suster

See also: Suster and šuster

English

Noun

suster (plural susters)

1. (African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation 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

Anagrams

• estrus, Tusser, russet, surest, Suters, tusser, struse

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

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsustər/ [ˈsus.t̪ər]
• Rhymes: -ustər
• Syllabification: sus‧ter

Noun

sustêr (plural suster-suster or para suster)

1. nun

   Synonym: biarawati

2. (colloquial) nurse (female)

   Synonyms: juru rawat, ners, perawat

Derived terms

• susteran

Further reading

• “suster”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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

Strong feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	suster	sustere
accusative	suster	sustere
genitive	suster, sustere	sustere
dative	suster, sustere	susteren

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

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/
• (Early Middle English) IPA^(key): /ˈswustər/
• (Southern) IPA^(key): /ˈzustər/, /ˈzistər/

Noun

suster (plural sustren or sustres or (rare) suster, genitive singular 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], Ludlow, Shropshire, published c. 1235, folio 1, verso; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, January 2018:

     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 12 February 2019.

Portuguese

Etymology

Altered from Old Galician-Portuguese sostẽer, from Latin sustinēre (“to 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)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /susˈte(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suʃˈteɾ/

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

• Hyphenation: sus‧ter

Verb

suster (first-person singular present sustenho, first-person singular preterite sustive, past participle sustido)

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of suster (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	suster
Personal	suster	susteres	suster	sustermos	susterdes	susterem
Gerund
	sustendo
Past participle
Masculine	sustido			sustidos
Feminine	sustida			sustidas
Indicative
Present	sustenho	susténs	sustém	sustemos	sustendes	sustêm
Imperfect	sustinha	sustinhas	sustinha	sustínhamos	sustínheis	sustinham
Preterite	sustive	sustiveste	susteve	sustivemos	sustivestes	sustiveram
Pluperfect	sustivera	sustiveras	sustivera	sustivéramos	sustivéreis	sustiveram
Future	susterei	susterás	susterá	susteremos	sustereis	susterão
Conditional	susteria	susterias	susteria	susteríamos	susteríeis	susteriam
Subjunctive
Present	sustenha	sustenhas	sustenha	sustenhamos	sustenhais	sustenham
Imperfect	sustivesse	sustivesses	sustivesse	sustivéssemos	sustivésseis	sustivessem
Future	sustiver	sustiveres	sustiver	sustivermos	sustiverdes	sustiverem
Imperative
Affirmative		sustém	sustenha	sustenhamos	sustende	sustenham
Negative (não)		não sustenhas	não sustenha	não sustenhamos	não sustenhais	não sustenham

Derived terms

• sustido

Related terms

• sustenido
• sustenizar
• sustentar
• sustento
• sutiã

Further reading

• “suster”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “suster”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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