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• /ˈsaɪ̯d/
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• Australian: /ˈsɑɪ̯d/
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• Australian: [ˈsɑ̟ɪ̯d]
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• Australian: /ˈsɒ̈ɪ̯d/
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• Scotland: /ˈsʌi̯d/
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• Appalachia, General-South-African, Southern-US: /ˈsaːd/
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• Appalachia, General-South-African, Southern-US: [ˈsaːd]
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• homophone: sighed (except Scotland)
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.deɪ/
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• General-American: /ˈsi.deɪ/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh1-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side From Middle English side, from Old English sīde (“side, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ (“side, flank, edge, shore”), derived from *sīdaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *seh1- (“long, lasting”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Siede (“side”), West Frisian side (“side”), Dutch zijde, zij (“side”), German Low German Sied (“side”), German Seite (“side”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk side (“side”), Swedish sida (“side”). The LGBTQ slang sense was coined by sex therapist and author Joe Kort in 2010 and popularized in 2013. The sense was coined by analogy with top and bottom and based on the metaphor of a box which has a top, bottom, and sides.

From Middle English side, syde, syd, from Old English sīd (“wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive, vast, far-reaching”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīd, from Proto-Germanic *sīdaz (“drooping, hanging, low, excessive, extra”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēy- (“to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch zijd (“wide, vast”), Low German sied (“low”), Swedish sid (“long, hanging down”), Icelandic síður (“low hanging, long”).

From Latin Side, from Ancient Greek Σίδη (Sídē).

392 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: страничен (straničen) — lateral
• Polish: boczny — lateral
• Afrikaans: sy — bounding straight edge of an object
• Albanian: anë — bounding straight edge of an object
• Albanian: ijë — bounding straight edge of an object
• Northern Altai: ньан (nʹan) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Northern Altai: кӧгре (kögre) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Southern Altai: јан (ǰan) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Southern Altai: јака (ǰaka) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Arabic: جَانِب (jānib) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Arabic: جنب (ganb) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Arabic: جَنْب (janb) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Arabic: جِهة (jiha) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Archi: рахъ (raq) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Armenian: կողմ (koġm) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Assamese: ফাল (phal) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Avar: рахъ (raqx) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Azerbaijani: yan — bounding straight edge of an object
• Azerbaijani: tərəf — bounding straight edge of an object
• Bashkir: сит (sit) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Bashkir: яҡ (yaq) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Bashkir: ҡыр (qır) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Basque: alde — bounding straight edge of an object
• Basque: ondo — bounding straight edge of an object
• Belarusian: бок (bok) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Belarusian: старана́ (staraná) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Breton: tu — bounding straight edge of an object
• Bulgarian: страна́ (straná) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Burmese: ဘေး (bhe:) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Catalan: costat — bounding straight edge of an object
• Chamicuro: palajta — bounding straight edge of an object
• Chinese Cantonese: 側面 /侧面 (zak1 min6) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Chinese Mandarin: 側面 /侧面 (cèmiàn) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Chinese Mandarin: 旁邊 /旁边 (pángbiān) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Czech: strana — bounding straight edge of an object
• Danish: side — bounding straight edge of an object
• Dutch: zijde — bounding straight edge of an object
• Esperanto: latero — bounding straight edge of an object
• Even: олдан (oldan) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Evenki: олдон (oldon) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Faroese: síða — bounding straight edge of an object
• Finnish: sivu — bounding straight edge of an object
• Finnish: laita — bounding straight edge of an object
• French: côté — bounding straight edge of an object
• West-Frisian: kante — bounding straight edge of an object
• Galician: lado — bounding straight edge of an object
• Galician: banda — bounding straight edge of an object
• Galician: man — bounding straight edge of an object
• Galician: costeira — bounding straight edge of an object
• Galician: aza — bounding straight edge of an object
• Georgian: გვერდი (gverdi) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Georgian: მხარე (mxare) — bounding straight edge of an object
• German: Seite — bounding straight edge of an object
• German: Siite — bounding straight edge of an object
• Greek: πλευρό (plevró) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Hebrew: צֶלַע (tséla') — bounding straight edge of an object
• Higaonon: kilid — bounding straight edge of an object
• Hindi: तरफ़ (taraf) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Hindi: पक्ष (pakṣ) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Hindi: दिशा (diśā) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Hungarian: oldal — bounding straight edge of an object
• Hungarian: szél — bounding straight edge of an object
• Icelandic: hlið — bounding straight edge of an object
• Ido: latero — bounding straight edge of an object
• Italian: lato — bounding straight edge of an object
• Japanese: 辺 (hen) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Japanese: 境界線 (kyōkaisen) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Javanese: pinggir — bounding straight edge of an object
• Kazakh: жақ (jaq) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Kazakh: тарап (tarap) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Khmer: ខាង (khaang) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Korean: 쪽 (jjok) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Kyrgyz: жак (jak) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Kyrgyz: тарап (tarap) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Kyrgyz: жан (jan) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Lao: ກ້ໍາ (kam) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Lao: ຂ້າງ (khāng) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Lao: ດ້ານ (dān) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Latin: latus — bounding straight edge of an object
• Macedonian: страна (strana) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Malay: sisi — bounding straight edge of an object
• Manchu: ᡩᠠᠯᠪᠠ (dalba) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Minangkabau: rusuak — bounding straight edge of an object
• Mirandese: lhado — bounding straight edge of an object
• Mongolian: тал (tal) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Nanai: холдон (holdon) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Nivkh: эр̌ӄ (eřq) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Norwegian: side — bounding straight edge of an object
• Norwegian: kant — bounding straight edge of an object
• Occitan: costat — bounding straight edge of an object
• Church Slavic: страна (strana) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Old East Slavic: бокъ (bokŭ) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Old East Slavic: сторона (storona) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Old English: sīde — bounding straight edge of an object
• Ossetian: фарс (fars) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Pashto: څنګ (cang) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Persian: طرف (taraf) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Persian: ضلع (zel') — bounding straight edge of an object
• Persian: پهلو (pahlu) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Pitjantjatjara: kampa — bounding straight edge of an object
• Polish: strona — bounding straight edge of an object
• Polish: bok — bounding straight edge of an object
• Portuguese: lado — bounding straight edge of an object
• Romanian: față — bounding straight edge of an object
• Romanian: latură — bounding straight edge of an object
• Russian: сторона́ (storoná) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Russian: бок (bok) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Serbo-Croatian: стра́на — bounding straight edge of an object
• Serbo-Croatian: бо̏к — bounding straight edge of an object
• Serbo-Croatian: strána — bounding straight edge of an object
• Serbo-Croatian: bȍk — bounding straight edge of an object
• Slovak: strana — bounding straight edge of an object
• Slovene: stran — bounding straight edge of an object
• Lower Sorbian: bok — bounding straight edge of an object
• Spanish: lado — bounding straight edge of an object
• Swedish: sida — bounding straight edge of an object
• Swedish: kant — bounding straight edge of an object
• Tagalog: gilid — bounding straight edge of an object
• Tajik: тараф (taraf) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Tajik: ҷониб (jonib) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Tatar: чит (çit) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Tatar: як (yaq) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Tày: bưởng — bounding straight edge of an object
• Telugu: అంచు (añcu) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Thai: ด้าน (dâan) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Turkish: yan — bounding straight edge of an object
• Turkish: taraf — bounding straight edge of an object
• Turkmen: tarap — bounding straight edge of an object
• Ukrainian: бік (bik) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Ukrainian: сторона́ (storoná) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Uyghur: تەرەپ (terep) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Uyghur: يان (yan) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Uzbek: taraf — bounding straight edge of an object
• Uzbek: yoq — bounding straight edge of an object
• Vietnamese: bên — bounding straight edge of an object
• Walloon: costé — bounding straight edge of an object
• Yiddish: זײַט (zayt) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Zazaki: çeng — bounding straight edge of an object
• Zazaki: het (diq) — bounding straight edge of an object
• Zazaki: kışt — bounding straight edge of an object
• ǃXóõ: sīi — bounding straight edge of an object
• Armenian: կողմ (koġm) — flat surface of an object
• Bulgarian: стена (stena) — flat surface of an object
• Burmese: ဘက် (bhak) — flat surface of an object
• Dutch: zijde — flat surface of an object
• Dutch: kant — flat surface of an object
• Dutch: vlak — flat surface of an object
• Finnish: sivu — flat surface of an object
• Finnish: tahko — flat surface of an object
• French: face — flat surface of an object
• German: Seite — flat surface of an object
• Hebrew: פֵּאָה (peá) — flat surface of an object
• Hindi: कोना (konā) — flat surface of an object
• Hungarian: oldal — flat surface of an object
• Hungarian: lap — flat surface of an object
• Irish: taobh — flat surface of an object
• Italian: faccia — flat surface of an object
• Japanese: 側面 (sokumen) — flat surface of an object
• Korean: 측면 (cheungmyeon) — flat surface of an object
• Central Kurdish: دیو (dîw) — flat surface of an object
• Latin: partes — flat surface of an object
• Lushootseed: ʔili — flat surface of an object
• Norwegian: side — flat surface of an object
• Pashto: اړخ (aṛx) — flat surface of an object
• Plautdietsch: Sied — flat surface of an object
• Portuguese: lado — flat surface of an object
• Portuguese: face — flat surface of an object
• Romanian: față — flat surface of an object
• Romanian: parte — flat surface of an object
• Russian: сторона́ (storoná) — flat surface of an object
• Serbo-Croatian: стра́на — flat surface of an object
• Serbo-Croatian: strána — flat surface of an object
• Lower Sorbian: bok — flat surface of an object
• Swedish: sida — flat surface of an object
• Tagalog: dayag — flat surface of an object
• Telugu: ముఖము (mukhamu) — flat surface of an object
• Turkish: yüz — flat surface of an object
• Zazaki: rı — flat surface of an object
• Northern Altai: ньан (nʹan) — left or right half
• Southern Altai: јан (ǰan) — left or right half
• Arabic: جَانِب (jānib) — left or right half
• Armenian: կողմ (koġm) — left or right half
• Bashkir: яҡ (yaq) — left or right half
• Bashkir: сит (sit) — left or right half
• Bulgarian: страна (strana) — left or right half
• Burmese: ဘက် (bhak) — left or right half
• Chinese Mandarin: 邊 /边 (biān) — left or right half
• Czech: strana — left or right half
• Dutch: kant — left or right half
• Dutch: zijde — left or right half
• Esperanto: flanko — left or right half
• Finnish: puoli — left or right half
• Finnish: kylki — left or right half
• French: côté — left or right half
• German: Seite — left or right half
• Hawaiian: ʻaoʻao — left or right half
• Hebrew: צַד (tsad) — left or right half
• Hebrew: צֶלַע (tséla') — left or right half
• Hebrew: עֵבֶר ('éver) — left or right half
• Hindi: पक्ष (pakṣ) — left or right half
• Hungarian: oldal — left or right half
• Hungarian: fél — left or right half
• Ingrian: kylki — left or right half
• Ingrian: kuve — left or right half
• Irish: taobh — left or right half
• Italian: lato — left or right half
• Japanese: 側 (gawa) — left or right half
• Japanese: 側面 (sokumen) — left or right half
• Kikuyu: mũrĩmo — left or right half
• Korean: 쪽 (jjok) — left or right half
• Central Kurdish: لا (la) — left or right half
• Kyrgyz: жан (jan) — left or right half
• Latgalian: puse — left or right half
• Latin: latus — left or right half
• Latvian: puse — left or right half
• Lithuanian: pùsė — left or right half
• Lithuanian: šónas — left or right half
• Malay: sebelah — left or right half
• Marathi: बाजू (bājū) — left or right half
• Norwegian: side — left or right half
• Pashto: اړخ (aṛx) — left or right half
• Persian: سمت (samt) — left or right half
• Persian: سوی (suy) — left or right half
• Plautdietsch: Sied — left or right half
• Polish: strona — left or right half
• Portuguese: lado — left or right half
• Punjabi: پاسَہ (pāsah) — left or right half
• Russian: сторона́ (storoná) — left or right half
• Serbo-Croatian: стра́на — left or right half
• Serbo-Croatian: strána — left or right half
• Slovak: strana — left or right half
• Lower Sorbian: bok — left or right half
• Spanish: lado — left or right half
• Swedish: sida — left or right half
• Tarifit: aɣezdis — left or right half
• Telugu: వైపు (vaipu) — left or right half
• Zazaki: nimtes — left or right half
• Belarusian: бок (bok) — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Bulgarian: страна (strana) — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏆᎨᏂ (asquageni) — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Dutch: zij — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Finnish: kylki — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Galician: illarga — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Galician: costado — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• German: Seite — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Hebrew: צַד (tsad) — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Hungarian: oldal — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Icelandic: hlið — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Korean: 옆구리 (yeopguri) — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Latin: latus — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Linngithigh: ighat — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Lushootseed: xwʔilax̌ad — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Old English: sīde — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Plautdietsch: Sied — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Russian: бок (bok) — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Tarifit: aɣezdis — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Ottoman Turkish: بوگور (böğür) — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Ottoman Turkish: پهلو (pehlu) — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Ukrainian: бік (bik) — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Walloon: costé — portion of the human torso generally covered by the arms
• Arabic: صَفْحَة (ṣafḥa) — surface of a sheet of paper
• Armenian: կողմ (koġm) — surface of a sheet of paper
• Bulgarian: страница (stranica) — surface of a sheet of paper
• Chinese Cantonese: 頁 /页 (jip6) — surface of a sheet of paper
• Chinese Mandarin: 頁 /页 (yè) — surface of a sheet of paper
• Czech: strana — surface of a sheet of paper
• Dutch: bladzijde — surface of a sheet of paper
• Dutch: pagina — surface of a sheet of paper
• Dutch: kant — surface of a sheet of paper
• Esperanto: paĝo — surface of a sheet of paper
• Finnish: sivu — surface of a sheet of paper
• Finnish: puoli — surface of a sheet of paper
• French: page — surface of a sheet of paper
• German: Seite — surface of a sheet of paper
• Greek: σελίδα (selída) — surface of a sheet of paper
• Hawaiian: ʻaoʻao — surface of a sheet of paper
• Hebrew: צַד (tsad) — surface of a sheet of paper
• Hindi: पृष्ठ (pŕṣṭh) — surface of a sheet of paper
• Hungarian: oldal — surface of a sheet of paper
• Icelandic: blaðsíða — surface of a sheet of paper
• Irish: taobh — surface of a sheet of paper
• Italian: lato — surface of a sheet of paper
• Japanese: 面 (men) — surface of a sheet of paper
• Central Kurdish: لا (la) — surface of a sheet of paper
• Latin: pagina — surface of a sheet of paper
• Malay: muka — surface of a sheet of paper
• Norwegian: side — surface of a sheet of paper
• Pashto: اړخ (aṛx) — surface of a sheet of paper
• Portuguese: página — surface of a sheet of paper
• Russian: страни́ца (straníca) — surface of a sheet of paper
• Sanskrit: पृष्ठ (pṛṣṭha) — surface of a sheet of paper
• Serbo-Croatian: стра̀ница — surface of a sheet of paper
• Serbo-Croatian: strànica — surface of a sheet of paper
• Lower Sorbian: bok — surface of a sheet of paper
• Spanish: página — surface of a sheet of paper
• Swedish: sida — surface of a sheet of paper
• Telugu: పక్క (pakka) — surface of a sheet of paper
• Zazaki: heti — surface of a sheet of paper
• Armenian: կողմ (koġm) — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Catalan: costat — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Dutch: kant — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Dutch: zijde — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Finnish: puoli — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Finnish: sivu — region in a specified position with respect to something
• French: costé — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Hebrew: צַד (tsad) — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Hebrew: פֵּאָה (peá) — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Hebrew: עֵבֶר ('éver) — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Hungarian: oldal — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Interlingua: latere — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Irish: taobh — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Italian: lato — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Japanese: 側 (gawa) — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Japanese: 方向 (hō) — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Latin: pars — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Latin: locus — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Linngithigh: ighat — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Norwegian: side — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Portuguese: lado — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Punjabi: پاسَہ (pāsah) — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Serbo-Croatian: стра́на — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Serbo-Croatian: strána — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Swedish: sida — region in a specified position with respect to something
• Armenian: կողմ (koġm) — one possible aspect of a concept
• Bulgarian: страна (strana) — one possible aspect of a concept
• Dutch: kant — one possible aspect of a concept
• Dutch: zijde — one possible aspect of a concept
• Finnish: puoli — one possible aspect of a concept
• Finnish: kantti — one possible aspect of a concept
• Hindi: पक्ष (pakṣ) — one possible aspect of a concept
• Hungarian: oldal — one possible aspect of a concept
• Irish: taobh — one possible aspect of a concept
• Italian: lato — one possible aspect of a concept
• Japanese: 側面 (sokumen) — one possible aspect of a concept
• Pashto: اړخ (aṛx) — one possible aspect of a concept
• Portuguese: lado — one possible aspect of a concept
• Portuguese: parte — one possible aspect of a concept
• Russian: сторона́ (storoná) — one possible aspect of a concept
• Serbo-Croatian: стра́на — one possible aspect of a concept
• Serbo-Croatian: strána — one possible aspect of a concept
• Swedish: sida — one possible aspect of a concept
• Turkish: yan — one possible aspect of a concept
• Armenian: կողմ (koġm) — set of opponents in a game
• Bashkir: яҡ (yaq) — set of opponents in a game
• Bashkir: тараф (taraf) — set of opponents in a game
• Bulgarian: страна (strana) — set of opponents in a game
• Dutch: kant — set of opponents in a game
• Dutch: ploeg — set of opponents in a game
• Finnish: puoli — set of opponents in a game
• French: équipe — set of opponents in a game
• Hawaiian: ʻaoʻao — set of opponents in a game
• Hebrew: צַד (tsad) — set of opponents in a game
• Hindi: विपक्षी (vipakṣī) — set of opponents in a game
• Hungarian: fél — set of opponents in a game
• Irish: taobh — set of opponents in a game
• Irish: foireann — set of opponents in a game
• Italian: squadra — set of opponents in a game
• Japanese: 側 (gawa) — set of opponents in a game
• Central Kurdish: لا (la) — set of opponents in a game
• Norwegian: lag — set of opponents in a game
• Pashto: څنګ (cang) — set of opponents in a game
• Portuguese: time — set of opponents in a game
• Russian: сторона́ (storoná) — set of opponents in a game
• Serbo-Croatian: стра́на — set of opponents in a game
• Serbo-Croatian: strána — set of opponents in a game
• Spanish: equipo — set of opponents in a game
• Spanish: selección — set of opponents in a game
• Telugu: పక్షం (pakṣaṁ) — set of opponents in a game
• Zazaki: dus — set of opponents in a game
• Armenian: կողմ (koġm) — group having a particular allegiance in a war
• Bashkir: яҡ (yaq) — group having a particular allegiance in a war
• Bashkir: тараф (taraf) — group having a particular allegiance in a war
• Bulgarian: страна (strana) — group having a particular allegiance in a war
• Finnish: puoli — group having a particular allegiance in a war
• Hebrew: צַד (tsad) — group having a particular allegiance in a war
• Hungarian: oldal — group having a particular allegiance in a war
• Irish: taobh — group having a particular allegiance in a war
• Japanese: 側 (gawa) — group having a particular allegiance in a war
• Malay: pihak — group having a particular allegiance in a war
• Norwegian: side — group having a particular allegiance in a war
• Portuguese: lado — group having a particular allegiance in a war
• Russian: сторона́ (storoná) — group having a particular allegiance in a war
• Serbo-Croatian: стра́на — group having a particular allegiance in a war
• Serbo-Croatian: strána — group having a particular allegiance in a war
• Spanish: bando — group having a particular allegiance in a war
• Swedish: sida — group having a particular allegiance in a war
• Czech: stranit — ally oneself
• Irish: taobhaigh — ally oneself
• Italian: schierarsi — ally oneself
• Portuguese: tomar parte — ally oneself
• Portuguese: aliar-se — ally oneself
• Scottish Gaelic: taobhaich — ally oneself