sista

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See also: sistā

English

Noun

sista (plural sistas)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of sister.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sis‧ta

Noun

sista

  1. a guitar
    Synonym: gitara

Hausa

Etymology

From English sister; compare Nigerian Pidgin sista.

Pronunciation

Noun

sistā̀ f (plural sistōcī, possessed form sistàr̃)

  1. (female) nurse
  2. (Christianity) nun

Usage notes

When used as a title, the whole word is given low tone.

Kriol

Etymology

From English sister.

Noun

sista

  1. sister

Latvian

Participle

sista

  1. inflection of sists:
    1. genitive singular masculine
    2. nominative singular feminine

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English sister.

Noun

sista

  1. sister

Noun

sìsta

  1. nurse

Pijin

Etymology

From English sister.

Noun

sista

  1. sister

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sistō, German sistieren.

Verb

a sista (third-person singular present sistează, past participle sistat) 1st conj.

  1. to pause

Conjugation

Swahili

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Etymology

Borrowed from English sister.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

sista (ma class, plural masista)

  1. nun
  2. (informal) A form of address to a woman.
    Synonym: anti

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References

  1. ^ Reuster-Jahn, Uta (2023) “Lugha ya Mitaani, Gender Stereotypes and Sexism. “Catcalling” as a Communicative Practice of Male Youths in Urban Public Spaces in Tanzania”, in Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju, editor, Gendered Dichotomies in African Youth Language and Language Practices: Urban and Rural Spaces, Virtual and Real-Life Gendered Discourses, Stuttgart: Ibidem, →ISBN, page 132 of 129-159:Only the LyM address terms for young women anti (from English “aunt”) and sista (from English “sister”), which are taken from the source domain of kinship-relations, are respectful.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse síðastr.

Adjective

sista (not comparable)

  1. last

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Further reading

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English sister.

Noun

sista

  1. sister

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