Afrikaans sy | ||
Albanian e saj | ||
Amharic የእሱ | ||
Arabic انها | ||
Armenian իր | ||
Assamese sue | ||
Aymara sue | ||
Azerbaijani onun | ||
Bambara sue | ||
Basque bere | ||
Belarusian яго | ||
Bengali এটি | ||
Bhojpuri मुकदमा कर दिहल गइल | ||
Bosnian svoje | ||
Bulgarian си | ||
Catalan la seva | ||
Cebuano kini | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 它的 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 它的 | ||
Corsican u so | ||
Croatian svoje | ||
Czech své | ||
Danish dens | ||
Dhivehi ދައުވާ ކުރާށެވެ | ||
Dogri मुकदमा | ||
Dutch haar | ||
English sue | ||
Esperanto ĝia | ||
Estonian selle | ||
Ewe tsɔ nya ɖe ame ŋu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) magdemanda | ||
Finnish sen | ||
French ses | ||
Frisian its | ||
Galician a súa | ||
Georgian მისი | ||
German es ist | ||
Greek του | ||
Guarani demanda | ||
Gujarati તેના | ||
Haitian Creole li yo | ||
Hausa ta | ||
Hawaiian kona | ||
Hebrew שֶׁלָה | ||
Hindi आईटी इस | ||
Hmong nws | ||
Hungarian annak | ||
Icelandic þess | ||
Igbo ya | ||
Ilocano sue | ||
Indonesian -nya | ||
Irish a | ||
Italian sue | ||
Japanese その | ||
Javanese sawijining | ||
Kannada ಅದರ | ||
Kazakh оның | ||
Khmer របស់វា | ||
Kinyarwanda kurega | ||
Konkani दावो करप | ||
Korean 이것의 | ||
Krio sue | ||
Kurdish xwe | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) داوای یاسایی لەسەر | ||
Kyrgyz анын | ||
Lao ຂອງມັນ | ||
Latin eius | ||
Latvian tā | ||
Lingala kofunda | ||
Lithuanian jos | ||
Luganda okuwawaabira | ||
Luxembourgish seng | ||
Macedonian нејзините | ||
Maithili मुकदमा | ||
Malagasy ny | ||
Malay itu | ||
Malayalam അതിന്റെ | ||
Maltese tagħha | ||
Maori ona | ||
Marathi त्याचा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯨꯏ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo sue | ||
Mongolian түүний | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) င်း | ||
Nepali यसको | ||
Norwegian det er | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zake | ||
Odia (Oriya) ମକଦ୍ଦମା | ||
Oromo himachuu | ||
Pashto د | ||
Persian آن است | ||
Polish jego | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) está | ||
Punjabi ਇਸ ਨੂੰ | ||
Quechua sue | ||
Romanian este | ||
Russian его | ||
Samoan ana | ||
Sanskrit सुई | ||
Scots Gaelic a | ||
Sepedi sekiša | ||
Serbian његово | ||
Sesotho ea eona | ||
Shona zvayo | ||
Sindhi اهو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) එය | ||
Slovak jeho | ||
Slovenian svoje | ||
Somali ay | ||
Spanish sus | ||
Sundanese na | ||
Swahili yake | ||
Swedish dess | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) nito | ||
Tajik он | ||
Tamil அதன் | ||
Tatar суд | ||
Telugu దాని | ||
Thai ของมัน | ||
Tigrinya ከሲሱ | ||
Tsonga sue | ||
Turkish onun | ||
Turkmen suda bermek | ||
Twi (Akan) asɛm a wɔde kɔdan asɛnnibea | ||
Ukrainian його | ||
Urdu اس کے | ||
Uyghur ئەرز قىلىش | ||
Uzbek uning | ||
Vietnamese nó là | ||
Welsh ei | ||
Xhosa yayo | ||
Yiddish זייַן | ||
Yoruba rẹ | ||
Zulu its |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Sy is the Afrikaans equivalent of the French word 'soi' (self) and can also mean 'himself', 'herself' or 'itself'. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "e saj" (sue) is derived from the Latin word "secta" (sect), which refers to a group of followers or a doctrine. |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "የእሱ" can also mean "his" or "hers." |
| Arabic | In Classical Arabic, "انها" also meant "to bring evidence, to bring proof". |
| Armenian | The word "իր" also means "his" or "hers" in Armenian possessive pronouns. |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, "onun" (sue) also means "tenth" and "kind of a musical instrument". |
| Basque | In Basque, "bere" can also mean "his, hers, its" or refer to a specific part of something, such as "bere burua" (his/her head). |
| Belarusian | "Яго" может также означать "я" или "мне". |
| Bengali | "এটি" (sue) is also a corruption of the English word "suit". |
| Bosnian | The word "svoje" in Bosnian can also mean "one's own" or "belonging to oneself." |
| Bulgarian | The word "си" (sue) can also mean "you" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The verb "la seva" derives from the Old Catalan "servir" (to serve), and may also refer to a form of forced labor similar to serfdom. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "kini" can also mean "to take legal action against someone or to ask for something formally and legally". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 它的 (sue) is an alternative form of 速 and can also be pronounced 'su' in Mandarin, meaning 'quickly'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "它" can also be transliterated to 'ta' and means 'it'. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "u so" can also mean "the sun" or a "place where the sun shines strongly". |
| Croatian | "Svoje" means 'one's own' in Croatian, but its etymology is from the Slavic word "svoji," which means 'relatives' or 'family'. |
| Czech | Czech "své" also means "one's own", from Proto-Slavic *svojь "his, theirs" akin to English "so", "same". |
| Danish | The word "dens" in Danish has alternate meanings such as "a room" or "a lair". |
| Dutch | The word "haar" in Dutch can also refer to a type of thin fog or mist, commonly seen over the sea or near bodies of water. |
| Esperanto | The word "ĝia" can also be used to mean "its" or "her". |
| Estonian | "Selle" in Estonian also means "this one" or "that one" and is used to refer to objects. |
| Finnish | In addition to the legal meaning, "sen" can also refer to a physical assault in Finnish. |
| French | The word "ses" in French can also mean "his" or "her" when used as a possessive pronoun. |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "its" is also used as a feminine possessive pronoun. |
| Galician | In Galician, "a súa" (his/her) also means "one's own" and is used instead of "o seu" (his) or "a súa" (hers). |
| Georgian | The word "მისი" does not mean "sue" in Georgian. |
| German | The word "es ist" can also mean "it is" in German. |
| Greek | The Greek word "του" (sue) derives from the Ancient Greek word "τις" (tis), meaning "who" or "someone". |
| Gujarati | The word "sue" in Gujarati can also mean "to beg", and is derived from the Sanskrit word "sūna" meaning "empty" |
| Haitian Creole | In Haiti, "li yo" can also refer to a "summon to court" or a "litigation". |
| Hausa | In some contexts, "ta" can also mean "to request", "to ask for", or "to pray". |
| Hawaiian | "Kona" is a Hawaiian word that can also refer to a district on the west side of the island of Hawaii, as well as a type of coffee grown in that district. |
| Hebrew | The word "שֶׁלָה" (sue) can also mean "her" or "hers". |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "आईटी इस" (sue) derived from the Persian word "siyāh" (black), possibly referring to the black ink used in legal documents. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "nws" may also refer to the act of suing in court. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian "sue", or "annak", can also mean "give" or "offer". |
| Icelandic | "Þess" is also a masculine noun meaning "one", "it", or "it is". |
| Igbo | Igbo "ya" can also mean "to beg" or "to ask for"} |
| Indonesian | -nya is also the possessive pronoun in Indonesian, which is the equivalent of 'his', 'hers', and 'its'. |
| Irish | The Irish word "a" has an alternate meaning of "a relative." |
| Italian | "Sue" means "suffer" or "undergo" in Italian, as well as a legal action. |
| Japanese | The word "その" ("sue") in Japanese can also mean "that" or "those" and is related to the word "so" in English. |
| Javanese | In Central Javanese, the word "sawijining" can mean either "one" or "sue" depending on context and is often used in formal or literary contexts. |
| Kannada | "ಅದರ" comes from the verb "ಅದರು" (to hit, to strike), and is also used to mean "to beat" or "to thrash". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "оның" can also refer to a type of traditional headdress or to the act of praying. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "របស់វា" ("sue") is also used to mean "its" or "his/her" when referring to an inanimate object. |
| Korean | "이것의" can also mean "this one's" or "of this" in Korean. |
| Kurdish | The word "xwe" in Kurdish also means "self" or "own". |
| Kyrgyz | "Анын" (sue) in Kyrgyz also means "accuse" or "blame". |
| Lao | The Lao word "ຂອງມັນ" also refers to a type of rice that is popular in the country. |
| Latin | The Latin word "eius" can also mean "his", "her", or "its". |
| Latvian | The word "tā" in Latvian can also mean "she" or "it". |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, "sue" can also mean to "try". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "seng" is related to the German word "sengen" meaning "to singe" or "to burn". |
| Macedonian | The word "нејзините" ("sue") in Macedonian can also refer to "her" or "hers". |
| Malagasy | The word 'ny' in Malagasy can also mean to 'seek' or 'to look for' something. |
| Malay | In Malay, the word "itu" refers to something distant or remote and serves to mark an object as a third person in discourse. |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, the word "അതിന്റെ" can also refer to any document filed in a court; not just a lawsuit. |
| Maltese | The word "tagħha" is derived from the Afro-Asiatic root "TGH", meaning "to take" or "to seize". |
| Maori | The Māori word "ona" can also refer to a "child" or "descendant". |
| Marathi | त्याचा is a masculine form of the Marathi word 'तो' meaning 'he' |
| Mongolian | 'Түүний' (sue) also means 'his/her' in Mongolian. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "င်း" can also mean "to ask for" or "to request". |
| Nepali | "यसको" is a synonym for "मुकदमा" and is derived from the Sanskrit word "यसः" meaning "fame" or "reputation". |
| Norwegian | Det er, pronounced 'day er', literally means 'there is' but is often used to introduce sentences stating a fact, similar to the English 'the fact is'. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, "zake" can also refer to the act of filing a request or petition in court. |
| Pashto | The word "د" also refers to the letter "D" in the Pashto alphabet. |
| Persian | In Persian, "sue" refers to both "a waterway with shallow water" and "a person who has filed a lawsuit." |
| Polish | In Polish, the verb "jego" ("sue") originally meant to press something hard or drive into the ground. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Está can also refer to a type of Portuguese folk music characterized by its slow, melancholic melody. |
| Punjabi | The word "sue" can also mean "to woo" or "to court" in English. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "este" originates from the Latin "est", meaning "is" or "exists". |
| Russian | The Russian word "его" (sue) comes from the Old East Slavic word "ити" |
| Samoan | "Ana" in Samoan also means "to dig" or "to excavate". |
| Scots Gaelic | Scots Gaelic "a" could also mean "to drive". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "његово" can also be used to refer to something that belongs to a male person or is associated with him. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word 'ea eona' can also mean 'to appeal' or 'to request'. |
| Shona | The word "zvayo" also means "quarrel" or "dispute" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "اهو" (sue) is derived from the Sanskrit word "स्व" (sva), meaning "self" or "own."} |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word එය (sue) can also mean "it" and is used for inanimate objects. |
| Slovak | Jeho, an alternative form of the word 'súd' ('court' or 'trial') refers to the place where a legal case is heard and determined. |
| Slovenian | "Svoje" is also used to express possession or ownership and can be translated as "his", "hers", "its" or "theirs". |
| Somali | The Somali word "ay" can also refer to a type of traditional Somali poetry or a specific melody in Somali music. |
| Spanish | "Sus" also means "among" or "between" in Spanish. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "na" also means "to try" or "to tempt." |
| Swahili | The word "yake" in Swahili can also mean "to give", particularly in the sense of giving a gift or a bribe. |
| Swedish | The word "dess" can also refer to "its" or "his or her" in the genitive case. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Also means 'to charge with a crime' or 'to accuse of a crime'. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "он" can also mean "he" in the third person singular masculine pronoun. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'அதன்' also means 'its' or 'hers'. |
| Telugu | In Telugu, the word "దాని" ("sue") can also mean "to make a sound like a bird" or "to complain". |
| Thai | "Sue," in Thai, may refer to a person or an object depending on the context. |
| Turkish | The word "onun" in Turkish can also mean "his" or "hers" in English. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word його (sue) can also mean "him", "his", or "it", depending on the context. |
| Uzbek | Unig is also used in a secondary sense to mean 'to request assistance, support, or a favor'. |
| Vietnamese | "Nó là" is also used in the context of a lawsuit. |
| Welsh | The word "ei" in Welsh can also refer to a summons, writ, or order. |
| Xhosa | Although yayo means 'sue' in Xhosa, many do not know it also means 'a little child'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "זייַן" ("sue") also means "to be" or "to exist". |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "rẹ" can also mean "beg" or "plead". |
| Zulu | In Zulu, "its" is also used for "their" and can imply the possessive of an object or the owner of a subject. |
| English | The word "sue" derives from the Old French word "suivre", meaning "to follow", as in to follow a course of action, such as a lawsuit. |