See also: sistā

English edit

Noun edit

sista (plural sistas)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of sister.

Anagrams edit

Cebuano edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: sis‧ta

Noun edit

sista

  1. a guitar

Synonyms edit

Hausa edit

Etymology edit

From English sister; compare Nigerian Pidgin sista.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

sistā̀ f (plural sistōcī, possessed form sistàr̃)

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

Usage notes edit

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

Kriol edit

Etymology edit

From English sister.

Noun edit

sista

  1. sister

Latvian edit

Participle edit

sista

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

Nigerian Pidgin edit

Etymology edit

From English sister.

Noun edit

sista

  1. sister

Noun edit

sìsta

  1. nurse

Pijin edit

Etymology edit

From English sister.

Noun edit

sista

  1. sister

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin sistō, German sistieren.

Verb edit

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

  1. to pause

Conjugation edit

Swahili edit

 
 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English sister.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

sista (ma class, plural masista)

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

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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

From Old Norse síðastr.

Adjective edit

sista (not comparable)

  1. last

Related terms edit

See also edit

Further reading edit

Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From English sister.

Noun edit

sista

  1. sister

See also edit