tsi

From Latin quid. Compare Romanian ce.

tsi (interrogative)

1. what

• IPA^(key): [t͡sí]

tsi

1. arm

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

tsi

1. water (including in the form of a river or rain)

   dé asi tsi me — put one's hand in the water

   • 2006, Aspect and Modality in Kwa Languages ISBN 9027205671, pages 158 and 187:

     mia-nyrɔ-e ɖé tɔ-a me né wò-a-no tsi kú

     1PL:1RR-immerse-3SG ALL river-DEF containing.region LINK 3SG-1RR-drink water die

     We should immerse him in the river so that he would drown. (literally "die by water")

     […]

     tsi dî bé ye-a-dza

     water want COMP LOG-SUBJV-ooze

     'Rain wants to fall' i.e. 'it is about to rain'.

tsi

1. extinguish
2. hang
3. suspend

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

-tsi

1. to say

This verb needs an inflection-table template.