singular present
** second-person singular imperative

## Slovene
### Noun

siri
* nominative/instrumental plural of sir

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

Probably from English seed; compare wiwiri (“weed”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsiɾi/

### Noun

siri
* seed
* stone (the hard layer around the seed in some fruits)
* grain, kernel

### Adjective

siri
* (of hair) highly curly

#### Derived terms

* doifisiri
* ingisiri
* kapuwasiri
* kwatasiri
* lakasiri
* podosiri
* redidoifisiri
* sakasiri
* siribredebon
* sirisiri
* soposiri

### References

* ↑ Norval H.S. Smith (1987) The genesis of the Creole languages of Surinam (PhD)‎, Universiteit van Amsterdam, page 211

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِرّ (sirr).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

siri class IX (plural siri class X)
* secret
* secrecy
* (euphemistic) private parts

#### Derived terms

* msiri

## Yogad
### Noun

siri
* lie; falsehood