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sista

See also: sistā

English

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Noun

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sista (plural sistas)

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

Anagrams

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Australian Kriol

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Etymology

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From English sister.

Noun

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sista

  1. sister

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: sis‧ta

Noun

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sista

  1. a guitar
    Synonym: gitara

Hausa

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Etymology

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From English sister; compare Nigerian Pidgin sista.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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sistā̀ f (plural sistōcī, possessed form sistàr̃)

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

Usage notes

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

Latvian

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Participle

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sista

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

Nigerian Pidgin

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Etymology

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From English sister.

Noun

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sista

  1. sister

Noun

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sìsta

  1. nurse

Pijin

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Etymology

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From English sister.

Noun

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sista

  1. sister

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin sistō, German sistieren.

Verb

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

  1. to pause

Conjugation

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    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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English sister.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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sista (ma class, plural masista)

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

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  1. ^ Batibo, Herman M. (1996) “Loanword clusters nativization rules in Tswana and Swahili: a comparative study”, in South African Journal of African Language‎[1], volume 16, number 2, →DOI, page 38 of 33-41
  2. ^ 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

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Etymology

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From Old Norse síðastr.

Adjective

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sista (not comparable)

  1. last
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Further reading

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English sister.

Noun

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sista

  1. sister

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