sitta

• (Northern Afar) IPA^(key): /ˈsitːʌ/
• (Southern Afar) IPA^(key): /ˈʃitːʌ/
• Hyphenation: sit‧ta

sítta

1. Alternative form of ítta

• Enid M. Parker (2006) English-Afar dictionary, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page vi

sitta

1. partitive/illative singular of sitt

From Proto-Finnic *sitta, from Proto-Uralic *sitta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsitːɑ/, [ˈs̠it̪ːɑ]
• Rhymes: -itːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sit‧ta

sitta

1. (rare, dialectal, colloquial) shit

From French asseoir (“to sit”).

sitta

1. (Saint-Domingue) to sit

• Haitian Creole: chita

• S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île

From Proto-Finnic *sitta. Cognates include Finnish sitta and Estonian sitt.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsitːɑ/, [ˈs̠itː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsitːɑ/, [ˈʃitːɑ]
• Rhymes: -itːɑ
• Hyphenation: sit‧ta

sitta

1. feces, excrement

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 529

From Arabic سِتَّة‎ (sitta).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪt.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɪtta

sitta m or f

1. six (absolute form)

   Coordinate term: (attributive form) sitt

• The absolute form is used without a following noun, that is pronominally and in counting.

sitta (present tense sit, past tense sat, past participle sete, passive infinitive sittast, present participle sittande, imperative sitt)

1. Alternative form of sitja

From Old Swedish sitia, from Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

• IPA^(key): /²sɪta/

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• Rhymes: -²ɪta

sitta (present sitter, preterite satt, supine suttit, imperative sitt)

1. to sit (be in a position with the upper body upright and the legs resting)

   Hon bör sitta i båten.

   She should be sitting in the boat.

2. (politics) to sit (be a member of a committee or a deliberative body)

• 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.

• besitta

• Elof Hellquist ((Can we date this quote?)) “sitta”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok‎, page 718

• sitta in Svensk ordbok.