sium

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: Sium

Friulian

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

From Latin somnus.

Noun

[edit]

sium m (plural siums)

  1. sleep, slumber

Etymology 2

[edit]

From Latin somnium.

Noun

[edit]

sium m (plural siums)

  1. dream
Synonyms
[edit]
[edit]

See also

[edit]

Gothic

[edit]

Romanization

[edit]

sium

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌼

Macanese

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Possibly from an Afro-Portuguese variant of Portuguese senhor, reduced to *siô, with nasalization taking place by analogy of nhum.[1] Doublet of nhum, via an older form nhom.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

sium (plural sium-sium, feminine siára)

  1. sir, Mr, Mr.[2]
    Sium CapitámMr Captain
  2. master, boss
  3. husband
    Nina azinha têm su sium.
    A girl quickly has her husband.

Usage notes

[edit]
  • Note the difference in pronunciation of si- between siára (/sj/) and sium (/ʃ/).

Derived terms

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “sium”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 270
  2. ^ https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm