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simi

/ˈsiːmi/

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Singapore[si˦mi˦˨]

simi noun: a short sword or dagger used by the Kikuyu people.

Noun (1)

simi (plural simis)

  1. A short sword or dagger used by the Kikuyu people.

Pronoun

simi

  1. (Singapore, Singlish, interrogative, mildly rude) What?; what is this […] ?; what […] are you talking about?
    • Simi sai?
    • Simi lanjiao?
  2. (Singapore, Singlish, uncommon) Any […] ; whatever […] .
    • Everyday must cook lah, clean lah, simi sai mah pao kah liao lor.1998 August 9, K§_Chew, tmnet.communities (Usenet)
    • Search the acronym and you'll uncover them, including one called 'Simi Sai, also SG50' which describes the latest SG50 branding effort[…].2015 August 4, Sharanjit Leyl, “Cashing in on Singapore's 'SG50' jubilee”, in BBC News, Singapore

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Simi

Simi (plural Simis)

  1. A surname from Italian.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Simi

Simi

  1. A diminutive of the unisex given name Simran.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Simrita.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Simi

Simi

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Syme.

Noun (2) capitalized: SIMI

SIMI (plural SIMIs)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of seemingly insignificant minor interaction.

Proper noun (4) capitalized: SIMI

SIMI

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, Indian politics) Initialism of Students' Islamic Movement of India.

Forms of simi

Noun
pluralsimis
pluralSIMIs
Proper noun
pluralSimis

Origin of simi

From Hokkien 什物 or 什麼／什么 (sím-mi̍h, “what”).

Borrowed from Italian Simi.

Likely formed with -i (suffix forming diminutives of given names).

Phrases with simi

Questions about simi

What does simi mean?
Simi means a short sword or dagger used by the Kikuyu people.
What part of speech is simi?
Simi can be a noun, a pronoun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce simi?
Simi is pronounced [si˦mi˦˨] (Singapore).
What is the plural of simi?
The plural of simi is simis.

Words near simi in the dictionary

  1. Simhamukha
  2. Simhat Torah
  3. Simhath Torah
  4. simheuristic
  5. simheuristics
  6. simi
  7. Simi Valley
  8. simial
  9. simian
  10. simian crease
  11. simian creases

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Adapted from Wiktionary: simi (page history and authors); Simi (page history and authors); SIMI (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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