sii (expressing empathy) dear, poor; little; small

Part of Speech determiner
Morphology sii
Gloss DIM
    • (expressing empathy) dear, poor; little; small
      • emotions
      • Comment The diminutive determiner precedes the head of a NP and may be repeated with modifying adjectival phrases as in [Mah 01R 005] and [Eno 13W 060]. Occasionally it is only found with the modifying adjective [Sii 42W 002].
      • Example 239:
        Sii otei ean toro antee koa.
        Dear man, you must just stop.
        Source: Gol 01E(Eno) 028
      • Example 913:
        Amaa sii bon amaa bero to vatagitagihu nao e Ririgono be vairaira ni maana bona mono revasin ne Bukimeasun.
        Many days, Ririgono kept going to the jungle and checking on the parcel of Bukimeasun's blood.
        Source: Nah 02E(Eno) 124
      • Example 2036:
        Ahiki, a sii peha koa a sii vohe, hihio bata nom, enaa re hua bata koa.
        No, there is only one paddle, you remain seated, while I am just paddling,
        Source: Vae 01E(Eno) 120
      • Example 5657:
        A sii otei bona mee a piipiiana.
        Also, this poor boy was covered with sores.
        Source: Mor 02E(Eno) 005
      • Example 6371:
        "Eh! sii otei Gaagin!"
        "Hey! Dear boy Gaagin!"
        Source: Aro 05R 015
      • Example 6372:
        Na taverete vo naenei, a sii guu a sii rutaa koa.
        It (kihivahoboo) translates like this, it is just a little piglet.
        Source: Mah 01R 005
      • Example 6373:
        O sii naono vaa rasuu o sii kikis rakaha.
        A very strong little tree in the bush.
        Source: Eno 13W 060
      • Example 6374:
        mi bona sii kae mono iana teve.
        with his little basket full of fish wrappers
        Source: Aro 05R 054
      • Example 6375:
        A iana bona a sii gogooravi, evehee a tokotokoo kakaavoo.
        This fish is a bit red, but it has white spots.
        Source: Sii 42W 002

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