sipho

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn), of uncertain origin; possibly related to tibia (“pipe, flute of bone”), with the irregular forms suggesting a non-Indo-European loan source, perhaps of the shape *twi-, *twibh.

Noun

sīphō m (genitive sīphōnis); third declension

1. a siphon or tube
2. a fire engine

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sīphō	sīphōnēs
Genitive	sīphōnis	sīphōnum
Dative	sīphōnī	sīphōnibus
Accusative	sīphōnem	sīphōnēs
Ablative	sīphōne	sīphōnibus
Vocative	sīphō	sīphōnēs

Derived terms

• sīphunculus

Descendants

• Catalan: sifó
• French: siphon
• Galician: sifón
• Italian: sifone
• Portuguese: sifão
• Spanish: sifón

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Swazi

Etymology

From si- +‎ -pha +‎ -o.

Noun

sîphó class 7 (plural tîphó class 8)

1. gift

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Noun

sipho class 7

1. simple singular of ísiphó