sif

See also: Sif, šif, and šíf

English

Adjective

sif (comparative more sif, superlative most sif)

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪf]
• Rhymes: -ɪf
• Hyphenation: sif

Noun

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

1. (colloquial) shiftwork.

Alternative forms

• شيف (syif) (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “sif” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.