# isi
## Translingual
### Symbol

isi
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nkem-Nkum.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Nkem-Nkum terms

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈsi/ [ʔɪˈsɪ]
* Hyphenation: i‧si

### Determiner

isí
* thy own, your own
* his own, her own
* (Awash) my own

### References

* E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “isi”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Alladian
### Alternative forms

* ishi, nishi, n'shi, n'ʃi

### Noun

isi
* water

### References

* Maurice Delafosse, Vocabulaires comparatifs de plus de 60 langues ou dialectes parlés à la Côte d’Ivoire et dans les régions limitrophes : avec des notes linguistiques et ethnologiques, une bibliographie et une carte (Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1904), page 43 (as Alaguian isi, ishi)
* Die Sudansprachen. Eine sprachvergleichende Studie von Diedrich Westermann (Abhandlungen des Hamburgischen Kolonialinstituts Bd. 3; Hamburg, 1911), p. 149:
    Nu. esi Wasser Alaguian isi Wasser (D.).
       Abbreviations: Nu. = Nuba, (D.) = aus Delafosse. Explanation: German Wasser (“water”)
* Marc Augé, Le rivage alladian: organisation et évolution des villages alladian (as n'ʃi)

## Asi
### Noun

isi
* search

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔisi/ [ˈʔi.si]
* Hyphenation: i‧si

### Verb

ísi (Basahan spelling ᜁᜐᜒ)
* to search
    Synonym: hanap
* to remind; to prompt
    Synonym: girumdom
* to discover something, to find out about something
    Synonyms: rurop, talastas

#### Derived terms

* isihon
* mag-isi
* maisihan
* makaisi
* paisi

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: i‧si
* IPA: /ˈʔisi/ [ˈʔi.s̪ɪ]

### Noun

isi (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐᜒ)
* (chiefly Camiguin) toggle iron

## Faroese
### Etymology

From English easy.

### Adjective

isi (not comparable)
* (colloquial) easy; composed, calm

### Adverb

isi (not comparable)
* (colloquial) quietly, gently

## Finnish
### Etymology

Hypocoristic form of isä (“father”), possibly equivalent to isä +‎ -i.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈisi/, [ˈis̠i]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -isi
* Hyphenation: isi

### Noun

isi (familiar)
* dad, father, daddy
    Synonyms: iskä, isukki, isä

#### Declension

Possessive forms of isi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
isini
isini
accusative
nom.
isini
isini
gen.
isini
genitive
isini
isieni
partitive
isiäni
isejäni
inessive
isissäni
iseissäni
elative
isistäni
iseistäni
illative
isiini
iseihini
adessive
isilläni
iseilläni
ablative
isiltäni
iseiltäni
allative
isilleni
iseilleni
essive
isinäni
iseinäni
translative
isikseni
iseikseni
abessive
isittäni
iseittäni
instructive
comitative
—iseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
isisi
isisi
accusative
nom.
isisi
isisi
gen.
isisi
genitive
isisi
isiesi
partitive
isiäsi
isejäsi
inessive
isissäsi
iseissäsi
elative
isistäsi
iseistäsi
illative
isiisi
iseihisi
adessive
isilläsi
iseilläsi
ablative
isiltäsi
iseiltäsi
allative
isillesi
iseillesi
essive
isinäsi
iseinäsi
translative
isiksesi
iseiksesi
abessive
isittäsi
iseittäsi
instructive
comitative
—iseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
isimme
isimme
accusative
nom.
isimme
isimme
gen.
isimme
genitive
isimme
isiemme
partitive
isiämme
isejämme
inessive
isissämme
iseissämme
elative
isistämme
iseistämme
illative
isiimme
iseihimme
adessive
isillämme
iseillämme
ablative
isiltämme
iseiltämme
allative
isillemme
iseillemme
essive
isinämme
iseinämme
translative
isiksemme
iseiksemme
abessive
isittämme
iseittämme
instructive
comitative
—iseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
isinne
isinne
accusative
nom.
isinne
isinne
gen.
isinne
genitive
isinne
isienne
partitive
isiänne
isejänne
inessive
isissänne
iseissänne
elative
isistänne
iseistänne
illative
isiinne
iseihinne
adessive
isillänne
iseillänne
ablative
isiltänne
iseiltänne
allative
isillenne
iseillenne
essive
isinänne
iseinänne
translative
isiksenne
iseiksenne
abessive
isittänne
iseittänne
instructive
comitative
—iseinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
isinsä
isinsä
accusative
nom.
isinsä
isinsä
gen.
isinsä
genitive
isinsä
isiensä
partitive
isiään isiänsä
isejään isejänsä
inessive
isissään isissänsä
iseissään iseissänsä
elative
isistään isistänsä
iseistään iseistänsä
illative
isiinsä
iseihinsä
adessive
isillään isillänsä
iseillään iseillänsä
ablative
isiltään isiltänsä
iseiltään iseiltänsä
allative
isilleen isillensä
iseilleen iseillensä
essive
isinään isinänsä
iseinään iseinänsä
translative
isikseen isiksensä
iseikseen iseiksensä
abessive
isittään isittänsä
iseittään iseittänsä
instructive
comitative
—iseineen iseinensä :

### Further reading

* “isi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* sii

## Greenlandic
### Etymology 1

Form Proto-Eskimo *irǝ. Cognate of Inupiaq iri and Inuktitut ᐃᔨ (iyi), iji.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /isi/

#### Noun

isi (plural isit)
* (anatomy) eye

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Inuit *ici (“drum skin”), from Proto-Eskimo *ǝci (“drum skin, cover”).

#### Noun

isi (plural isit)
* drum head, drum-skin
* (music) string

##### Declension
### References

* “isi“ in iserasuaat.gl
* isi in Katersat

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Clipping and -i diminutive of iskola (“school”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈiʃi]
* Hyphenation: isi
* Rhymes: -ʃi

### Noun

isi (plural isik)
* (colloquial) school
    Synonyms: iskola, suli

#### Declension
## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈisi/ [ˈi.si]
* Rhymes: -isi
* Syllabification: i‧si

### Noun

isi (plural isi-isi)
* content

### Further reading

* “isi” 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.

## Isoko
### Noun

isi
* plural of esi

## Kavalan
### Noun

isi
* dregs (from winemaking)

## Lindu
### Noun

isi
* content
* meat; flesh

## Lokono
### Noun

isi
* seed

### References

* de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isi, from Proto-Austronesian *isi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /isi/
* Rhymes: -si, -i

### Noun

isi (Jawi spelling ايسي, plural isi-isi, informal 1st possessive isiku, 2nd possessive isimu, 3rd possessive isinya)
* flesh
* content

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* pengisi [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* pengisian [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
* isian [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
* perisian [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
* mengisi [agent focus] (meN-)
* mengisikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* diisi [patient focus] (di-)
* diisikan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
* terisi [agentless action] (teR-)
* berisi [stative / habitual] (beR-)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: isi

### Further reading

* “isi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀇𑀲𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* इसि (Devanagari script)
* ইসি (Bengali script)
* ඉසි (Sinhalese script)
* ဣသိ or ဢိသိ (Burmese script)
* อิสิ (Thai script)
* ᩍᩈᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ອິສິ (Lao script)
* ឥសិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄨𑄥𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛṣi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš.

### Noun

isi m
* sage, seer

#### Descendants

* → Burmese: ဣသိ (i.si.)
* → Mon: ဣသိ
* → Khmer: ឥសី (ʼisəy)
* → Sinhalese: ඉසි (isi)
* → Thai: อิสิ (isi)

## Rwanda-Rundi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ncɪ́.

### Noun

isí class 9 (plural amasí class 6)
* earth, the world

## Sidamo
### Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Afar úsuk and Hadiyya iso.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈisi/
* Hyphenation: i‧si

### Pronoun

isi
* he

#### See also

$^{*)}$ Stressed on the final vowel.

### References

* Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 70

## Ternate
### Etymology

Cognate with Tidore isi (“urine”), Tabaru osisi (“to urinate”). Further afield, compare Proto-Trans-New Guinea *(si)si, *siti, *pisi (“urine”) and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ihiq (“urine”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.si/

### Noun

isi
* urine

### References

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

## Tidore
### Etymology

Cognate with Ternate isi (“urine”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.si/

### Noun

isi
* urine

### References

* Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill, page 75
* Joost Pikkert, Cheryl Pikkert, Husain Mahifa (1994) Kamus Bahasa Tidore, Indonesia, Inggris

## Turkish
### Noun

isi
* inflection of is:
** accusative singular
** third-person singular possessive

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.s̪i/

### Verb

isi
* (transitive) to kiss

#### Conjugation
### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Zulu
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /íːsi/

### Noun

ī́si class 5 (plural amási class 6)
* A lump of hard, curdled milk.
* (in the plural) curdled or sour milk

#### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-si”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-si (3.2.9)”