See simi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"(Singapore, Singlish, interrogative, mildly rude) What?; what is this […] ?; what […] are you talking about?"
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149,
153
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"text": "I pleaded guilty because I am unable to prove in court that the articles in question does^([sic – meaning do]) not have seditious tendencies because simi-sai also can be proven to have seditious tendencies.",
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"(Singapore, Singlish, less common) Any […] ; whatever […] ."
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