sita

• sitar

sita

1. to accost; to approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request

sita

1. genitive singular of sitt

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).

sita (third person singular past indicative sat, third person plural past indicative sótu, supine sitið)

1. to sit

Borrowed from Spanish cita (“quote”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsita/, [ˈsiː.ta]
• Hyphenation: si‧ta

síta (plural sitsita)

1. cite; quote
2. summoning; calling up
3. convoking a meeting

From Proto-Austronesian *si and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ta, an enclitic form of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, whence Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita. See data for cognates.

• IPA^(key): /siˈta/
• Hyphenation: si‧ta

sitá

1. (regional) First-person dual absolutive independent pronoun; we (two); us (two); you and I; you and me

   Synonym: data

• sitsita

• IPA^(key): /sita/
• Hyphenation: si‧ta
• Rhymes: -ta

Replaced Dutch beslag (“arrest, detention”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

sita (first-person possessive sitaku, second-person possessive sitamu, third-person possessive sitanya)

1. seizure, foreclosure, confiscation.

• → Min Nan: 詩礁／诗礁 (si-ta)

From Sanskrit सित (sita).

sita

1. clear white.

• “sita” 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: sì‧ta

sita f sg

1. feminine singular of sito

• -asti, -ista, Asti, asti, stai, stia

sita

1. inflection of situs:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

sitā

1. ablative feminine singular of situs

• sita in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

sita

1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of sist

• (Courland) sitā

From Proto-Uralic *sitta.

sita

1. shit

From Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ, whence also Old English sīde, Old Norse síða.

sīta f

1. side

• Middle High German: sīte
  • Alemannic German: Siite
  • Central Franconian: Seck
  • Cimbrian: sait
  • German: Seite
  • Luxembourgish: Säit
  • Yiddish: זײַט (zayt)

• IPA^(key): /si.ta/
• Homophone: śīta

Borrowed from Pali seta, from Sanskrit श्वेत (śveta, “white”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt- (“bright; shine”).

sita

1. white

• śweta

• Javanese: ꦱꦺꦠ (séta)

sita

1. Alternative spelling of śīta

Inherited from Sanskrit स्मित (smita, “smile”).

sita n^[1]

1. smile

• → Thai: สิตะ (sì-dtà) (learned)
• → Northern Thai: ᩈᩥᨲ (learned)

Inherited from Sanskrit सित (sita, “white”).

sita

1. white^[1]

• → Thai: สิต- (sìt-) (learned)

From the root si (“to bind”) +‎ -ta

sita

1. past participle of sinoti (“to bind”)^[2]

• → Northern Thai: ᩈᩥᨲ (learned)

From the root si (“to rest on”) +‎ -ta

sita

1. clinging to, devoted to^[1]
2. resting upon^[1]

Inherited from Sanskrit शित (śita, “whetted”).

sita

1. sharp^[2]

• nisita, nisāna

• → Thai: ศิตะ
• → Lao: ສິຕະ (si ta)

-síta

1. to help

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕi.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: si‧ta

sita n

1. inflection of sito:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

sita

1. inflection of sit:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

sita (Cyrillic spelling сита)

1. inflection of sito:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural

• IPA^(key): /ˈsita/ [ˈsi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: si‧ta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sita

1. feminine singular of sito

From translingual Sitta, the genus name.

sita f (plural sitas)

1. nuthatch

   Synonym: trepador

Borrowed from Arabic سِتَّة (sitta).^[1]

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

sita (invariable)

1. six

sita (n class, plural sita)

1. (card games) six

Playing cards in Swahili · karata za kucheza (layout · text)
ree, rea, rei	mbili	tatu	nne	tano	sita	saba
nane	tisa	kumi	ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu	malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi	mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha	jokari

-sita (infinitive kusita)

1. to hesitate
2. to pause

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -sitisha (“to cause to pause”)

• Johansen, Aimee (2003) “Why Kiswahili adopted the words for six, seven and nine”, in Studies in African Linguistics‎^[1], volume 32, number 2, pages 99-104

-síta

1. to help

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Borrowed from Spanish cita (“appointment”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsita/ [ˈsiː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: si‧ta

sita (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜆ)

1. appointment; engagement

   Synonyms: tipanan, tagpuan

2. citation (of honor or merit); public recognition

   Synonyms: sitasyon, parangal

3. act of hiring the services of someone, such as a lawyer, band of musicians, etc.

Borrowed from Spanish citar (“to summon”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈta/ [sɪˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: si‧ta

sitá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜆ)

1. act of questioning someone for a possible or suspected violation of an ordinance, law, etc.

• -ista, Atsi, atis, tisa, atsi, itsa

• IPA^(key): [ˈsi.ta]

sita

1. a door or window crossbar

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Contraction of sí ìta (“to the outside”).

IPA^(key): /sí.ꜜtā/

síta

1. outside; out

   Sọ ọ́ síta ― Throw it out

   Àbíkẹ́ máa ń lọ síta ― Abike goes outside

   Irun kan ń yọ síta ― One hair is poking out

• used when movement is implied, when no movement is implied níta is used.