siya

siya f (plural siyes)

1. Alternative form of siella

siya

1. Romanization of ᬲᬶᬬ

siya

1. tribe, race, ethnic group

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Compare Indonesian ia, Maori ia.

• Hyphenation: si‧ya
• IPA^(key): /si ˈja/
• IPA^(key): /siˈa/, [ˈʃa] (relaxed pronunciation)

siya (third person personal pronoun, objective and nominative case, common gender)

1. he; she

   Filipino siya.

   S/he is a Filipino.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

• Hyphenation: si‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈsja/, [ˈs̪ja]

siya

1. he or she
2. this, that
   1. (personal) used to refer to a singular person or animal at a distance from the speaker regardless of its gender
   2. (demonstrative) used when avoiding to mention a person by name
   3. (demonstrative) used to demonstrate different objects

From Spanish silla (“chair”), from Latin sella (“seat”).

• Hyphenation: si‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈsia/, [ˈs̪i.ʌ]

siya

1. a chair

From Spanish silla.

siya

1. chair

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

siya

1. he

siya

1. (interrogative) who

siyá

1. correct

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Compare Bikol Central siya, Cebuano siya, Indonesian ia, Maori ia, and Waray-Waray hiya.

• sya – informal
• s'ya – contraction

• Hyphenation: si‧ya
• IPA^(key): /siˈa/, [ˈʃa]

siyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. he; she (third person singular animate personal pronoun)

   Pilipino siya.

   S/he is a Filipino.

2. (colloquial) it (third person singular inanimate personal pronoun)

siyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. the one; the identical one; the very same

   Ang belong ito ay siyang ginawa ng kanyang lola.

   This veil is the very same one which her grandmother made.

siyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. so! well!

   Synonym: aba

Borrowed from Spanish silla. Doublet of silya.

• Hyphenation: si‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈsia/, [ˈsi.jɐ]
• IPA^(key): /siˈa/, [sɪˈja]

siya or siyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. saddle

   Synonyms: montura, (of a bicycle) sintadera

   siya ng kabayo ― horse saddle

   siya ng bisikleta ― bicycle saddle

   • 1989, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Thelma B. Kintanar, transl., Daigdig ng Tao, Solidaridad Publishing House, page 30:

     Nakasabit sa dingding ang mga siya ng kabayo na may iba-ibang palawit na estribo.

     The horse saddles with different stirrups are hanging on the wall.

From Hokkien 謝／谢 (siā, “regards to; thanks; gratefulness”), according to Manuel (1948).

• Hyphenation: si‧ya
• IPA^(key): /siˈa/, [sɪˈja]

siyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. satisfaction; pleasure; contentment

   Synonyms: lugod, kaluguran, kasiyahan

2. (obsolete) decision; determination (only used in pasiya)
3. (obsolete) sufficiency; adequacy (only used in kasiya)

• “siya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language‎, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 107

siya

1. salt

   siya ya'e : the ocean (literally: salt water)

• Lorna MacDonald, A Grammar of Tauya

Borrowed from Spanish silla, from Latin sella.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsija]

siya (plural siyajte)

1. chair

   Synonym: sieta

2. saddle

• Brewer, Forrest; Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 91, 222

Related to Persian سیاه‎ (siyâh).

siya

1. black