sitta

See also: Sitta

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsitːa/ [ˈsɪtːʌ]
• Hyphenation: sit‧ta

Pronoun

sítta

1. alternative form of ítta

References

• Enid M. Parker (2006), English-Afar dictionary, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page vi

Estonian

Noun

sitta

1. partitive/illative singular of sitt

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sitta, probably from Proto-Uralic *sitta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsitːɑ/, [ˈs̠it̪ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -itːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sit‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): sit‧ta

Noun

sitta (rare, dialectal, colloquial)

1. shit

Derived terms

• sittiäinen

compounds

• sittisontiainen

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French asseoir (“to sit”).

Verb

sitta

1. (Saint-Domingue) to sit

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: chita

References

• S. J. Ducœurjoly (1802), Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue [Manual of the Inhabitants of Saint-Domingue]‎^[1] (in French), Paris

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sitta. Cognates include Finnish sitta and Estonian sitt.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsitːɑ/, [ˈs̠itː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsitːɑ/, [ˈʃitːɑ]
• Rhymes: -itː, -itːɑ
• Hyphenation: sit‧ta

Noun

sitta

1. feces, excrement
2. synonym of räämy (“rheum”)

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

• hiirensitta
• sittakukka
• sittamato
• sittamytty
• sittanokka
• sittanäri
• sittapata
• sittapöröläin
• sittasorkka
• sittua

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 529

Maltese

Maltese numbers ^(edit)

	60
←  5	6	7  →
Cardinal: sitta     Attributive cardinal: sitt     Ordinal: sitt     Adverbial: sitt darbiet

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *šidṯatum

Arabic سِتَّة (sitta)

Maltese sitta

Inherited from Arabic سِتَّة (sitta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪt.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɪtta

Numeral

sitta m or f

1. six (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

Maltese cardinal numbers from 0 to 99

	—0	—1	—2	—3	—4	—5	—6	—7	—8	—9
0—	żero	wieħed	tnejn	tlieta	erbgħa	ħamsa	sitta	sebgħa	tmienja	disgħa
10—	għaxra	ħdax	tnax	tlettax	erbatax	ħmistax	sittax	sbatax	tmintax	dsatax
20—	għoxrin	wieħed u għoxrin	tnejn u għoxrin	tlieta u għoxrin	erbgħa u għoxrin	ħamsa u għoxrin	sitta u għoxrin	sebgħa u għoxrin	tmienja u għoxrin	disgħa u għoxrin
30—	tletin	wieħed u tletin	tnejn u tletin	tlieta u tletin	erbgħa u tletin	ħamsa u tletin	sitta u tletin	sebgħa u tletin	tmienja u tletin	disgħa u tletin
40—	erbgħin	wieħed u erbgħin	tnejn u erbgħin	tlieta u erbgħin	erbgħa u erbgħin	ħamsa u erbgħin	sitta u erbgħin	sebgħa u erbgħin	tmienja u erbgħin	disgħa u erbgħin
50—	ħamsin	wieħed u ħamsin	tnejn u ħamsin	tlieta u ħamsin	erbgħa u ħamsin	ħamsa u ħamsin	sitta u ħamsin	sebgħa u ħamsin	tmienja u ħamsin	disgħa u ħamsin
60—	sittin	wieħed u sittin	tnejn u sittin	tlieta u sittin	erbgħa u sittin	ħamsa u sittin	sitta u sittin	sebgħa u sittin	tmienja u sittin	disgħa u sittin
70—	sebgħin	wieħed u sebgħin	tnejn u sebgħin	tlieta u sebgħin	erbgħa u sebgħin	ħamsa u sebgħin	sitta u sebgħin	sebgħa u sebgħin	tmienja u sebgħin	disgħa u sebgħin
80—	tmenin	wieħed u tmenin	tnejn u tmenin	tlieta u tmenin	erbgħa u tmenin	ħamsa u tmenin	sitta u tmenin	sebgħa u tmenin	tmienja u tmenin	disgħa u tmenin
90—	disgħin	wieħed u disgħin	tnejn u disgħin	tlieta u disgħin	erbgħa u disgħin	ħamsa u disgħin	sitta u disgħin	sebgħa u disgħin	tmienja u disgħin	disgħa u disgħin

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sitta (present tense sit, past tense sat, past participle sete, passive infinitive sittast, present participle sittande, imperative sitt)

1. alternative form of sitja

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• सित्त (Devanagari script)
• সিত্ত (Bengali script)
• සිත‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• သိတ္တ or သိတ်တ (Burmese script)
• สิตฺต or สิตตะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩥᨲ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ສິຕ຺ຕ or ສິຕຕະ (Lao script)
• សិត្ត (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सिक्त (siktá).

Adjective

sitta

1. sprinkled

Declension

Declension table of "sitta" (masculine)

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

Declension table of "sittā" (feminine)

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

Declension table of "sitta" (neuter)

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 Swedish sitia, from Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sɪta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -²ɪta

Verb

sitta (present sitter, preterite satt, supine suttit, imperative sitt)

1. 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

2. (in some expression) to sit (sit down – compare sätta)

   Synonym: sätta sig

   Sitt ner!

   Sit down!

   Var så god och sitt!

   Please have a seat!

3. 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)

4. 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")

5. to fit (of clothing and the like – see also passform)

   Sitter skjortan bra?

   Does the shirt fit well?

6. (colloquial) to hit the spot ("sit" in the right place, more or less abstractly)

   Den repliken satt!

   That line/retort hit the spot!

   Där satt den! 2-0.

   There it is ("there it sat" – compare constructions like "there it goes")! 2-0.

7. (politics) to sit (be a member of a committee or a deliberative body)

Usage notes

• See fin for "sitta fint."
• The class 3 conjugation was formed by analogy with verbs like finna or dricka, replacing the earlier inherited class 5 conjugation, which mostly disappeared in the latter half of the 18th century.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sitta (class 3 strong)

	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.

Conjugation of sitta (class 5 strong, archaic)

	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

• besitta
• sitta fast
• sitta kvar

Related terms

• sittning

See also

• sätta

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^[2], page 718