suster

See also: Suster and šuster

English

Noun

suster (plural susters)

1. (African-American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of sister.
   • 2014 March, Udine C Fontenot Powel, Is This Time Forever?‎^[1], page 247:

     Tigger turns to me and says “Mommy, that was my brudder and suster!”

Alternative forms

• sustah

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zuster, from Middle Dutch suster, from Old Dutch swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sœstər/

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Noun

suster (plural susters)

1. sister

   Synonym: sus

Coordinate terms

• broer

Derived terms

• sus

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch zuster (“sister, nun, nurse”), from Middle Dutch suster, from Old Dutch swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sus.tər/

Noun

sustêr (plural suster-suster, first-person possessive susterku, second-person possessive sustermu, third-person possessive susternya)

1. nun

   Synonym: biarawati

2. (colloquial) nurse (female)

   Synonyms: juru rawat, ners, perawat

Derived terms

• susteran

 

Further reading

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

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Noun

suster f

1. sister
2. sister, nun

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zuster
  • Afrikaans: suster
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: sosro, sosoro
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: soster
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: sester
  • → Caribbean Javanese: soster, sester
  • → Indonesian: suster
  • → Saramaccan: soosútu
• Limburgish: zöster

Further reading

• “suster”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “suster (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• cyster, cystyr, scyster, sister, sistir, soster, souster, sustir, syster, systir, systyr
• swuster (Early Middle English)
• sussterr (Ormulum)
• zoster (Kent)

Etymology

From Old English sweostor, swustor, sweoster, in turn from Proto-West Germanic *swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Some forms are influenced by Old Norse systir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsustər/, /ˈsistər/
• IPA^(key): /ˈswustər/
• IPA^(key): /ˈzustər/, /ˈzistər/

Noun

suster (plural sustren or sustres or (rare) suster, genitive sustres or suster)

1. A sister or step-sister; a female sibling.
2. A (Christian) woman (i.e. as a "sister in life/Christ")
3. A nun, anchoress; a woman living a religious lifestyle.
   • c. 1225, “Introduction”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402)‎^[2], Herefordshire, published c. 1235, folio 1, verso; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 2018 January:

     Ant ȝe mine leoue ſuſtren habbeð moni dei icrauet on me efter riƿle

     And you, my beloved sisters, have asked me for a rule many times.

4. (nautical) A catch to secure cords at sea.

Related terms

• susterhede
• suster-in-lawe

Descendants

• English: sister
  • → Gulf Arabic: سِسْتَر (sistar, “female nurse”)
  • → Japanese: シスター (shisutā)
  • → Korean: 시스터 (siseuteo)
• Scots: sister, syster
• Yola: zister

References

• “suster, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-12.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Altered from Old Galician-Portuguese sostẽer, from Latin sustinēre, present active infinitive of sustineō (“I sustain”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /susˈte(ʁ)/ [susˈte(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /susˈte(ʁ)/ [susˈte(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /susˈte(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /suʃˈte(ʁ)/ [suʃˈte(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /susˈte(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suʃˈteɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suʃˈteɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suʃˈte.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: sus‧ter

Verb

1. to support (to keep from falling)

   Synonyms: apoiar, suportar, sustentar

2. to sustain (to provide for or nourish something)

   Synonyms: alimentar, nutrir, tratar

3. to detain (to keep (someone) from proceeding)

   Synonyms: conter, deter, parar

4. to contain; to enclose

   Synonym: restringir

Related terms

• sustedor
• sustentar
• sustento
• sutiã

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Noun

suster c (plural susters, diminutive susterke)

1. sister

   Coordinate term: broer

Further reading

• “suster”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011