sif

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See also: Sif, šif, and šíf

English

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Adjective

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sif (comparative more sif, superlative most sif)

  1. (South Africa, slang) Foul, disgusting.

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From English shift, from Middle English schiften, from Old English sċiftan (to divide, separate into shares; appoint, ordain; arrange, organise), from Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną, *skiptijaną, for earlier *skipatjaną (to organise, put in order), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyb- (to separate, divide, part), from Proto-Indo-European *skēy- (to cut, divide, separate, part).

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Noun

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sif (plural sif-sif, first-person possessive sifku, second-person possessive sifmu, third-person possessive sifnya)

  1. (colloquial) shiftwork.

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