# sitta
## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsitːa/ [ˈsɪtːʌ]
* Hyphenation: sit‧ta

### Pronoun

sítta
* Alternative form of ítta

### References

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

## Estonian
### Noun

sitta
* partitive/illative singular of sitt

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsitːɑ/, [ˈs̠it̪ːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -itːɑ
* Hyphenation: sit‧ta

### Noun

sitta (rare, dialectal, colloquial)
* shit

#### Derived terms

* sittiäinen
* sittisontiainen

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French asseoir (“to sit”).

### Verb

sitta
* (Saint-Domingue) to sit

#### Descendants

* Haitian Creole: chita

### References

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

## Ingrian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

sitta
* feces, excrement
* Synonym of räämy (“rheum”)

#### Derived terms

* hiirensitta
* sittakukka
* sittamato
* sittamytty
* sittanokka
* sittanäri
* sittapata
* sittapöröläin
* sittasorkka
* sittua

### References

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

## Maltese
### Etymology

From Arabic سِتَّة (sitta).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɪt.ta/
* Rhymes: -ɪtta

### Numeral

sitta m or f
* six (absolute form)
    Coordinate term: (attributive form) sitt

#### Usage notes

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

#### Coordinate terms

| | —0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 |
| 0— | żero | wieħed | tnejn | tlieta | erbgħa | ħamsa | sitta | sebgħa | tmienja | disgħa |
| 1— | għaxra | ħdax | tnax | tlettax | erbatax | ħmistax | sittax | sbatax | tmintax | dsatax |
| 2— | għoxrin | wieħed u għoxrin | tnejn u għoxrin | tlieta u għoxrin | erbgħa u għoxrin | ħamsa u għoxrin | sitta u għoxrin | sebgħa u għoxrin | tmienja u għoxrin | disgħa u għoxrin |
| 3— | tletin | wieħed u tletin | tnejn u tletin | tlieta u tletin | erbgħa u tletin | ħamsa u tletin | sitta u tletin | sebgħa u tletin | tmienja u tletin | disgħa u tletin |
| 4— | erbgħin | wieħed u erbgħin | tnejn u erbgħin | tlieta u erbgħin | erbgħa u erbgħin | ħamsa u erbgħin | sitta u erbgħin | sebgħa u erbgħin | tmienja u erbgħin | disgħa u erbgħin |
| 5— | ħamsin | wieħed u ħamsin | tnejn u ħamsin | tlieta u ħamsin | erbgħa u ħamsin | ħamsa u ħamsin | sitta u ħamsin | sebgħa u ħamsin | tmienja u ħamsin | disgħa u ħamsin |
| 6— | sittin | wieħed u sittin | tnejn u sittin | tlieta u sittin | erbgħa u sittin | ħamsa u sittin | sitta u sittin | sebgħa u sittin | tmienja u sittin | disgħa u sittin |
| 7— | sebgħin | wieħed u sebgħin | tnejn u sebgħin | tlieta u sebgħin | erbgħa u sebgħin | ħamsa u sebgħin | sitta u sebgħin | sebgħa u sebgħin | tmienja u sebgħin | disgħa u sebgħin |
| 8— | tmenin | wieħed u tmenin | tnejn u tmenin | tlieta u tmenin | erbgħa u tmenin | ħamsa u tmenin | sitta u tmenin | sebgħa u tmenin | tmienja u tmenin | disgħa u tmenin |
| 9— | disgħin | wieħed u disgħin | tnejn u disgħin | tlieta u disgħin | erbgħa u disgħin | ħamsa u disgħin | sitta u disgħin | sebgħa u disgħin | tmienja u disgħin | disgħa u disgħin |

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Verb

sitta (present tense sit, past tense sat, past participle sete, passive infinitive sittast, present participle sittande, imperative sitt)
* Alternative form of sitja

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀲𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* सित्त (Devanagari script)
* সিত্ত (Bengali script)
* සිත‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* သိတ္တ or သိတ်တ (Burmese script)
* สิตฺต or สิตตะ (Thai script)
* ᩈᩥᨲ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ສິຕ຺ຕ or ສິຕຕະ (Lao script)
* សិត្ត (Khmer script)
* 𑄥𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सिक्त (siktá).

### Adjective

sitta
* sprinkled

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²sɪta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -²ɪta

### Verb

sitta (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 stolenI'm sitting on the chair
    Hon bör sitta i båtenShe should be sitting in the boat
* (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 taketThere is a fly sitting on the ceiling
    Det sitter en spik i väggenThere 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 fängelsebe in jail ("sit in jail")
    sitta i regeringenbe in the government ("sit in the government")
    sitta på kontorbe/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

* 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

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Derived terms

* besitta
* sitta fast
* sitta kvar

#### Related terms

* sittning

#### See also

* sätta

### References

* sitta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* sitta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* sitta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Svensk MeSH
* Elof Hellquist ((Can we date this quote?)) “sitta”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok‎, page 718