sitta
See also: Sitta
Afar
editPronunciation
editPronoun
editsítta
- Alternative form of ítta
References
edit- Enid M. Parker (2006) English-Afar dictionary, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page vi
Estonian
editNoun
editsitta
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *sitta, from Proto-Uralic *sitta.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsitta (rare, dialectal, colloquial)
Derived terms
editcompounds
Haitian Creole
editEtymology
editFrom French asseoir (“to sit”).
Verb
editsitta
- (Saint-Domingue) to sit
Descendants
edit- Haitian Creole: chita
References
edit- S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île
Ingrian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *sitta. Cognates include Finnish sitta and Estonian sitt.
Pronunciation
edit- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsitːɑ/, [ˈs̠itː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsitːɑ/, [ˈʃitːɑ]
- Rhymes: -itː, -itːɑ
- Hyphenation: sit‧ta
Noun
editsitta
Declension
editDeclension of sitta (type 3/kana, tt-t gradation) | ||
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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
editReferences
edit- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 529
Maltese
edit60 | ||
← 5 | 6 | 7 → |
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Cardinal: sitta Attributive cardinal: sitt Ordinal: sitt Adverbial: sitt darbiet |
Etymology
editPronunciation
editNumeral
editsitta m or f
Usage notes
edit- The absolute form is used without a following noun, that is pronominally and in counting.
Coordinate terms
editMaltese cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
Norwegian Nynorsk
editVerb
editsitta (present tense sit, past tense sat, past participle sete, passive infinitive sittast, present participle sittande, imperative sitt)
- Alternative form of sitja
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish sitia, from Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsitta (present sitter, preterite satt, supine suttit, imperative sitt)
- 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
- (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!
- 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)
- 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")
- to fit (of clothing and the like – see also passform)
- Sitter skjortan bra?
- Does the shirt fit well?
- (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.
- (politics) to sit (be a member of a committee or a deliberative body)
Usage notes
edit- 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
editConjugation of sitta (class 3 strong)
Active | Passive | |||
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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 |
Participles | ||||
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 |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | sittande | |||
Past participle | säten | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- sitta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sitta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sitta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Elof Hellquist ((Can we date this quote?)) “sitta”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok[1], page 718
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