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See also: sistā
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]sista (plural sistas)
Anagrams
[edit]Australian Kriol
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]sista
Cebuano
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: sis‧ta
Noun
[edit]sista
Hausa
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English sister; compare Nigerian Pidgin sista.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sistā̀ f (plural sistōcī, possessed form sistàr̃)
- (female) nurse
- (Christianity) nun
Usage notes
[edit]When used as a title, the whole word is given low tone.
Latvian
[edit]Participle
[edit]sista
Nigerian Pidgin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]sista
Noun
[edit]sìsta
Pijin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]sista
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin sistō, German sistieren.
Verb
[edit]a sista (third-person singular present sistează, past participle sistat) 1st conj.
- to pause
Conjugation
[edit] conjugation of sista (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive | a sista | ||||||
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gerund | sistând | ||||||
past participle | sistat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | sistez | sistezi | sistează | sistăm | sistați | sistează | |
imperfect | sistam | sistai | sista | sistam | sistați | sistau | |
simple perfect | sistai | sistași | sistă | sistarăm | sistarăți | sistară | |
pluperfect | sistasem | sistaseși | sistase | sistaserăm | sistaserăți | sistaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să sistez | să sistezi | să sisteze | să sistăm | să sistați | să sisteze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | sistează | sistați | |||||
negative | nu sista | nu sistați |
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English sister.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sista (ma class, plural masista)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Batibo, Herman M. (1996) “Loanword clusters nativization rules in Tswana and Swahili: a comparative study”, in South African Journal of African Language[1], volume 16, number 2, , page 38 of 33-41
- ^ 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sista (not comparable)
Related terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]Tok Pisin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]sista
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