Sy

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sy"

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Homophones: sigh, sie, sai, psi, xi, scye, Si, Cy

Noun

Sy

  1. (astronomy) Abbreviation of Seyfert galaxy, a type of AGN class of active galaxy.

Proper noun

Sy

  1. Alternative form of Si.

Etymology 2

From Spanish Sy, from Hokkien 施 (Si). Doublet of See, Sze, Siy, and Shi.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sy

  1. A Chinese Filipino surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien]

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Sy, from Hokkien 施 (Si)[1] and 薛 (Sih). Doublet of Siy, See, Sze, and Shi. Compare Indonesian Sie.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈsi/ [ˈs̪i]

Proper noun

Sy (Badlit spelling ᜐᜒ)

  1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien]

References

  1. ^ Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum‎[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, 1626–1642; republished as Fabio Yuchung Lee [李毓中], 陳宗仁 [Chʻên Tsung-jên], Regalado Trota José, José Luis Caño Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien-Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum‎[2], With Remarks from Henning Klöter and Foreword from 黃樹民 [Huang Shu-min], 黃一農 [Huang Yi-Long], 許雪姬 [Hsü Hsüeh-chi], Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN, page 577

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Sy, from Hokkien 施 (Si)[1] and 薛 (Sih). Doublet of Siy, See, Sze, and Shi. Compare Indonesian Sie.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ)

  1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien]

References

  1. ^ Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum‎[3] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, 1626–1642; republished as Fabio Yuchung Lee [李毓中], 陳宗仁 [Chʻên Tsung-jên], Regalado Trota José, José Luis Caño Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien-Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum‎[4], With Remarks from Henning Klöter and Foreword from 黃樹民 [Huang Shu-min], 黃一農 [Huang Yi-Long], 許雪姬 [Hsü Hsüeh-chi], Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN, page 577
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