shi
See also: Appendix:Variations of "shi"
English
Etymology 1
Clipping of shibire. Coined by Japanese-Canadian geneticist and zoologist David Suzuki, the person who also coined "shibire".
Noun
shi (uncountable)
- (genetics) Abbreviation of shibire.
Derived terms
shibire
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Pronoun
shi
- (rare, furry fandom) Alternative form of sie (gender-neutral pronoun)
- 1999 november 20, "Chakat Goldfur" (username), Furry Art on Ebay...horrible shameless plug, alt.fan.furry, Usenet:
- The mother was Chakat Goldfur and the sire was Garrek Redfox (foxtaur) so she[sic] has the same red fur but cougar-like markings. Of course shi’s still only a cub yet, but if shi grows up to look anything like the your Jaguar-Vixen, shi’s going to be a heartbreaker!
- 2001 January 25, "Achowth Keciyl" (username), quoting "A. Seraph" (username), Fur: The one and only Herm Gengimal, in fur.artwork.erotica, Usenet:
- > Unlike most Furry Hermaphrodites I've seen, Clash is fairly
- > androgynous. Shi is remarkable in hir modesty.
- >
- > But shi IS rather naughty, as you can see.
- 2006, Kenneth Fox, Joined in Mind and Body, Kenneth Fox, →ISBN, page 230:
- Dropping hir forebody down just a little, shi bent over double at the waist. Andrew's eyes blinked open as whiskers met his cheeks just before feline lips. He purred to hir and reached up to caress hir back as shi kissed him ...
- 1999 november 20, "Chakat Goldfur" (username), Furry Art on Ebay...horrible shameless plug, alt.fan.furry, Usenet:
Synonyms
- see Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns
- hir (objective form)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
shi (uncountable)
Interjection
shi
See also
See also
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *śūh, from Proto-Indo-European *suh₂-s < *sh₂ew- (“to rain”). Compare Ancient Greek ὕει (húei, “it rains”), Hittite [script needed] (ishuwāi, “(s)he pours out, spills”), Tocharian B suwaṃ (“it rains”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
shi m (plural shira, definite shiu, definite plural shirat)
Declension
Declension of shi
References
- ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 226.
Aromanian
Etymology
From Latin sic. Compare to Daco-Romanian și.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
shi
Dena'ina
Pronoun
shi
Related terms
Drung
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *səj.
Verb
shi
- to die
References
- Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung[1], Santa Barbara: University of California
Esperanto
Pronoun
shi
- H-system spelling of ŝi
Hausa
Pronunciation
Pronoun
shi m sg (feminine ita, plural su)
- he (3rd person singular pronoun)
See also
- másà (3rd person singular masculine indirect object enclitic pronoun)
- shí (3rd person singular masculine independent object pronoun)
- -sà (3rd person singular masculine possessive enclitic pronoun)
Japanese
Romanization
shi
Jingpho
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj (“ten”).
Numeral
shi
Kwama
Noun
shi
References
- Goldberg, Justin, Asadik, Habte, Bekama, Jiregna, Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary[2], SIL International
Mandarin
Romanization
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 匙
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 殖
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𥫽
shi
- Nonstandard spelling of shī.
- Nonstandard spelling of shí.
- Nonstandard spelling of shǐ.
- Nonstandard spelling of shì.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Scots
Pronunciation
Pronoun
shi
- (Southern Scots, personal) she
Usage notes
Used alongside the English she (/ʃiː/).
See also
Yanomamö
Noun
shi (plural shi pë)
References
- Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN
Ye'kwana
Pronunciation
Verb
shi
- (transitive) to tear, to slash, to scratch
Derived terms
References
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- en:Genetics
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- en:Furry fandom
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- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Albanian masculine nouns
- sq:Weather
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- Aromanian lemmas
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