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sia
Etymology
si
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/si#Esperanto
+ -a
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-a#Esperanto
. Possibly under influence of Slavic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_languages
(Polish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_language
swój
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sw%C3%B3j#Polish
, Russian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language
свой
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9#Russian
(svoj), Belarusian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarusian_language
свой
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9#Belarusian
(svoj)) and Germanic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_languages
(German
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language
sein
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sein#German
). Pronunciation
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Pronoun
sia (accusative singular
sian
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sian#Esperanto
, plural siaj
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/siaj#Esperanto
, accusative plural siajn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/siajn#Esperanto
) - belonging to the
subject
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subject
of the sentence -
1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta: -
Sia estas kara pli ol la najbara. - One's own is dearer than the neighbor's.
-
Johano donis al Alfredo sian kukon. - John gave Alfred his (John's) cake.
See also
cia
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cia#Esperanto
ĝia
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%9Dia#Esperanto
ilia
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ilia#Esperanto
lia
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lia#Esperanto
mia
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mia#Esperanto
nia
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nia#Esperanto
onia
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/onia#Esperanto
ŝia
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%9Dia#Esperanto
via
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/via#Esperanto