sia meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

sia

particle

Singapore /sjɑː˧/

Etymology Borrowed from Malay sial.

Manglish, Singlish Tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, surprise, exhaustion or exasperation.

— If you can’t find your pencils, maybe someone stole them. — For what sia?
[…] Really disappointed siah […] The damage is done and no explanation will be accepted...... damn stupid!2004, joshley, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):

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Wah. Really damn shag [exhausting] sia, everyday. But I'm really glad to be able to contribute😄2015 May 14, @lawyizhuan, Twitter:
As soon as the sentence was handed down, I saw my Mum crying. I was given 5 minutes to talk to them and after that, I thought to myself what the fuck am I going to do sia! […]2020 January 14, Justin Vanderstraaten, quoting Moon, “Drugs, Cash, and Prison. When Does Enough Become Enough?”, in ricemedia.co, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2024:
And we fucking panic sia. We kept saying, "No no no!" And they kept shouting […]2023, Kristian-Marc James Paul, Myle Yan Tay, Mysara Aljaru, Brown is Redacted: Reflecting on Race in Singapore, Ethos Books, →ISBN:

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what, lah1–14, lor2–3, lor1, ah6, leh1–2, mah, leh3–6, one1–3, hor1, know, nia, only, hor2, ah1–3, hah1–3, meh, ba2, leh7–11, ba1, liao, already, Gupta, A. F. (1992), in, volume 18, number 1, →DOI, sia lah, sial ah, sia suay