Shi

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Bodzvokhan

Etymology

From Sungdin *sj + Sungdin *-j.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈʃi/

Orthographic Form

shi

Cyrillic Orthographic Form

ши

Pronoun

shi (independent second person plural, singular ke)

  1. you, you all; second person plural personal pronoun, independent form

Creation and Usage Notes

Real talk: I haven't got the slightest idea what's going on with the etymologies of these plural pronouns. I don't remember what I was thinking at all.

-David J. Peterson 16:25, 4 October 2021 (PDT)

Hen Linge

Etymology 1

From an invisible proto-language
The etymology of this word comes from an invisible proto-language. If you're confident you know the etymology, feel free to add it, but reader beware should the etymology be added by someone other than the creator of the language!

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈʃi/

Orthographic Form

seikh

Orthographic Numeric Form

6

Numeral

shi

  1. six (6)

Etymology 2

From an invisible proto-language
The etymology of this word comes from an invisible proto-language. If you're confident you know the etymology, feel free to add it, but reader beware should the etymology be added by someone other than the creator of the language!

Source

Coined by Andrzej Sapkowski in the book Blood of Elves.

Source Spelling

seidhe

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈʃi/

Orthographic Form

seidhe

Noun

shi (class 4 singular, plural shiden)

  1. hill

Noalath

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈʃi/

Pronoun

shi

  1. objective form of hus

Creation and Usage Notes

This pronoun was the bane of my existence. Noalath came out way, way too "shushy", and this pronoun had a lot to do with it. I never should've associated palatal consonant mutation with the objective. I probably should've done v-mutation and stuck Shushy McShushface with the vocative. Oh well. Live and learn.

-David J. Peterson 16:49, 19 September 2020 (PDT)