sif

See also: Sif, šif, and šíf

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]
• 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.