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See also: sistā
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
sista (plural sistas)
Anagrams[edit]
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.
Kriol[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
sista
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
sista (ma class, plural masista)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
Tok Pisin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
sista
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