sino
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: si‧no
- IPA(key): /ˈsino/, [ˈs̪i.n̪ɔ]
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin sinus (“bosom; pocket, lap”). Compare Italian seno, French sein. Doublet of sinuso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsino]
- Rhymes: -ino
- Hyphenation: si‧no
Derived terms
- sinokomputilo (“laptop”)
Galician

Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese sino (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin signum (“bell”), from Latin signum (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Cognate with Portuguese sino.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsi.no̝/
Noun
sino m (plural sinos)
Derived terms
- Monte do Sino
- sineiro
- Sineiro
- Sino
References
- “sino” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “sino” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “sino” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “sino” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “sino” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Inari Sami
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Inflection
Even o-stem, ṇ-n gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | siṇo | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | sino | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | siṇo | sinoh | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | sino | sinoid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | sino | sinoi | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | siṇon | sinoid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | siinoost | sinoin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | sinoin | sinoiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Abessive | sinottáá | sinoittáá | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | sinnoon | |||||||||||||||||||||
Partitive | sinnood | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsi.no/
- Rhymes: -ino
- Hyphenation: sì‧no
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *sinō, from Proto-Indo-European *tḱi-né-ti, denominative present of the root *tḱey- (“to build, cultivate”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.noː/, [ˈs̠ɪnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.no/, [ˈsiːno]
Verb
sinō (present infinitive sinere, perfect active sīvī or siī, supine situm); third conjugation
- (with accusative of person and infinitive) to let, permit, allow, suffer
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.17–18:
- hoc rēgnum dea gentibus esse –
sī quā fāta sinant – iam tum tenditque fovetque.- The goddess already aims and fondly hopes that this kingdom – if in any way the fates were to allow it – become [sovereign] over nations.
(In other words, long before the founding of Rome the goddess Juno wanted Carthage to become the imperial city. See: Juno (mythology); Carthage.)
- The goddess already aims and fondly hopes that this kingdom – if in any way the fates were to allow it – become [sovereign] over nations.
- hoc rēgnum dea gentibus esse –
- to put, lay, set down
Conjugation
Conjugation of sinō (third conjugation) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | sinō | sinis | sinit | sinimus | sinitis | sinunt |
imperfect | sinēbam | sinēbās | sinēbat | sinēbāmus | sinēbātis | sinēbant | |
future | sinam | sinēs | sinet | sinēmus | sinētis | sinent | |
perfect | sīvī, siī |
sīvistī, siistī, sīstī1 |
sīvit, siit, sīt1 |
sīvimus, siimus, sīmus1 |
sīvistis, siistis, sīstis1 |
sīvērunt, sīvēre, siērunt, siēre, sīrunt1 | |
pluperfect | sīveram, sieram, sīram1 |
sīverās, sierās, sīrās1 |
sīverat, sierat, sīrat1 |
sīverāmus, sierāmus, sīrāmus1 |
sīverātis, sierātis, sīrātis1 |
sīverant, sierant, sīrant1 | |
future perfect | sīverō, sierō, sīrō1 |
sīveris, sieris, sīris1 |
sīverit, sierit, sīrit1 |
sīverimus, sierimus, sīrimus1 |
sīveritis, sieritis, sīritis1 |
sīverint, sierint, sīrint1 | |
passive | present | sinor | sineris, sinere |
sinitur | sinimur | siniminī | sinuntur |
imperfect | sinēbar | sinēbāris, sinēbāre |
sinēbātur | sinēbāmur | sinēbāminī | sinēbantur | |
future | sinar | sinēris, sinēre |
sinētur | sinēmur | sinēminī | sinentur | |
perfect | situs + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | situs + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | situs + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | sinam | sinās | sinat | sināmus | sinātis | sinant |
imperfect | sinerem | sinerēs | sineret | sinerēmus | sinerētis | sinerent | |
perfect | sīverim, sierim, sīrim1 |
sīverīs, sierīs, sīrīs1 |
sīverit, sierit, sīrit1 |
sīverīmus, sierīmus, sīrīmus1 |
sīverītis, sierītis, sīrītis1 |
sīverint, sierint, sīrint1 | |
pluperfect | sīvissem, siissem, sīssem1 |
sīvissēs, siissēs, sīssēs1 |
sīvisset, siisset, sīsset1 |
sīvissēmus, siissēmus, sīssēmus1 |
sīvissētis, siissētis, sīssētis1 |
sīvissent, siissent, sīssent1 | |
passive | present | sinar | sināris, sināre |
sinātur | sināmur | sināminī | sinantur |
imperfect | sinerer | sinerēris, sinerēre |
sinerētur | sinerēmur | sinerēminī | sinerentur | |
perfect | situs + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | situs + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | sine | — | — | sinite | — |
future | — | sinitō | sinitō | — | sinitōte | sinuntō | |
passive | present | — | sinere | — | — | siniminī | — |
future | — | sinitor | sinitor | — | — | sinuntor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | sinere | sīvisse, siisse, sīsse1 |
sitūrum esse | sinī | situm esse | situm īrī | |
participles | sinēns | — | sitūrus | — | situs | sinendus, sinundus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
sinendī | sinendō | sinendum | sinendō | situm | sitū |
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
References
- “sino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sino”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- I cannot sleep for anxiety: curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinunt
- (ambiguous) on good grounds; reasonably: non sine causa
- (ambiguous) without doubt, beyond all doubt: sine dubio (not sine ullo dubio)
- (ambiguous) without any hesitation; without the least scruple: sine ulla dubitatione
- (ambiguous) without delay: sine mora or nulla mora interposita
- (ambiguous) indisputably; incontestably: sine (ulla) controversia
- (ambiguous) to read a speech: de scripto orationem habere, dicere (opp. sine scripto, ex memoria)
- (ambiguous) without any disguise, frankly: sine fuco ac fallaciis (Att. 1. 1. 1)
- (ambiguous) with no moderation: sine modo; nullo modo adhibito
- (ambiguous) to lend some one money (without interest): pecuniam alicui credere (sine fenore, usuris)
- (ambiguous) to restore prisoners without ransom: captivos sine pretio reddere
- I cannot sleep for anxiety: curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinunt
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- “site”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 566-7
Nias
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.
Derived terms
- mosino
References
- Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 187.
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin signum (“bell, ringing of a bell”), from Latin signum (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Cognate with Old Occitan senh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsi.no/
Noun
sino m
- bell
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 66 (facsimile):
- ſan pedro ſino tagia
- Saint Peter rang the bell
- ſan pedro ſino tagia
Synonyms
Portuguese
Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sino (“bell”), from Late Latin signum (“bell, ringing of a bell”), from Latin signum (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”).
Cognate with Galician sino, Catalan seny and Romansch zain. Also related to French tocsin and English tocsin (both ultimately from Old Occitan senh (“bell”)). Doublet of senha, senho, and signo.
Noun
sino m (plural sinos)
- bell (percussive instrument)
- 1913, Fernando Pessoa, Ó sino da minha aldeia:
- Ó sino da minha aldeia,
Dolente na tarde calma,
Cada tua badalada
Soa dentro da minha alma.- Oh bell of my village,
Lazy in this peaceful afternoon,
Each one of your tollings
Resounds in my soul.
- Oh bell of my village,
Derived terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsino/ [ˈsi.no]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ino
- Syllabification: si‧no
Conjunction
sino
Further reading
- “sino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *si-nu. Compare Brooke's Point Palawano sinu, Ilocano sino, Waray-Waray hin-o, and Yami sino. See also si, ano.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsino/ [ˈsi.no]
- Rhymes: -ino
- Syllabification: si‧no
Derived terms
- gasino
- pagsinuhin
- sinech
- siney
- sino man
- sino-sino
- sinuhin
Further reading
- “sino”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Yami
Etymology
Compare Brooke's Point Palawano sinu, Ilocano sino, Waray-Waray hin-o, and Tagalog sino.