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See also: Appendix:Variations of "simi"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

simi (plural simis)

  1. A short sword or dagger used by the Kikuyu people.

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 什物 (sím-mi̍h, “what”).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

simi (Singapore, Singlish)

  1. (interrogative, mildly rude) What?; what is this […] ?; what […] are you talking about?
    • 2016 January 22, <wakal...@yahoo.com.sg>, “China - Imperial Family”, in soc.culture.china (Usenet):
      Simi lanchiao?
  2. Anything; whatever
    • 1998 August 9, K§_Chew, tmnet.communities (Usenet):
      Everyday must cook lah, clean lah, simi sai mah pao kah liao lor.
    • 2015 August 4, Sharanjit Leyl, “Cashing in on Singapore's 'SG50' jubilee”, in BBC News, Singapore:
      Search the acronym and you'll uncover them, including one called 'Simi Sai, also SG50' which describes the latest SG50 branding effort […].
    • 2018 March 24, Jewel Stolarchuk, “Former TRS editor who now runs ramen stall “terribly disappointed” that PAP Policy Forum holds “unfair” views about him, even after jail term”, in The Independent‎:
      I pleaded guilty because I am unable to prove in court that the articles in question does[sic – meaning do] not have seditious tendencies because simi-sai also can be proven to have seditious tendencies.

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Aruop

Noun

simi

  1. woman

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Azerbaijani

Noun

simi

  1. inflection of sim:
    1. definite accusative singular
    2. third-person singular/plural possessive nominative singular

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sīmius.

Pronunciation

Noun

simi m (plural simis)

  1. simian

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Kapampangan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See also Tagalog pighati / hapis.

Noun

simi

  1. sadness; loneliness; sorrow;
    Synonyms: lungkut, lumbe, malun
  2. anxiety; anguish
    Synonyms: balisa, bitkil, tamle
Derived terms
  • kamalsimi
  • malsimi

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həmay (“cooked rice”), from Proto-Austronesian *Səmay (“cooked rice”). Compare Tagalog himay, Cebuano humay and Malay imai.

Noun

simi

  1. removal of inedible parts of food to separate the edible part (of chicken, fish, crab, shrimp, corn, beans, etc.)
  2. stringing and cutting into small pieces of beans (in preparation for cooking)
  3. (figurative) review or examination of something in detail

Adjective

simi

  1. removed of all inedible parts (of chicken, fish, crab, shrimp, corn, beans, etc.)
  2. stringed and cut into small pieces (of beans prepared for cooking)
Derived terms
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Latin

Adjective

sīmī

  1. inflection of sīmus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Quechua

Alternative forms

Noun

simi

  1. mouth
  2. speak
  3. language
  4. word

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information ñuqap (my), singular ...

Derived terms

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Swahili

Verb

simi

  1. first-person singular object of si-; it is not me
    Antonym: ndimi

See also

More information singular, plural ...

For a full table, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

simì (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜒ)

  1. small particles or remnants of food, especially fish (fallen from or left on the table after eating)

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