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sista

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See also: sistā

English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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sista (plural sistas)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of sister.
    • 2020 December 22, G.L. Tomas, The Love Bet(A BWWM Romantic Comedy)[2], Rebellious Valkyrie Press, →ISBN:
       [] but if you were a colorist and texturist and couldn't get down with a sista who had tighter than 3B hair, you'd confirm she was a knockout.

Anagrams

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Australian Kriol

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Etymology

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From English sister.

Noun

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sista

  1. sister

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: sis‧ta

Noun

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sista

  1. a guitar
    Synonym: gitara

Hausa

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Etymology

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From English sister; compare Nigerian Pidgin sista.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sís.tàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sɪ́s.tàː]

Noun

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sistā̀ f (plural sistōcī, possessed form sistàr̃)

  1. (female) nurse
  2. (Christianity) nun

Usage notes

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When used as a title, the whole word is given low tone.

Latvian

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Participle

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sista

  1. inflection of sists:
    1. genitive singular masculine
    2. nominative singular feminine

Nigerian Pidgin

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Etymology

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From English sister.

Noun

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sista

  1. sister

Noun

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sìsta

  1. nurse

Pijin

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Etymology

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From English sister.

Noun

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sista

  1. sister

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin sistō, German sistieren.

Verb

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a sista (third-person singular present sistează, past participle sistat) 1st conj.

  1. to pause

Conjugation

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Swahili

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from English sister.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sista (ma class, plural masista)

  1. nun
  2. (informal) A form of address to a woman.
    Synonym: anti
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References

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  1. ^ 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, →DOI, page 38 of 33-41
  2. ^ 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

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Etymology

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From Old Norse síðastr.

Adjective

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sista (not comparable)

  1. last
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Further reading

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English sister.

Noun

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sista

  1. sister

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