Noun

sta (plural stas)Category:English lemmas#STACategory:English nouns#STACategory:English countable nouns#STACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#STACategory:Pages with entries#STACategory:Pages with 14 entries#STA

1. Abbreviation of stationCategory:English abbreviations#STA.

Anagrams

• S.A.T., ats, ast, TAs, Sat., S. A. T., AST, sat, Ast, ATs, tas, sat., Tas., ATS, Sat, at's, SAT, T(S/A), as't, TAS, T.A.s, Tas, -ast, TA's, TSA

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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  Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#STA
• Rhymes: -aːCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/aː#STACategory:Rhymes:Dutch/aː/1 syllable#STA

Verb

staCategory:Dutch non-lemma forms#STACategory:Dutch verb forms#STACategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#STACategory:Pages with entries#STACategory:Pages with 14 entries#STA

1. inflection of staan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative
   4. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive

Anagrams

• tas

Alternative forms

• st' (in front of a vowel)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta/Category:Emilian terms with IPA pronunciation#STA

Determiner

sta f sgCategory:Emilian non-lemma forms#STACategory:Emilian determiner forms#STACategory:Emilian entries with incorrect language header#STACategory:Pages with entries#STACategory:Pages with 14 entries#STA

1. feminine singular of st

Alternative forms

• stà (misspelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta/^*Category:Italian 1-syllable words#STACategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#STA
• (central Italian) IPA^(key): /ˈsta/^°[1]Category:Italian 1-syllable words#STACategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#STA
• Rhymes: -aCategory:Rhymes:Italian/a#STACategory:Rhymes:Italian/a/1 syllable#STA
• Hyphenation: stà

Verb

staCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#STACategory:Italian verb forms#STACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#STACategory:Pages with entries#STACategory:Pages with 14 entries#STA

1. third-person singular present indicative of stare
2. obsolete form of sta' (second-person singular imperative of stare)Category:Italian obsolete forms#STA

See also

References

Etymology

From PortugueseCategory:Kabuverdianu terms derived from Portuguese#STA estar.

Verb

staCategory:Kabuverdianu lemmas#STACategory:Kabuverdianu verbs#STACategory:Kabuverdianu entries with incorrect language header#STACategory:Pages with entries#STACategory:Pages with 14 entries#STA

1. to be
2. is

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈstaː]Category:Latin 1-syllable words#STACategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#STA
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈstaː]Category:Latin 1-syllable words#STACategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#STA

Verb

stāCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#STACategory:Latin verb forms#STACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#STACategory:Pages with entries#STACategory:Pages with 14 entries#STA

1. second-person singular present active imperative of stō

References

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

Etymology

From Old NorseCategory:Norn terms derived from Old Norse#STA staðr, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norn terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#STACategory:Norn terms derived from Proto-Germanic#STA *stadiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Norn terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#STACategory:Norn terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#STA *stéh₂tis.

Noun

sta mCategory:Norn lemmas#STACategory:Norn nouns#STACategory:Norn entries with incorrect language header#STACategory:Norn masculine nouns#STACategory:Pages with entries#STACategory:Pages with 14 entries#STA

1. domicile, farm

Etymology

From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse#STA staðr, related to stå.

Adjective

sta (neuter singular sta, definite singular and plural sta or stae, comparative staere, indefinite superlative staest, definite superlative staeste)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#STACategory:Norwegian Bokmål adjectives#STACategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#STACategory:Pages with entries#STACategory:Pages with 14 entries#STA

1. stubborn

References

• “sta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#STA staðr, related to stå.

Adjective

sta (neuter singular sta, definite singular and plural sta or stae, comparative staare, indefinite superlative staast, definite superlative staaste)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#STACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives#STACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#STACategory:Pages with entries#STACategory:Pages with 14 entries#STA

1. stubborn

   Synonyms: hardnakka, vrangviljug

References

• “sta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Feminine form of stè. From LatinCategory:Romagnol terms inherited from Latin#STACategory:Romagnol terms derived from Latin#STA ista, feminine of iste.

Pronoun

sta fCategory:Romagnol lemmas#STACategory:Romagnol pronouns#STACategory:Romagnol entries with incorrect language header#STACategory:Pages with entries#STACategory:Pages with 14 entries#STA

1. feminine of ste (“this”)

Alternative forms

• ста (sta) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Romanian terms inherited from Latin#STACategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#STA stāre, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Romanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#STACategory:Romanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#STA *steh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta/Category:Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation#STA

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Romanian terms with audio pronunciation#STA

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Romanian terms with audio pronunciation#STA
• Rhymes: -aCategory:Rhymes:Romanian/a#STACategory:Rhymes:Romanian/a/1 syllable#STA

Verb

a sta (third-person singular present stă, past participle stat, third-person subjunctive stea or (regional) steie)Category:Romanian lemmas#STACategory:Romanian verbs#STACategory:Romanian verbs in 1st conjugation#STACategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#STACategory:Pages with entries#STACategory:Pages with 14 entries#STA 1st conjugation

1. to stay

   Stai acolo.

   Stay there.

   Category:Romanian terms with usage examples#STA

2. to stand
3. to sit

   Synonym: ședea

   sta jos

   sit down

   Category:Romanian terms with collocations#STA

4. to remain

   Synonym: rămâne

5. to live (somewhere), inhabit, reside

   Synonyms: trăi, locui

   Ea stă în București.

   She lives in Bucharest.

   Category:Romanian terms with usage examples#STA

Further reading

• “sta”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃta]Category:Sicilian terms with IPA pronunciation#STA

Adjective

sta f (m. stu, plural sti)Category:Sicilian non-lemma forms#STACategory:Sicilian adjective forms#STACategory:Sicilian entries with incorrect language header#STACategory:Pages with entries#STACategory:Pages with 14 entries#STA

1. contraction of chistaCategory:Sicilian contractions#STA; this
   • 1874, Lionardo Vigo, Raccolta amplissima di canti popolari siciliani, page 443:

     [...] / E tu, curreri, ca vai d'ogni parti, / Te' cca sta littra, a la mè 'manti porti, / Cci dici ca non pozzu stari sparti, / La spartenza è cchiù brutta di la morti.

     [...] / And you, courier, who goes to and fro, / Take this letter, to my lover bring it, / Tell her that I can [no longer] remain separated, / Separation is worse than death.

     Category:Sicilian terms with quotations#STA

See also

• chista

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stá/Category:Slovene 1-syllable words#STACategory:Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation#STA

Verb

stȁCategory:Slovene non-lemma forms#STACategory:Slovene verb forms#STACategory:Slovene entries with incorrect language header#STACategory:Pages with entries#STACategory:Pages with 14 entries#STA

1. second/third-person dual present of bíti

Etymology

From EnglishCategory:Tok Pisin terms derived from English#STA star.

Noun

staCategory:Tok Pisin lemmas#STACategory:Tok Pisin nouns#STACategory:Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header#STACategory:Pages with entries#STACategory:Pages with 14 entries#STA

1. star (celestial body)
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:15:

     God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.

     →New International Version translation

     Category:Tok Pisin terms with quotations#STA