# sita
## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* sitar

### Verb

sita
* to accost; to approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request

## Estonian
### Noun

sita
* genitive singular of sitt

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).

### Verb

sita (third person singular past indicative sat, third person plural past indicative sótu, supine sitið)
* to sit

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

## Ilocano
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish cita (“quote”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsita/, [ˈsiː.ta]
* Hyphenation: si‧ta

#### Noun

síta (plural sitsita)
* cite; quote
* summoning; calling up
* convoking a meeting

##### Derived terms

* agsita
* sitaen

##### Related terms

* sitar
* sitasion

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *si and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ta, an enclitic form of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, whence Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita. See data for cognates.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /siˈta/
* Hyphenation: si‧ta

#### Pronoun

sitá
* (regional) First-person dual absolutive independent pronoun; we (two); us (two); you and I; you and me
    Synonym: data

##### Derived terms

* sitsita

##### See also
## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈsita/ [ˈsi.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ita
* Syllabification: si‧ta

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

sita (uncountable)
* seizure, foreclosure, confiscation
    Synonym: penyitaan

#### Verb

sita (active menyita, passive disita)
* to confiscate
    Makanan dan minuman dari luar akan disita.Food and drinks [brought] from outside will be confiscated.

##### Derived terms

* penyita
* penyitaan
* sitaan
* tersita

##### Descendants

* → Min Nan: 詩礁 / 诗礁 (si-ta)

### Etymology 2

From Sanskrit सित (sita).

#### Adjective

sita
* (dialectal, uncommon) clear white
    Synonym: putih bening

### Further reading

* “sita” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsi.ta/
* Rhymes: -ita
* Hyphenation: sì‧ta

### Adjective

sita f sg
* feminine singular of sito

### Anagrams

* -asti, -ista, Asti, asti, stai, stia

## Latin
### Participle

sita
* inflection of situs:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Participle

sitā
* ablative feminine singular of situs

### References

* "sita", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Latvian
### Verb

sita
* third-person singular/plural past indicative of sist

## Livonian
### Alternative forms

* (Courland) sitā

### Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *sitta.

### Noun

sita
* shit

## Mwani
### Numeral

sita
* six

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ, whence also Old English sīde, Old Norse síða.

### Noun

sīta f
* side

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: sīte
** Alemannic German: Siite
** Central Franconian: Seck
** Cimbrian: sait
** German: Seite
** Luxembourgish: Säit
** Yiddish: זײַט (zayt)

## Old Javanese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /si.ta/
* Homophone: śīta

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Pali seta, from Sanskrit श्वेत (śveta, “white”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt- (“bright; shine”).

#### Noun

sita
* white

##### Alternative forms

* śweta

##### Derived terms

* sitawastra
* sitawṛṣabha

##### Descendants

* Javanese: ꦱꦺꦠ (séta)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

sita
* Alternative spelling of śīta

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀲𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* सित (Devanagari script)
* সিত (Bengali script)
* සිත (Sinhalese script)
* သိတ (Burmese script)
* สิต or สิตะ (Thai script)
* ᩈᩥᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ສິຕ or ສິຕະ (Lao script)
* សិត (Khmer script)
* 𑄥𑄨𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit स्मित (smita, “smile”).

#### Noun

sita n
* smile

##### Descendants

* → Thai: สิตะ (sì-dtà) (learned)
* → Northern Thai: ᩈᩥᨲ (learned)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit सित (sita, “white”).

#### Adjective

sita
* white

##### Descendants

* → Thai: สิต- (sìt-) (learned)

### Etymology 3

From the root si (“to bind”) +‎ -ta

#### Adjective

sita
* past participle of sinoti (“to bind”)

##### Descendants

* → Northern Thai: ᩈᩥᨲ (learned)

### Etymology 4

From the root si (“to rest on”) +‎ -ta

#### Adjective

sita
* clinging to, devoted to
* resting upon

##### Declension
### Etymology 5

Inherited from Sanskrit शित (śita, “whetted”).

#### Adjective

sita
* sharp

##### Related terms

* nisita, nisāna

##### Descendants

* → Thai: ศิตะ
* → Lao: ສິຕະ (si ta)

### References

* 1 2 3 4 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 479.
* 1 2 Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “sita”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

## Phuthi
### Verb

-síta
* to help

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɕi.ta/
* Rhymes: -ita
* Syllabification: si‧ta

### Noun

sita n
* inflection of sito:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural

## Serbo-Croatian
### Adjective

sita
* inflection of sit:
** feminine nominative/vocative singular
** indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
** indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
** neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

### Noun

sita (Cyrillic spelling сита)
* inflection of sito:
** genitive singular
** nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsita/ [ˈsi.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ita
* Syllabification: si‧ta

### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

sita
* feminine singular of sito

### Etymology 2

From translingual Sitta, the genus name.

#### Noun

sita f (plural sitas)
* nuthatch
    Synonym: trepador

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِتَّة (sitta).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Numeral

sita (invariable)
* six

#### Coordinate terms

| | —0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 |
| 0— | sifuri | -moja, mosi | -wili, pili | -tatu | -nne | -tano | sita | saba | -nane | tisa, kenda |
| 1— | kumi | kumi na moja, edashara | kumi na mbili, thenashara | kumi na tatu, thelatashara | kumi na nne, arobatashara | kumi na tano, hamstashara | kumi na sita, sitashara | kumi na saba, sabatashara | kumi na nane, themantashara | kumi na tisa, tisatashara |
| 2— | ishirini | ishirini na moja | ishirini na mbili | ishirini na tatu | ishirini na nne | ishirini na tano | ishirini na sita | ishirini na saba | ishirini na nane | ishirini na tisa |
| 3— | thelathini | thelathini na moja | thelathini na mbili | thelathini na tatu | thelathini na nne | thelathini na tano | thelathini na sita | thelathini na saba | thelathini na nane | thelathini na tisa |
| 4— | arobaini | arobaini na moja | arobaini na mbili | arobaini na tatu | arobaini na nne | arobaini na tano | arobaini na sita | arobaini na saba | arobaini na nane | arobaini na tisa |
| 5— | hamsini | hamsini na moja | hamsini na mbili | hamsini na tatu | hamsini na nne | hamsini na tano | hamsini na sita | hamsini na saba | hamsini na nane | hamsini na tisa |
| 6— | sitini | sitini na moja | sitini na mbili | sitini na tatu | sitini na nne | sitini na tano | sitini na sita | sitini na saba | sitini na nane | sitini na tisa |
| 7— | sabini | sabini na moja | sabini na mbili | sabini na tatu | sabini na nne | sabini na tano | sabini na sita | sabini na saba | sabini na nane | sabini na tisa |
| 8— | themanini | themanini na moja | themanini na mbili | themanini na tatu | themanini na nne | themanini na tano | themanini na sita | themanini na saba | themanini na nane | themanini na tisa |
| 9— | tisini | tisini na moja | tisini na mbili | tisini na tatu | tisini na nne | tisini na tano | tisini na sita | tisini na saba | tisini na nane | tisini na tisa |

### Noun

sita class IX (plural sita class X)
* (card games) six

#### See also

Playing cards in Swahili · karata za kucheza (layout · text) :
| ree, rea, rei | mbili | tatu | nne | tano | sita | saba |
| nane | tisa | kumi | ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu | malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi | mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha | jokari |

### Verb

-sita (infinitive kusita)
* to hesitate
* to pause

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -sita :
| Positive present | -nasita |
| Subjunctive | -site |
| Negative | -siti |
| Imperative singular | sita |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kusita |
| Negative | kutosita |
Imperatives :
| Singular | sita |
| Plural | siteni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | husita |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lisita |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kusita |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tasita |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tasita |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sisite |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngesita |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singesita |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalisita |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalisita |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mesita |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshasita |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jasita |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kisita |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -siposita |
| Consecutive | kasita / positive subject concord + -kasita |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kasite |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Causative: -sitisha (“to cause to pause”)

### References

* Johansen, Aimee (2003) “Why Kiswahili adopted the words for six, seven and nine”, in Studies in African Linguistics‎, volume 32, number 2, pages 99-104
* ↑ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 138 Nr. 1243

## Swazi
### Verb

-síta
* to help

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish cita (“appointment”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈsita/ [ˈsiː.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ita
* Syllabification: si‧ta

#### Noun

sita (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜆ)
* appointment; engagement
    Synonyms: tipanan, tagpuan
* citation (of honor or merit); public recognition
    Synonyms: sitasyon, parangal
* act of hiring the services of someone, such as a lawyer, band of musicians, etc.

##### Derived terms

* sitahin
* sumita

##### Related terms

* sitado
* sitas
* sitasyon

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish citar (“to summon”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /siˈta/ [sɪˈt̪a]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: si‧ta

#### Noun

sitá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜆ)
* act of questioning someone for a possible or suspected violation of an ordinance, law, etc.

##### Derived terms

* masita
* pagsita
* sitahin
* sumita

### Anagrams

* -ista, Atsi, atis, tisa, atsi, itsa

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsi.ta]

### Noun

sita
* a door or window crossbar

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Yoruba
### Etymology

Contraction of sí ìta (“to the outside”).

### Pronunciation

IPA: /sí.ꜜtā/

### Adverb

síta
* outside; out
    Sọ ọ́ síta ― Throw it out
    Àbíkẹ́ máa ń lọ síta ― Abike goes outside
    Irun kan ń yọ síta ― One hair is poking out

#### Usage notes

* used when movement is implied, when no movement is implied níta is used.