sye

S1Y4E1

verb

To say.

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Meanings

sye1

verb
  1. UKdatedTo say.

    hinkin' of whort yer'd liked ter sye, but whort yer 'aven't said,

    1898, Barry Pain, The Curick
    3 more examples

    Thank yer kindly for mi comfortable tea. That's what you was about to sye, eh'! No, 'tain't.

    1898, To-day, page 115

    […] is nicely depicted in the following literary picture of Sir Douglas Haig by a London Tommy: “Aig, 'e don't sye much, 'e don't; 'e don't, so to sye, sye nothink, sye nothink; but what 'e don't sye don't mean nothink, not 'arf; and when 'e do sye anythink—my Gawd!"

    1917, The Minneapolis District Dental Journal, page 50

    It was a terrible thing to sye of one that's everythink in the world to me, but seein' 'im there, all crumpled up, with one leg one wye, and the other leg another wye, […]

    1922, Good Housekeeping, page 104

Sye2

proper noun
  1. The Erromangan language.

    4: VERB MORPHOLOGY Referring to Sye, Capell (1954:107) wrote, “The language is rather difficult.” No doubt he had the verbs of the language in mind when he made this statement.

    1998, Terry Crowley, An Erromangan (Sye) Grammar, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 77

Sye3

proper noun
  1. A male or female given name.

    Rae listened to Sye as she talked; the excitement was clearly read in Sye's face and felt in her words.

    2015, Linda S. Grant, Out Of The Ice: Birth of a Shaman, FriesenPress, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    I was gripping on to Sye's shirt so hard that my fingers had lost blood circulation and they cramped when I let go. I sat up and held on to Sye with an exploding mixture of emotions. I cried into his chest, and he embraced me ...

    2011, Andrea Bruden, The Secret of Vehnna, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 143

    Many things came to Sye's mind that wanted to be said, but his tongue refused to push them into reality. Struggling for a moment, Sye finally settled to whisper in a strained voice,

    2013, Andrew Suzanne, The Towers of Adrala: Book One - Part One: Saranoda, Andrew Suzanne, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
erromangan

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

sye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sye

MLA

“sye.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sye. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sye,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sye.

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