# sia
## English
### Alternative forms

* siah, sial, siol

### Etymology

From Malay sial.

### Pronunciation

* (Singapore) IPA: /sjɑː˧/, /-˨˧/, /sjɐ/, /sjə/

### Particle

sia
* (Singlish, Manglish) Tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, exhaustion or exasperation.
    — If you can’t find your pencils, maybe someone stole them. — For what sia?
** 2004, joshley, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):[…] Really disappointed siah […] The damage is done and no explanation will be accepted...... damn stupid!
** 2015 May 14, @lawyizhuan, Twitter‎:Wah. Really damn shag [exhausting] sia, everyday. But I'm really glad to be able to contribute😄
** 2020 January 14, Justin Vanderstraaten, quoting Moon, “Drugs, Cash, and Prison. When Does Enough Become Enough?”, in ricemedia.co‎, archived from the original on 26 February 2024:As soon as the sentence was handed down, I saw my Mum crying. I was given 5 minutes to talk to them and after that, I thought to myself what the fuck am I going to do sia! […]
** 2023, Kristian-Marc James Paul, Myle Yan Tay, Mysara Aljaru, Brown is Redacted: Reflecting on Race in Singapore, Ethos Books, →ISBN:And we fucking panic sia. We kept saying, "No no no!" And they kept shouting […]

#### See also

* sial ah (interjection, sometimes used at the start of sentences)
* sia suay (unrelated, from Hokkien 瀉衰／泻衰)
* (Singlish particles): ah, hor, know, lah, leh, liao, lor, mah, meh, one, what
* sia lah

### References

* Soh, Ying Qi, Lee, Junwen, Tan, Ying-Ying (2022) “Ethnicity and Tone Production on Singlish Particles”, in Languages, volume 7, number 3, →DOI

### Anagrams

* ais, A.S.I., Asi, AIS, a-Si, is-a, Ais, sai, Isa, A.I.s, Isa., IAS, ISA, ASI, IAs, AIs, A. S. I.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈsi.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsi.a]

### Verb

sia
* (archaic) inflection of ser:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative
    Synonyms: sigui, siga

#### Derived terms

* o sia

### Conjunction

sia
* whether it be; be it
    Synonym: siga
** 1961, Joan Lluís, El meu Pallars: El Pallars Sobirà:Degotalls que s'estimballen des dels cingles fins al riu, i calmosament davallen, sia hivern o sia estiu.Stalactites that fling themselves from the cliffs into the river, and calmly descend, be it winter or be it summer.
** 1975, Narcís Xifra i Riera, Montserrat, juliol de 1936:El cas és que posaren altre cop en pràctica allò de destruir tot el que havien fet els altres, ja sia bo o dolent, i es complagueren amb la revenja […]The thing is that they reimplemented that destruction of everything that others had made, whether it be good or bad, and they were pleased with revenge […]

### Further reading

* “sia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “sia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “sia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “sia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Chuukese
### Pronoun

sia
* we (inclusive)

### Adjective

sia
* we are (inclusive)

### Related terms
## Eritai
### Noun

sia
* water
* river

### References

* Duane A. Clouse, 1997, Toward a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya, In Karl J. Franklin (ed.), Papers in Papuan linguistics No. 2, 133-236. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, page 172
* C. L. Voorhoeve, 1975. Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p.108

## Esperanto
### Etymology

si +‎ -a. Possibly under influence of Slavic (Polish swój, Russian свой (svoj), Belarusian свой (svoj)) and Germanic (German sein).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [ˈsia]
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: si‧a

### Pronoun

sia (accusative singular sian, plural siaj, accusative plural siajn)
* belonging to the subject of the sentence
    Johano donis al Alfredo sian kukon.John gave Alfred his (John's) cake.
** 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta:Sia estas kara pli ol la najbara.One's own is dearer than the neighbor's.

### See also

| | | Singular | Singular | Singular | Plural | Plural | Plural |
| | | Nominative | Accusative | Possessive | Nominative | Accusative | Possessive |
| First person | First person | mi | min | mia | ni | nin | nia |
| Second person | Formal | vi | vin | via | vi | vin | via |
| Second person | Familiar$^1$ | ci | cin | cia | vi | vin | via |
| Third person | Masculine | li | lin | lia | ili iŝi$^3$ | ilin iŝin$^3$ | ilia iŝia$^3$ |
| Third person | Feminine | ŝi | ŝin | ŝia | ili iŝi$^3$ | ilin iŝin$^3$ | ilia iŝia$^3$ |
| Third person | Neuter | ĝi | ĝin | ĝia | ili iŝi$^3$ | ilin iŝin$^3$ | ilia iŝia$^3$ |
| Third person | Gender-neutral$^2$ | ri ŝli | rin ŝlin | ria ŝlia | ili iŝi$^3$ | ilin iŝin$^3$ | ilia iŝia$^3$ |
| Third person | Reflexive | si | sin | sia | si | sin | sia |
| Indefinite | Indefinite | oni | onin | onia | oni | onin | onia |
| Notes ||||||||
| $^1$ The second person familiar pronouns are archaic. $^2$ The proposed gender-neutral third-person singular pronouns ri (rin, ria) and ŝli (ŝlin, ŝlia) are not widely used. $^3$ The proposed third-person feminine plural pronoun iŝi (iŝin, iŝia) is not widely used. ||||||||

## Finnish
### Noun

sia
* Archaic spelling of sija.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of sia (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
siani
siani
accusative
nom.
siani
siani
gen.
siani
genitive
siani
siojeni siaini $^{rare}$
partitive
siaani
siojani
inessive
siassani
sioissani
elative
siastani
sioistani
illative
siaani
sioihini
adessive
siallani
sioillani
ablative
sialtani
sioiltani
allative
sialleni
sioilleni
essive
sianani
sioinani
translative
siakseni
sioikseni
abessive
siattani
sioittani
instructive
comitative
—sioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
siasi
siasi
accusative
nom.
siasi
siasi
gen.
siasi
genitive
siasi
siojesi siaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
siaasi
siojasi
inessive
siassasi
sioissasi
elative
siastasi
sioistasi
illative
siaasi
sioihisi
adessive
siallasi
sioillasi
ablative
sialtasi
sioiltasi
allative
siallesi
sioillesi
essive
sianasi
sioinasi
translative
siaksesi
sioiksesi
abessive
siattasi
sioittasi
instructive
comitative
—sioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
siamme
siamme
accusative
nom.
siamme
siamme
gen.
siamme
genitive
siamme
siojemme siaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
siaamme
siojamme
inessive
siassamme
sioissamme
elative
siastamme
sioistamme
illative
siaamme
sioihimme
adessive
siallamme
sioillamme
ablative
sialtamme
sioiltamme
allative
siallemme
sioillemme
essive
sianamme
sioinamme
translative
siaksemme
sioiksemme
abessive
siattamme
sioittamme
instructive
comitative
—sioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sianne
sianne
accusative
nom.
sianne
sianne
gen.
sianne
genitive
sianne
siojenne siainne $^{rare}$
partitive
siaanne
siojanne
inessive
siassanne
sioissanne
elative
siastanne
sioistanne
illative
siaanne
sioihinne
adessive
siallanne
sioillanne
ablative
sialtanne
sioiltanne
allative
siallenne
sioillenne
essive
siananne
sioinanne
translative
siaksenne
sioiksenne
abessive
siattanne
sioittanne
instructive
comitative
—sioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
siansa
siansa
accusative
nom.
siansa
siansa
gen.
siansa
genitive
siansa
siojensa siainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
siaansa
siojaan siojansa
inessive
siassaan siassansa
sioissaan sioissansa
elative
siastaan siastansa
sioistaan sioistansa
illative
siaansa
sioihinsa
adessive
siallaan siallansa
sioillaan sioillansa
ablative
sialtaan sialtansa
sioiltaan sioiltansa
allative
sialleen siallensa
sioilleen sioillensa
essive
sianaan sianansa
sioinaan sioinansa
translative
siakseen siaksensa
sioikseen sioiksensa
abessive
siattaan siattansa
sioittaan sioittansa
instructive
comitative
—sioineen sioinensa :

## Garo
### Verb

sia
* to die

## Interlingua
### Verb

sia
* imperative of esser

### Conjunction

sia
* whether (used the first time in a sentence)
* or (used the second time in a sentence)

## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish sír.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʃiə]

### Adjective

sia
* longer
* further

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sia”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 sía”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsi.a/
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: sì‧a

### Verb

sia
* inflection of essere:
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Conjunction

sia ... sia ...
* both ... and ..
* either ... or ..

#### Synonyms

* sia ... che ...

### Anagrams

* -asi, sai

## Kanakanabu
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.

### Numeral

sia
* nine

## Latin
### Noun

sia
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sion

### References

* "sia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* “sia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

## Mambae
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siwa.

### Numeral

sia
* nine

## North Frisian
### Alternative forms

* siie (Mooring)
* See (Sylt)

### Etymology

From Old Frisian sē, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi. The distinction between “sea” (feminine) and “lake” (masculine) is based on German See, where it developed through mixing of Low and High German usages. Older North Frisian, like Middle Low German, had only the feminine. There may have been another word for “lake”, although the North Frisian region has no natural lakes of dimensions that would necessitate to distinguish them from ponds etc.

### Noun

sia m (plural sian)
* (Föhr-Amrum) lake

### Noun

sia f (plural sian)
* (Föhr-Amrum) sea

#### Usage notes

* The reduced article a may still be used with the feminine; cf. at for notes. This blurs the gender distinction. Some speakers therefore go a step further and use the Germanized form see for the masculine.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Norwegian dialectal sia, from Old Norse síðan. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sidan.

### Adverb

sia
* Alternative form of siden

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²siːɑ/

### Adverb

sia
* (pre-2012) alternative form of sidan

## Old Dutch
### Etymology 1

Along with siu (“she”), from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz.

#### Pronoun

sia
* they

##### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: si, sie
** Dutch: zij
** Limburgish: zie

##### References

* “sia (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

### Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *sehwā, from Proto-Germanic *sehwǭ.

#### Noun

sia f
* sight

##### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: sie

##### References

* “sia (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old Saxon
### Alternative forms

* sie

### Etymology

Along with siu (“she”), from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz.

### Pronoun

sia m or f
* she (accusative)
* they

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: sê, su, sia
** Dutch Low Saxon: zee
** German Low German: se
** Plautdietsch: see

## Scottish Gaelic
### Alternative forms

* (Islay, South Argyll) sè

### Etymology

From Old Irish sé, from Proto-Celtic *swexs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare Irish sé, Manx shey.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /ʃia/

### Numeral

sia
* six

#### Derived terms

* seasgad
* sianar
* siathamh

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “sia”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sé”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Sotho
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tíga.

### Verb

sia
* to leave

## Sundanese
### Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Doublet of dia.

### Pronoun

sia (Sundanese script ᮞᮤᮃ)
* (cohag) you
    "Tah! Deuleu éta ku sia sorangan!"There! You take a look at it yourself!

### See also

* The personal pronouns may vary depending on the dialect.
* The second person pronouns are often replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
* The second person singular pronouns maybe used pluraly.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish sīa, sēa, from Old Norse sjá, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.

### Verb

sia (present siar, preterite siade, supine siat, imperative sia)
* to foretell; to tell the future

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Synonyms

* spå

#### Related terms

* siare
* sierska

### Further reading

* siare in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* Isa

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsi.a]

### Verb

sia
* (transitive) to draw water (from a well, etc.)
* (transitive) to drag

#### Conjugation
### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Tetum
### Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *siwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siwa, from Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.

### Numeral

sia
* nine

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English chair.

### Noun

sia
* chair

## Venetan
### Verb

sia
* inflection of èser:
** first-person singular, third-person singular and third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person singular and plural imperative

## White Hmong
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʂiə̯˧/

### Etymology 1

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Maybe related to siv (“sash”) and similar words?”

#### Verb

sia
* to wrap around the waist
    sia siv ― to put on a sash

### Etymology 2

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Seems to be considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed proto-form is given. Same lemma as Etymology 1 (the classifier being "string, strip" suggests a semantic relation)?”

#### Noun

sia (classifier: txoj)
* life
* breath
* living being

### References

* Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 295.
* ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

## Yámana
### Noun

sia
* foam

## Yami
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *si-da. Compare Tagalog sila (“they, them”)

### Pronoun

sia
* they
* he, she, it