sista

See also: sistā

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪs.tə/
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Noun

sista (plural sistas)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of sister.
    • 2020 December 22, G.L. Tomas, The Love Bet(A BWWM Romantic Comedy)‎[2], Rebellious Valkyrie Press, →ISBN:
       […] but if you were a colorist and texturist and couldn't get down with a sista who had tighter than 3B hair, you'd confirm she was a knockout.

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Australian Kriol

Etymology

From English sister.

Noun

sista

  1. sister

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sis‧ta

Noun

sista

  1. a guitar
    Synonym: gitara

Hausa

Etymology

From English sister; compare Nigerian Pidgin sista.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sistā̀ f (plural sistōcī, possessed form sistàr̃)

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

Usage notes

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

Latvian

Participle

sista

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

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English sister.

Noun

sista

  1. sister

Noun

sìsta

  1. nurse

Pijin

Etymology

From English sister.

Noun

sista

  1. sister

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sistō, German sistieren.

Verb

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

  1. to pause

Conjugation

    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

Etymology

Borrowed from English sister.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

sista class V (plural masista class VI)

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

References

  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

Etymology

From Old Norse síðastr.

Adjective

sista (not comparable)

  1. last

See also

Further reading

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English sister.

Noun

sista

  1. sister

See also

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