sita

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• sitar

Verb

sita

1. to accost; to approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request

Estonian

Noun

sita

1. genitive singular of sitt

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).

Verb

sita (third person singular past indicative sat, third person plural past indicative sótu, supine sitið)

1. to sit

Conjugation

Ilocano

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish cita (“quote”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsita/,
• Hyphenation: si‧ta

Noun

síta (plural sitsita)

1. cite; quote
2. summoning; calling up
3. convoking a meeting

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *si and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ta, an enclitic form of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, whence Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita. See data for cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈta/
• Hyphenation: si‧ta

Pronoun

sitá

1. (regional) First-person dual absolutive independent pronoun; we (two); us (two); you and I; you and me

   Synonym: data

Derived terms

• sitsita

See also

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sita/
• Hyphenation: si‧ta
• Rhymes: -ta

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

sita (first-person possessive sitaku, second-person possessive sitamu, third-person possessive sitanya)

1. seizure, foreclosure, confiscation.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Min Nan: 詩礁／诗礁 (si-ta)

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit सित (sita).

Adjective

sita

1. clear white.

Further reading

• “sita” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: sì‧ta

Adjective

sita f sg

1. feminine singular of sito

Anagrams

• -asti, -ista, Asti, asti, stai, stia

Latin

Participle

sita

1. inflection of situs:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

sitā

1. ablative feminine singular of situs

References

• sita in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Verb

sita

1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of sist

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) sitā

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *sitta.

Noun

sita

1. shit

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ, whence also Old English sīde, Old Norse síða.

Noun

sīta f

1. side

Descendants

• Middle High German: sīte
  • Alemannic German: Siite
  • Central Franconian: Seck
  • Cimbrian: sait
  • German: Seite
  • Luxembourgish: Säit
  • Yiddish: זײַט (zayt)

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ta/
• Homophone: śīta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Pali seta, from Sanskrit श्वेत (śveta, “white”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt- (“bright; shine”).

Noun

sita

1. white

Alternative forms

• śweta

Derived terms

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦱꦺꦠ (séta)

Etymology 2

Noun

sita

1. Alternative spelling of śīta

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit स्मित (smita, “smile”)

Noun

sita n

1. smile

Declension

Descendants

• → Thai: สิตะ (sì-dtà) (learned)
• → Northern Thai: ᩈᩥᨲ (learned)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit सित (sita, “white”)

Adjective

sita

1. white

Declension

Descendants

• → Thai: สิต- (sìt-) (learned)

Etymology 3

From the root si (“to bind”) +‎ -ta

Adjective

sita

1. past participle of sinoti (“to bind”)

Declension

Descendants

• → Northern Thai: ᩈᩥᨲ (learned)

Etymology 4

From the root si (“to rest on”) +‎ -ta

Adjective

sita

1. clinging to, devoted to
2. resting upon

Declension

Etymology 5

Inherited from Sanskrit शित (śita, “whetted”)

Adjective

sita

1. sharp

Declension

Related terms

• nisita, nisāna

Descendants

• → Thai: ศิตะ
• → Lao: ສິຕະ (si ta)

References

Phuthi

Verb

-síta

1. to help

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕi.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: si‧ta

Noun

sita n

1. inflection of sito:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

sita

1. inflection of sit:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Noun

sita (Cyrillic spelling сита)

1. inflection of sito:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsita/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: si‧ta

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

sita

1. feminine singular of sito

Etymology 2

From translingual Sitta, the genus name.

Noun

sita f (plural sitas)

1. nuthatch

   Synonym: trepador

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِتَّة (sitta).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Numeral

sita (invariable)

1. six

Coordinate terms

Noun

sita (n class, plural sita)

1. (card games) six

See also

Playing cards in Swahili · karata za kucheza (layout · text)
ree, rea, rei	mbili	tatu	nne	tano	sita	saba
nane	tisa	kumi	ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu	malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi	mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha	jokari

Verb

-sita (infinitive kusita)

1. to hesitate
2. to pause

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -sitisha (“to cause to pause”)

References

• Johansen, Aimee (2003) “Why Kiswahili adopted the words for six, seven and nine”, in Studies in African Linguistics‎, volume 32, number 2, pages 99-104

Swazi

Verb

-síta

1. to help

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish cita (“appointment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsita/,
• Hyphenation: si‧ta

Noun

sita (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜆ)

1. appointment; engagement

   Synonyms: tipanan, tagpuan

2. citation (of honor or merit); public recognition

   Synonyms: sitasyon, parangal

3. act of hiring the services of someone, such as a lawyer, band of musicians, etc.

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish citar (“to summon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈta/,
• Hyphenation: si‧ta

Noun

sitá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜆ)

1. act of questioning someone for a possible or suspected violation of an ordinance, law, etc.

Derived terms

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

sita

1. a door or window crossbar

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Yoruba

Etymology

Contraction of sí ìta (“to the outside”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sí.ꜜtā/

Adverb

síta

1. outside; out

   Sọ ọ́ síta ― Throw it out

   Àbíkẹ́ máa ń lọ síta ― Abike goes outside

   Irun kan ń yọ síta ― One hair is poking out

Usage notes

• used when movement is implied, when no movement is implied níta is used.