sitta
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsitːa/ [ˈsɪtːʌ]Category:Afar terms with IPA pronunciation#SITTA
- Hyphenation: sit‧ta
Pronoun
síttaCategory:Afar lemmas#SITTACategory:Afar pronouns#SITTACategory:Afar entries with incorrect language header#SITTACategory:Pages with entries#SITTACategory:Pages with 9 entries#SITTA
- alternative form of ítta
References
- Enid M. Parker (2006), English-Afar dictionary, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page vi
Estonian
Noun
sittaCategory:Estonian non-lemma forms#SITTACategory:Estonian noun forms#SITTACategory:Estonian entries with incorrect language header#SITTACategory:Pages with entries#SITTACategory:Pages with 9 entries#SITTA
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-FinnicCategory:Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic#SITTACategory:Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic#SITTA *sitta, from Proto-UralicCategory:Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Uralic#SITTACategory:Finnish terms derived from Proto-Uralic#SITTA *sitta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsitːɑ/, [ˈs̠it̪ːɑ̝]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#SITTACategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#SITTA
- Rhymes: -itːɑCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/itːɑ#SITTACategory:Rhymes:Finnish/itːɑ/2 syllables#SITTA
- Syllabification(key): sit‧ta
- Hyphenation(key): sit‧ta
Noun
sittaCategory:Finnish lemmas#SITTACategory:Finnish nouns#SITTACategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#SITTACategory:Pages with entries#SITTACategory:Pages with 9 entries#SITTA (rareCategory:Finnish rare terms#SITTA, dialectalCategory:Finnish dialectal terms#SITTA, colloquialCategory:Finnish colloquialisms#SITTA)
Derived terms
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From FrenchCategory:Haitian Creole terms inherited from French#SITTACategory:Haitian Creole terms derived from French#SITTA asseoir (“to sit”).
Verb
sittaCategory:Haitian Creole lemmas#SITTACategory:Haitian Creole verbs#SITTACategory:Haitian Creole entries with incorrect language header#SITTACategory:Pages with entries#SITTACategory:Pages with 9 entries#SITTA
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: chita
References
Ingrian
Etymology
Category:Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Uralic#SITTACategory:Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Uralic#SITTAFrom Proto-FinnicCategory:Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic#SITTACategory:Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic#SITTA *sitta. Cognates include Finnish sitta and Estonian sitt.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsitːɑ/, [ˈs̠itː]Category:Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation#SITTA
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsitːɑ/, [ˈʃitːɑ]Category:Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation#SITTA
- Rhymes: -itː, -itːɑCategory:Rhymes:Ingrian/itː#SITTACategory:Rhymes:Ingrian/itː/2 syllables#SITTACategory:Rhymes:Ingrian/itːɑ#SITTACategory:Rhymes:Ingrian/itːɑ/2 syllables#SITTA
- Hyphenation: sit‧ta
Noun
sittaCategory:Ingrian lemmas#SITTACategory:Ingrian nouns#SITTACategory:Ingrian entries with incorrect language header#SITTACategory:Pages with entries#SITTACategory:Pages with 9 entries#SITTA
Declension
| Declension of sitta (type 3/kana, tt-t gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | sitta | sitat |
| genitive | sitan | sittoin |
| partitive | sittaa | sittoja |
| illative | sittaa | sittoi |
| inessive | sitas | sitois |
| elative | sitast | sitoist |
| allative | sitalle | sitoille |
| adessive | sital | sitoil |
| ablative | sitalt | sitoilt |
| translative | sitaks | sitoiks |
| essive | sittanna, sittaan | sittoinna, sittoin |
| exessive1) | sittant | sittoint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 529
Maltese
| 60 | ||
| ← 5 | 6 | 7 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: sitta Attributive cardinal: sitt Ordinal: sitt Adverbial: sitt darbiet | ||
Etymology
Inherited from Arabic سِتَّة (sitta).
Category:Maltese terms inherited from Proto-Semitic#SITTACategory:Maltese terms derived from Arabic#SITTACategory:Maltese terms inherited from Arabic#SITTACategory:Maltese terms derived from Proto-Semitic#SITTACategory:Pages with etymology trees#SITTACategory:Maltese entries with etymology trees#SITTACategory:Maltese entries with etymology texts#SITTACategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#SITTAPronunciation
Numeral
sitta m or fCategory:Maltese lemmas#SITTACategory:Maltese numerals#SITTACategory:Maltese cardinal numbers#SITTACategory:Maltese entries with incorrect language header#SITTACategory:Pages with entries#SITTACategory:Pages with 9 entries#SITTA
- Category:Maltese cardinal numbers#6Category:Maltese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#6six (absolute form)
- Coordinate term: (attributive form) sitt
Usage notes
- The absolute form is used without a following noun, that is pronominally and in counting.
Coordinate terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SITTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed-#SITTAVerb
sitta (present tense sit, past tense sat, past participle sete, passive infinitive sittast, present participle sittande, imperative sitt)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#SITTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk verbs#SITTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#SITTACategory:Pages with entries#SITTACategory:Pages with 9 entries#SITTA
Category:Norwegian Nynorsk strong verbs#SITTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk class 5 strong verbs#SITTA- alternative form of sitja
Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from SanskritCategory:Pali terms inherited from Sanskrit#SITTACategory:Pali terms derived from Sanskrit#SITTA सिक्त (siktá)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#SITTA.
Adjective
sittaCategory:Pali lemmas#SITTACategory:Pali adjectives#SITTACategory:Pali adjectives in Latin script#SITTACategory:Pali entries with incorrect language header#SITTACategory:Pages with entries#SITTACategory:Pages with 9 entries#SITTA
Declension
| Case / Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | sitto | sittā |
| Accusative (second) | sittaṃ | sitte |
| Instrumental (third) | sittena | sittehi or sittebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | sittassa or sittāya or sittatthaṃ | sittānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | sittasmā or sittamhā or sittā | sittehi or sittebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | sittassa | sittānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | sittasmiṃ or sittamhi or sitte | sittesu |
| Vocative (calling) | sitta | sittā |
| Case / Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | sittā | sittāyo or sittā |
| Accusative (second) | sittaṃ | sittāyo or sittā |
| Instrumental (third) | sittāya | sittāhi or sittābhi |
| Dative (fourth) | sittāya | sittānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | sittāya | sittāhi or sittābhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | sittāya | sittānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | sittāya or sittāyaṃ | sittāsu |
| Vocative (calling) | sitte | sittāyo or sittā |
| Case / Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | sittaṃ | sittāni |
| Accusative (second) | sittaṃ | sittāni |
| Instrumental (third) | sittena | sittehi or sittebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | sittassa or sittāya or sittatthaṃ | sittānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | sittasmā or sittamhā or sittā | sittehi or sittebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | sittassa | sittānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | sittasmiṃ or sittamhi or sitte | sittesu |
| Vocative (calling) | sitta | sittāni |
Swedish
Etymology
From Old SwedishCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish#SITTACategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish#SITTA sitia, from Old NorseCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse#SITTACategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Norse#SITTA sitja, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#SITTACategory:Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#SITTA *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#SITTACategory:Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SITTA *sed-.
Pronunciation
Verb
sitta (present sitter, preterite satt, supine suttit, imperative sitt)Category:Swedish lemmas#SITTACategory:Swedish verbs#SITTACategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#SITTACategory:Pages with entries#SITTACategory:Pages with 9 entries#SITTA
- to sit (be in a position with the upper body upright and the legs resting)
- Jag sitter på stolen
- I'm sitting on the chair
- Hon bör sitta i båten
- She should be sitting in the boat
- (in some expression) to sit (sit down – compare sätta)
- Synonym: sätta sig
- to sit (more generally, similar to English)
- Det sitter en fluga i taket
- There is a fly sitting on the ceiling
- Det sitter en spik i väggen
- There is a nail in the wall ("There is a nail sitting in the wall" – idiomatic in Swedish)
- to be (used idiomatically for various positions where one might often sit)
- sitta i fängelse
- be in jail ("sit in jail")
- sitta i regeringen
- be in the government ("sit in the government")
- sitta på kontor
- be/work in an office ("sit in an office")
- to fit (of clothing and the like – see also passform)
- (colloquialCategory:Swedish colloquialisms#SITTA) to hit the spot ("sit" in the right place, more or less abstractly)
- Där satt den! 2-0.
- There it is ("there it sat" – compare constructions like "there it goes")! 2-0.
- (politicsCategory:sv:Politics#SITTA) to sit (be a member of a committee or a deliberative body)
Usage notes
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sitta | sittas | ||
| supine | suttit | suttits | ||
| imperative | sitt | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | sitten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | sitter | satt | sitts, sittes | satts |
| ind. plural1 | sitta | sutto | sittas | suttos |
| subjunctive2 | sitte | sutte | sittes | suttes |
| present participle | sittande | |||
| past participle | sutten | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sitta | sittas | ||
| supine | sätit | sätits | ||
| imperative | sitt | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | sitten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | sitter | satt | sitts, sittes | satts |
| ind. plural1 | sitta | såto | sittas | såtos |
| subjunctive2 | sitte | såte | sittes | såtes |
| present participle | sittande | |||
| past participle | säten | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
References
- “sitta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “sitta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “sitta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- Svensk MeSH
- Elof Hellquist ((Can we date this quote?)), “sitta”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok, page 718