si-

si- (except before a/o sa-, class II first-person singular)

1. the direct object of an active transitive verb

   me

2. the subject of a stative intransitive verb

   I

3. indicates possession of a noun

   my

Class II person markers are used for possession only for a small set of words, mostly including kinship terms and body parts.

si-

1. First-person plural inclusive subject marker for tense modifying adverbs.

si-

1. my, me

This is an alternative form of shi- which comes about in some words as a result of coronal harmony. See, for example, sikʼis, sitsilí. This once firm rule has become optional, and today most Navajo speakers actually prefer to ignore the rules of sibilant (coronal) harmony, especially when there is relatively greater distance between the 1st-person shi- and the alveolar sibilant in the root.

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *tɪ̀-.

si-

1. we; first-person plural subject concord.

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-, via an intermediate form *tɪ́-.

si-

1. us; first-person plural object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-.

si-

1. he, she, it; class 7 subject concord.
2. him, her, it; class 7 object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *tɪ̀-.

si-

1. we; first-person plural subject concord.

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-, via an intermediate form *tɪ́-.

si-

1. us; first-person plural object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-kɪ̀-.

si-

1. Class 7 noun prefix.

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-.

si-

1. he, she, it; class 7 subject concord.
2. him, her, it; class 7 object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *tɪ̀-.

si-

1. we; first-person plural subject concord.

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-, via an intermediate form *tɪ́-.

si-

1. us; first-person plural object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-.

si-

1. he, she, it; class 7 subject concord.
2. him, her, it; class 7 object concord.

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si-

1. the negative emphatic copula or negative focusing copula: expresses "it is not" with an inflected object

Emphatic copula forms:

* The form sisi "it is not us" is not frequently used as it is identical to the pronoun sisi "we", "us". Instead it is virtually always replaced with sio.

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From Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *tɪ̀-.

si-

1. we; first-person plural subject concord.

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-, via an intermediate form *tɪ́-.

si-

1. us; first-person plural object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-kɪ̀-.

si-

1. Class 7 noun prefix.

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-.

si-

1. he, she, it; class 7 subject concord.
2. him, her, it; class 7 object concord.

si-

1. applicative prefix

si-

1. to drain

si-

1. to drain

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *tɪ̀-.

si-

1. we; first-person plural subject concord.

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-, via an intermediate form *tɪ́-.

si-

1. us; first-person plural object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-.

si-

1. he, she, it; class 7 subject concord.
2. him, her, it; class 7 object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *tɪ̀-.

si-

1. we; first-person plural subject concord.

From Proto-Bantu *tʊ́-, via an intermediate form *tɪ́-.

sí-

1. us; first-person plural object concord.

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀-.

si-

1. Class 7 simple noun prefix.

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-.

sí-

1. he, she, it; class 7 subject concord.
2. him, her, it; class 7 object concord.

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “si-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “si-”