sino

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sino"

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧no
• IPA^(key): /ˈsino/ [ˈs̪i.n̪o]

Noun

sino

1. mature coconut fruit

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

Noun

sino (accusative singular sinon, plural sinoj, accusative plural sinojn)

1. lap (upper legs of a seated person)

   La knabo sidis sur la sino de sia avino.

   The boy sat on his grandmother's lap.

Derived terms

• sinokomputilo (“laptop”)

Galician

sinos

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)

1. bell

   Synonym: campá

2. sign

   Synonyms: signo, sinal

3. destiny, fate

   Synonym: destino

Derived terms

• Monte do Sino
• sineiro
• Sineiro
• Sino

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sino”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sino”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sino”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sino”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sino”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inari Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

siṇo

1. short grass

Inflection

Even o-stem, ṇ-n gradation
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
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: sì‧no

Preposition

sino

1. Alternative form of fino

Derived terms

• sin d'ora
• sin da
• sin qui
• persino
• sinché
• sinora

Anagrams

• Niso, Sion, niso, soni

Ladino

Alternative forms

• sinón

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sinon.

Conjunction

sino (Hebrew spelling סינו)

1. except; apart from; other than; but

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sinō, from Proto-Indo-European *tḱi-né-ti, denominative present of the root *tḱey- (“to build, cultivate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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

1. (with accusative of person and infinitive) to let, permit, allow, suffer

   Synonyms: remittō, permittō, immittō, concēdō, cēdō, condōnō

   • 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.)

2. to put, lay, set down

   Synonyms: collocō, impōnō, pōnō, cōnstituō, statuō, fīgō, sistō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sinō (third conjugation)

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.

Derived terms

• dēsinō
• pōnō
• situs

Further reading

• “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.
• 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.

Nias

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.

Noun

sino (mutated form zino)

1. sunshine

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 (plural sinos)

1. bell
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 66 (facsimile):

     ſan pedro ſino tagia

     Saint Peter rang the bell

Synonyms

• campãa

Descendants

• Galician: sino
• Portuguese: sino (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.nu/

• Rhymes: -inu
• Hyphenation: si‧no

Etymology 1

Sinos

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)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• calças à boca de sino
• sineta
• sineiro
• torre sineira

Related terms

• assinar
• selo
• senha
• senho
• sigilo
• signa
• signo
• sina
• sinal

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: sinu
• Sinhalese: සීනුව (sīnuwa)
• Tetum: sinu

See also

• badalo
• campa
• campainha
• carrilhão
• chocalho
• guizo

Etymology 2

From Latin sinus. Doublet of seio and seno.

Noun

sino m (plural sinos)

1. (archaic) gulf

   Synonyms: enseada, golfo

Related terms

• seio
• seno

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sino (Cyrillic spelling сино)

1. vocative singular of sina

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsino/ [ˈsi.no]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: si‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin signum. Doublet of signo, cf. also seña. Cognate with English sign.

Noun

sino m (plural sinos)

1. destiny, fate, lot

   Synonyms: hado, destino, azar, fario

Etymology 2

Univerbation of si (“if”) +‎ no (“not”). Compare Portuguese senão, French sinon.

Conjunction

sino

1. but (after a negative clause) (i.e., "but rather", "but only", or "but rather only")

   No es cantante, sino actor. ― He is not a singer, but an actor.

2. except, apart from

   Synonyms: excepto, menos, salvo

   Todos fueron al parque, sino María. ― Everyone went to the park, except Maria.

3. only, solely (in a negative clause)

   No eres sino un alumno. ― You are solely a student.

Further reading

• “sino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cno — text messaging

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/ [ˈsiː.n̪o]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: si‧no

Pronoun

sino (plural sino-sino, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜓ)

1. (interrogative) who

Derived terms

• gasino
• pagsinuhin
• sinech
• siney
• sino man
• sino-sino
• sinuhin

 

Further reading

• “sino”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• nosi, inso, Ison

Yami

Etymology

Compare Brooke's Point Palawano sinu, Ilocano sino, Waray-Waray hin-o, and Tagalog sino.

Pronoun

sino

1. (interrogative) who

Zia

Noun

sino

1. dog