isi

isi

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

• Wiktionary's coverage of Nkem-Nkum terms

• IPA^(key): /iˈsi/ [ʔɪˈsɪ]
• Hyphenation: i‧si

isí

1. thy own, your own
2. his own, her own
3. (Awash) my own

• 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)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

• ishi, nishi, n'shi, n'ʃi

isi

1. water

• 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)

isi

1. search

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔisi/ [ˈʔi.si]
• Hyphenation: i‧si

ísi (Basahan spelling ᜁᜐᜒ)

1. to search

   Synonym: hanap

2. to remind; to prompt

   Synonym: girumdom

3. to discover something, to find out about something

   Synonyms: rurop, talastas

• Hyphenation: i‧si
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔisi/ [ˈʔi.s̪ɪ]

isi (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐᜒ)

1. (chiefly Camiguin) toggle iron

From English easy.

isi (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) easy; composed, calm

isi (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) quietly, gently

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈisi/, [ˈis̠i]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -isi
• Hyphenation^(key): isi

isi (familiar)

1. dad, father, daddy

   Synonyms: iskä, isukki, isä

• “isi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (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

• sii

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

• IPA^(key): /isi/

isi (plural isit)

1. (anatomy) eye

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

isi (plural isit)

1. drum head, drum-skin
2. (music) string

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈiʃi]
• Hyphenation: isi
• Rhymes: -ʃi

isi (plural isik)

1. (colloquial) school

   Synonyms: iskola, suli

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	isi	isik
accusative	isit	isiket
dative	isinek	isiknek
instrumental	isivel	isikkel
causal-final	isiért	isikért
translative	isivé	isikké
terminative	isiig	isikig
essive-formal	isiként	isikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	isiben	isikben
superessive	isin	isiken
adessive	isinél	isiknél
illative	isibe	isikbe
sublative	isire	isikre
allative	isihez	isikhez
elative	isiből	isikből
delative	isiről	isikről
ablative	isitől	isiktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	isié	isiké
non-attributive possessive - plural	isiéi	isikéi

Possessive forms of isi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	isim	isijeim (or isiim)
2nd person sing.	isid	isijeid (or isiid)
3rd person sing.	isije	isijei (or isii)
1st person plural	isink	isijeink (or isiink)
2nd person plural	isitek	isijeitek (or isiitek)
3rd person plural	isijük	isijeik (or isiik)

isi

1. dregs (from winemaking)

isi

1. content
2. meat; flesh

isi

1. seed

• de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎^[3], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39

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

• IPA^(key): /isi/
• Rhymes: -si, -i

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

1. flesh
2. content

• Indonesian: isi

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

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

isi m

1. sage, seer

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

From Proto-Bantu *ncɪ́.

isí class 9 (plural amasí class 6)

1. earth, the world

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈisi/
• Hyphenation: i‧si

isi

1. he

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

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.si/

isi

1. urine

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

Cognate with Ternate isi (“urine”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.si/

isi

1. urine

• 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

isi

1. inflection of is:
   1. accusative singular
   2. third-person singular possessive

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.s̪i/

isi

1. (transitive) to kiss

Conjugation of isi (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tiisi	miisi	aisi
2nd person		niisi	fiisi
3rd person	inanimate	iisi	diisi
	animate
imperative		niisi, isi	fiisi, isi

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[4], Pacific linguistics

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

• IPA^(key): /íːsi/

ī́si class 5 (plural amási class 6)

1. A lump of hard, curdled milk.
2. (in the plural) curdled or sour milk

Class 5/6
	Singular	Plural
Full form	isi	amasi
Locative	esini	emasini
	Singular		Plural
Full form	isi		amasi
Simple form	lisi		masi
Locative	esini		emasini
Copulative	yisi		ngamasi
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wesi	owesi	wamasi	owamasi
Class 2	besi	abesi	bamasi	abamasi
Class 3	wesi	owesi	wamasi	owamasi
Class 4	yesi	eyesi	yamasi	eyamasi
Class 5	lesi	elesi	lamasi	elamasi
Class 6	esi	awesi	amasi	awamasi
Class 7	sesi	esesi	samasi	esamasi
Class 8	zesi	ezesi	zamasi	ezamasi
Class 9	yesi	eyesi	yamasi	eyamasi
Class 10	zesi	ezesi	zamasi	ezamasi
Class 11	lwesi	olwesi	lwamasi	olwamasi
Class 14	besi	obesi	bamasi	obamasi
Class 15	kwesi	okwesi	kwamasi	okwamasi
Class 17	kwesi	okwesi	kwamasi	okwamasi

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