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Sia

//sjɑː˧// name, noun, particle

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An ancient Egyptian god, the personification of perception. Egyptian
  2. 2
    A surname from Hokkien Philippines
  3. 3
    A female given name.
Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Social Impact Assessment. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Particle
  1. 1
    Tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, surprise, exhaustion or exasperation. Manglish, Singlish

    "— If you can’t find your pencils, maybe someone stole them. — For what sia?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay sial.

Etymology 2

From Egyptian sjꜣ (“Sia, perception”).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hokkien 謝 /谢 (Siā).

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