# sis
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɪs/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪs
* Homophone: cis

### Noun

sis (plural sises or sisses)
* (informal) Clipping of sister.
    big sis
** 1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig:My sis is tying the knot. I want you to play for the reception.

#### Synonyms

* (sister): sissy

#### Translations
### Pronoun

sis (third-person singular, feminine, nominative case)
* (chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang) she
** 2023 February 2, ㅊ (@jaja_girly), Twitter‎:sis is living my delusions, happy for her
** 2023 February 1, KB (@MzKRB), Twitter‎:The internalized colorism that has inflicted Will is just… Referring to gorgeous Veronica as “Black bald dark-skin woman.” How she didn’t snatch him from his Mama’s highchair I do not know.. Sis dodged all the bullets.. #loveisblindbrazil
** 2022 September 29, Kahlen Barry (@KahlenBarry), Twitter‎:“Sue Me” sis snapped
** 2023 January 3, sésé/gee☆♱ (@d0llydeathw1sh), Twitter‎:sis really said fuck the police go off
** 2023 January 3, amanda 🍒(@ amc0124), Twitter‎:Call me when ur 3 year old daughter knows SZA lyrics, girl said “you still playin the pick me, I’m still playin the victim” we don’t care if it’s backwards sis learned that all on her own 🥹

### See also

* sis boom bah (etymologically unrelated)

### Anagrams

* ISS, SSI

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Turkish sis.

### Noun

sis (definite accusative sisi, plural sislər)
* fog
    Synonyms: duman, çən

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “sis” in Obastan.com.

## Bouyei
### Etymology

From Proto-Tai *siːᴮ (“four”), from Middle Chinese 四 (MC sijH, “four”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj (“four”). Cognate with Thai สี่ (sìi), Northern Thai ᩈᩦ᩵, Lao ສີ່ (sī), Lü ᦉᦲᧈ (ṡii¹), Tai Dam ꪎꪲ꪿, Shan သီႇ (sìi), Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥱ (sǐ), Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sī), Zhuang seiq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /si˧˥/

### Numeral

sis
* four

#### Synonyms

* siq (in loanwords from Chinese)

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsis]
* Rhymes: -is

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

#### Numeral

sis m or f
* (cardinal number) six

#### Noun

sis m (plural sisos)
* six

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

sis
* plural of si

### References

* “sis” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɪs]
* Rhymes: -ɪs

### Contraction

sis
* Contraction of jsi + si.

#### Usage notes

When using a reflexive verb in the second-person singular past form and in conditional, the auxiliary verb být (“to be”) is replaced with just -s appended to the reflexive pronoun se, si. The full form “jsi se”, “jsi si” is proscribed as hypercorrect.

#### Related terms

* ses

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪs

### Verb

sis
* inflection of sissen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin sessus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /si/
* Audio:(file)

### Participle

sis (feminine sise, masculine plural sis, feminine plural sises)
* past participle of seoir

### Verb

sis
* (rare) first/second-person singular past historic of seoir
** 1785, Charles Baudelaire, Annales poétique depuis l’origine de la poésie françoise, Tome 33‎:Au carabet, lorſque je ſis à table, Je ne bois qu’à ma ſoif, & que le cœur m’en dit: Mais quand Margot me tient au lit, Tout-ci, tout-ca, Par-ci, par-là !.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Adjective

sis (feminine sise, masculine plural sis, feminine plural sises)
* (law or literary) located
** 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 4, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:Par les larges hublots du lab, sis au sixième étage, la vue dominait une mer orangée de tuiles en terre cuite qui rappelaient que cette ville avait été, avant d’être « civinisée », une plutôt avenante cité provençale.The view from the lab's big windows, located on the sixth floor, overlooked a sea of orange terracotta tiles, which were a reminder that before it was "civinized", this had been a rather charming Provençal town.

### Further reading

* “sis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Noun

sis m pl
* plural of si

## Gothic
### Romanization

sis
* Romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐍃

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French six.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sis/

### Numeral

sis
* six

## Ido
### Etymology

From English six, French six, German sechs, Spanish seis, Italian sei, Russian шесть (šestʹ), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

### Numeral

sis
* six (6)

## Kankanaey
### Etymology

From si +‎ -s.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ˈsis/ [ˈsi̞s]
** IPA: (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /ˈhih/ [ˈhi̞h]
* Rhymes: -is, (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) -ih
* Syllabification: sis

### Article

sis
* Alternative form of si

#### See also

* (oblique arguments) sin, si, sis, ed, en, en da

### References

* Janet L. Allen (2014) Kankanaey: A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis‎ (overall work in English), →ISBN, page 128

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈsiːs/, [ˈs̠iːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈsis/, [ˈsis]

### Etymology 1

A contraction of sī vīs, from sī (“if”) + vīs (“you want”), the second person of volō (“to want”). Literally meaning "if you want".

#### Adverb

sīs (not comparable)
* if you want, if you wish, if you're willing, if you prefer
    Synonym: sōdēs

### Etymology 2

Inflected form of sum (“I am”).

#### Verb

sīs
* second-person singular present active subjunctive of sum

### References

* “sis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “sis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* sis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Louisiana Creole
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sis/
* Rhymes: -is

### Etymology 1

Inherited from French six (“six”).

#### Numeral

sis
* six

##### Usage notes

* This word is used independently of nouns.
* When preceding nouns, si is used for consonant-initial words, and siz is used for vowel-initial words. Compare French etymon six.

### Etymology 2

Inherited from French sucer (“to suck”).

#### Verb

sis
* short form of sisé (“to suck”)

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From French six.

### Numeral

sis
* six

## Navajo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɪ̀s/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *səxʸ. Cognate with Western Apache sis, Chiricahua sis, Jicarilla sis, Plains Apache sis.

#### Noun

sis
* belt, sash, girdle
    Shiziiz áshłééh.I am putting my belt on.

##### Usage notes

The possessed forms of this noun are based on the stem -ziiz rather than -sis. Thus shiziiz (“my belt”), biziiz (“his/her/their belt”), et cetera, not *shisis, *bisis.

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

Cognate with Tsuut'ina sis, Beaver shís, hís, Sekani hís, Chipewyan sheθ, Carrier shuθ.

#### Noun

sis
* (obsolete) hill, mountain

##### Alternative forms

* tsis

##### Derived terms

* Sis Naateel (“Wide Belt Mesa NM, Sisnathyel Mesa”)
* Sisnaajiní (“Blanca Peak”)
* Tsisnaajiní (“Blanca Peak”)

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Pronoun

sis
* locative of sii

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sis/

### Numeral

cardinal number :
| 6 | Previous: | cinc |
| 6 | Next: | set |
sis
* six

#### Descendants

* Middle French: six
** French: six
*** Haitian Creole: sis
*** Louisiana Creole: sis
*** Mauritian Creole: sis
** Norman: six
* Walloon: shijh
* → Middle English: sice, sis
** English: sice, sise, size
*** → Japanese: サイス (saisu)

## Old High German
### Verb

sīs
* second-person singular present subjunctive of wesan

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* seis (Surmiran)
* ses (Puter, Vallader)

### Etymology

From Latin sex (compare Spanish seis), from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

### Numeral

sis
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) six

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English cheese.

### Noun

sis
* cheese

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سیس (sis, “freckle, spot; mist, fog”), origin unknown.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

sis (definite accusative sisi, plural sisler)
* (meteorology) fog

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
sis
sisler
definite accusative
sisi
sisleri
dative
sise
sislere
locative
siste
sislerde
ablative
sisten
sislerden
genitive
sisin
sislerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
sisim
sislerim
2nd singular
sisin
sislerin
3rd singular
sisi
sisleri
1st plural
sisimiz
sislerimiz
2nd plural
sisiniz
sisleriniz
3rd plural
sisleri
sisleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
sisimi
sislerimi
2nd singular
sisini
sislerini
3rd singular
sisini
sislerini
1st plural
sisimizi
sislerimizi
2nd plural
sisinizi
sislerinizi
3rd plural
sislerini
sislerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
sisime
sislerime
2nd singular
sisine
sislerine
3rd singular
sisine
sislerine
1st plural
sisimize
sislerimize
2nd plural
sisinize
sislerinize
3rd plural
sislerine
sislerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
sisimde
sislerimde
2nd singular
sisinde
sislerinde
3rd singular
sisinde
sislerinde
1st plural
sisimizde
sislerimizde
2nd plural
sisinizde
sislerinizde
3rd plural
sislerinde
sislerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
sisimden
sislerimden
2nd singular
sisinden
sislerinden
3rd singular
sisinden
sislerinden
1st plural
sisimizden
sislerimizden
2nd plural
sisinizden
sislerinizden
3rd plural
sislerinden
sislerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
sisimin
sislerimin
2nd singular
sisinin
sislerinin
3rd singular
sisinin
sislerinin
1st plural
sisimizin
sislerimizin
2nd plural
sisinizin
sislerinizin
3rd plural
sislerinin
sislerinin :

#### Derived terms

* sisli

### References

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sis”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

## Western Apache
### Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *səx. Cognate with Navajo sis, Chiricahua sis, Jicarilla sis, Plains Apache sis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɪ̀s]

### Noun

sis (possessed form -ziz)
* belt

#### Derived terms

* shiziz = "my belt"
* biziz = "her/his/their belt"