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Translingual

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sit

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-5language code forSino-Tibetan languages.

English

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Etymology 1

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    Proto-Indo-European*sed-
    Proto-Indo-European*-yeti
    Proto-Indo-European*sédyeti
    Proto-Germanic*sitjaną
    Proto-West Germanic*sittjan
    Old Englishsittan
    Middle Englishsitten
    Englishsit

    FromMiddle Englishsitten, fromOld Englishsittan, fromProto-West Germanic*sittjan, fromProto-Germanic*sitjaną, fromProto-Indo-European*sed-(“sit”).

    Cognates

    Cognate withWest Frisiansitte,Low Germansitten,Dutchzitten,Germansitzen,Swedishsitta,Norwegian Bokmålsitte,Norwegian Nynorsksitja; and withIrishsuigh,Latinsedeo,Russianсиде́ть(sidétʹ).

    Verb

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    sit (third-person singular simple presentsits,present participlesitting,simple pastsator(dated, poetic)sate,past participlesator(archaic, dialectal)sitten)

    Apainting of a mansitting.
    1. (intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by thebuttocks.
      • 15th c., “[The Creation]”, inWakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England,Alfred W. Pollard, editors,The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: […] Oxford University Press,1897,→OCLC,page 5, lines120–121:
        He is so fayre, withoutten les, / he semys full well tosytt on des.
        He is so fair, without any limit; his appearance shows well when he sits on the dais.
      • 1593,Michael Drayton, “The Eighth Eglog”, inIdea the Shepheards Garland, […], London: […] [T. Orwin] for Thomas Woodcocke, […],→OCLC; republished asJ[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor,Idea the Shepheards Garland,[London]:[Privately printed],1870,→OCLC,page64:
        This were as good as curds for ourJone, / When at a night weſitten by the fire.
      After a long day of walking, it was good just tosit and relax.
    2. (intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.
      I asked him tosit.
    3. (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position.
      The temple hassat atop that hill for centuries.
      Jim's pet parrotsat on his left shoulder.
    4. (intransitive, copulative) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
    5. (government) To be a member of adeliberative body.
      I currentlysit on a standards committee.
    6. (law, government) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be insession.
      In what city is the circuit courtsitting for this session?
    7. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
      • 1651,Jer[emy] Taylor,The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […],→OCLC:
        The calamitysits heavy on us.
    8. To be adjusted; to fit.
      Your new coatsits well.
    9. (intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; towork.
      How will this new contractsit with the workers?
      I don’t think it willsit well.
      The violence in these video gamessits awkwardly with their stated aim of educating children.
    10. (transitive, causative) Tocause to beseated or in asittingposture; tofurnish aseat to.
      Sit him in front of the TV and he might watch for hours.
    11. (transitive) To accommodate in seats; toseat.
      The dining room tablesits eight comfortably.
    12. (US, ambitransitive) Tobabysit.
      I'm going tosit for them on Thursday.
      I need to find someone tosit my kids on Friday evening for four hours.
      • 1980,Stephen King,The Mist:
        I saw[…] Mrs. Turman, who sometimessat Billy when Steff and I went out[…]
      • 2024 March 19, Faith Hill, “Don’t Tell America the Babysitter’s Dead”, inThe Atlantic‎[1]:
        Sitting was a “quintessentially American experience,” Yasemin Besen-Cassino, a Montclair State University sociologist and the author ofThe Cost of Being a Girl: Working Teens and the Origins of the Gender Wage Gap, told me.
    13. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
    15. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
    16. To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
      I'msitting for a painter this evening.
    17. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
    18. (obsolete, transitive) To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); toendure, toput up with.[13th–19th c.]
      • 1790,Amelia Opie, chapter 5, inDangers of Coquetry, volume I:
        Louisa, who[…] had but ill born the commencement of this conversation, couldsit it no longer, and hastily throwing up the sash, complained of the intense heat of the room.
    Conjugation
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    Conjugation ofsit
    infinitive(to)sit
    present tensepast tense
    1st-personsingularsitsat,sate (dated, poetic)
    2nd-personsingularsat,sate (dated, poetic),sattest†
    3rd-personsingularsitssat,sate (dated, poetic)
    pluralsit
    subjunctivesitsat,sate (dated, poetic)
    imperativesit—
    participlessittingsat,sitten (archaic, dialectal)
    Quotations
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    Synonyms
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    Terms derived fromsit (verb)
    Translations
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    of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
    move oneself into such a position—seesit down
    of an object: occupy a given position permanently
    to be a member of a deliberative body
    of an agreement or arrangement, to be accepted
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    Noun

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    sit (pluralsits)

    1. An act of sitting.
    2. (mining)Subsidence of theroof of acoal mine.
    3. (rare, Buddhism) Anevent, usually lasting one fullday or more, where the primarygoal is to sit inmeditation.
    Translations
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    meditation event

    Etymology 2

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    Noun

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    sit (pluralsits)

    1. (informal)Short forsituation.
      • 2012, Gail Shisler,For Country and Corps: The Life of General Oliver P. Smith:
        The increasing scope of the disaster was relayed in short, terse sentences whose brevity does not conceal the unfolding nightmare.[…] In mid-afternoon at 1600: “Sit is getting worse; need help badly,” “have considerable number of wounded that are unable to evacuate.”
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    Multiple parts of speech

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    sit

    1. (Stenoscript)Abbreviation ofsituationand related forms of that word (situational,situationally,etc.)

    Anagrams

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    Afrikaans

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    Etymology

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    Formally fromDutchzitten(“to sit”), fromFrankish*sittjan, fromProto-Germanic*sitjaną. Semantically from a merger of the former and relatedDutchzetten(“to set, put”), fromProto-Germanic*satjaną, whence alsoAfrikaansset (chiefly in compounds). Both Germanic verbs are eventually fromProto-Indo-European*sed-.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    sit (presentsit,present participlesittende,past participlegesit)

    1. (intransitive) tosit; to be in a sitting position(usually used withop,binne orin)
      Sysit en sein vir haar dogtertjie.
      Sheis sitting and gesturing to her young daughter.
    2. (intransitive) tosit; tosit down to move into a sitting position
      Sit asseblief.
      Pleasesit down.
    3. (transitive) toplace, toput
      Eksit jou sleutels op die tafel.
      Iam putting your keys on the table.
    4. (transitive) todeposit
      Ek gaan al my geld in die banksit.
      I am going todeposit all my money in the bank.

    Usage notes

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    • Sit and its derivatives are usually more commonly used thanplaas for their overlapping senses, but are sometimes considered less formal thanplaas, especially in formal writing.

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    Catalan

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    Etymology

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    Onomatopoeic

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    Noun

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    sit m (pluralsits)

    1. bunting(bird of the genusEmberiza)

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    Danish

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    Pronoun

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    sit n (commonsin,pluralsine)

    1. (reflexive possessive) third-personsg pronoun, meaninghis/her/its (own)

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    Danish personal pronouns
    NumberPersonTypeNominativeObliquePossessive
    commonneuterplural
    SingularFirst–jegmigminmitmine
    Secondmodern /informaldudigdinditdine
    formal (uncommon)DeDemDeres
    Thirdmasculine (person)hanhamhans
    feminine (person)hunhendehendes
    common (noun)dendens
    neuter (noun)detdets
    indefinitemanenens
    reflexive–sigsinsitsine
    PluralFirstmodernviosvores
    archaic /formalvorvortvore
    Second–Ijerjeres
    Third–dedemderes
    reflexive–sig

    Finnish

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    Adverb

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    sit

    1. (colloquial or dialectal)Alternative form ofsitten

    Gothic

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    Romanization

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    sit

    1. Romanization of𐍃𐌹𐍄

    Ingrian

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    Adverb

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    sit

    1. Alternative form ofsiit
      • 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking[our] own way]”, inInkeri‎[2], volume 4, number69, St. Petersburg, page12:
        Tämä on Savimäen kylä asit ono veel Hammalan kylä.
        This is the Savimäki village andthen there is also the Hammala village.

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    • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014)Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎[3],→ISBN, page35

    Karelian

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    Etymology

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    Related to Vepssid'.

    Adverb

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    sit

    1. here

    Latin

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    sit

    1. third-personsingularpresentactivesubjunctive ofsum
      • 4th century,St Jerome,Vulgate,Tobit 3:23
        Sit nomen tuum Deus Israhel benedictum in saecula. (Be thy name, O God of Israel, blessed for ever.)

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    Latvian

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    Verb

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    sit

    1. inflection ofsist:
      1. second/third-personsingularpresentindicative
      2. third-personpluralpresentindicative
      3. second-personsingularimperative
    2. (with the particlelai)third-personsingularimperative ofsist
    3. (with the particlelai)third-personpluralimperative ofsist

    Livvi

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    Etymology

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    Compare the colloquial and dialectal Finnish"sit" (the standard form of which issitten).

    Adverb

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    sit

    1. then
    2. when

    References

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    • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “sit”, in Marja Torikka, editor,Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[4], Helsinki: Kotus,→ISSN

    Anagrams

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    Middle High German

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE)/ˈs̠iːt/

    Verb

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    sīt

    1. second-personpluralpresentimperative ofsīn /wësen

    Northern Ohlone

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    Etymology

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    CompareSouthern Ohlonesit(“tooth”).

    Noun

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    sit

    1. (plural only)teeth,set ofteeth
    2. (withhimmen) atooth

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    • María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s)Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)‎[5], Unpublished

    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Verb

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    sit

    1. present ofsitja andsitta
    2. imperative ofsitja

    Old English

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    sit

    1. third-personsingularpresentindicative ofsittan

    Old Norse

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    Verb

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    sit

    1. inflection ofsitja:
      1. first-personsingularpresentactiveindicative
      2. second-personsingularpresentactiveimperative

    Polish

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    PolishWikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipediapl
    sit

    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    Inherited fromProto-Slavic*sitъ.

    Noun

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    sit m inan

    1. anyrush of the genusJuncus
    Declension
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    Declension ofsit
    singularplural
    nominativesitsity
    genitivesitusitów
    dativesitowisitom
    accusativesitsity
    instrumentalsitemsitami
    locativesiciesitach
    vocativesiciesity

    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

    Noun

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    sit n

    1. genitiveplural ofsito

    Further reading

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    • sit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
    • sit in PWN's encyclopedia

    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed fromFrenchsite orEnglishsite.

    Noun

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    sit n (pluralsituri)

    1. picturesquelandscape
    2. site of a city
    3. archeological site
    4. (Internet)website
      Synonym:site

    Declension

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    Declension ofsit
    singularplural
    indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
    nominative-accusativesitsitulsiturisiturile
    genitive-dativesitsituluisiturisiturilor
    vocativesitulesiturilor

    Serbo-Croatian

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    Etymology 1

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    Inherited fromProto-Slavic*sytъ, fromProto-Balto-Slavic*sā́ˀtas, fromProto-Indo-European*seh₂-.

    Adjective

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    sȉt (Cyrillic spellingси̏т,definitesȉtī,comparativesitiji)

    1. sated,full
      Antonyms:gladan,lačan
    Declension
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    positive indefinite forms
    singularmasculinefeminineneuter
    nominativesitsitasito
    genitivesitasitesita
    dativesitusitojsitu
    accusativeinanimate
    animate    		sit
    sita    		situsito
    vocativesitsitasito
    locativesitusitojsitu
    instrumentalsitimsitomsitim
    pluralmasculinefeminineneuter
    nominativesitisitesita
    genitivesitihsitihsitih
    dativesitim(a)sitim(a)sitim(a)
    accusativesitesitesita
    vocativesitisitesita
    locativesitim(a)sitim(a)sitim(a)
    instrumentalsitim(a)sitim(a)sitim(a)
    positive definite forms
    singularmasculinefeminineneuter
    nominativesitisitasito
    genitivesitog(a)sitesitog(a)
    dativesitom(u/e)sitojsitom(u/e)
    accusativeinanimate
    animate    		siti
    sitog(a)    		situsito
    vocativesitisitasito
    locativesitom(e/u)sitojsitom(e/u)
    instrumentalsitimsitomsitim
    pluralmasculinefeminineneuter
    nominativesitisitesita
    genitivesitihsitihsitih
    dativesitim(a)sitim(a)sitim(a)
    accusativesitesitesita
    vocativesitisitesita
    locativesitim(a)sitim(a)sitim(a)
    instrumentalsitim(a)sitim(a)sitim(a)
    comparative forms
    singularmasculinefeminineneuter
    nominativesitijisitijasitije
    genitivesitijeg(a)sitijesitijeg(a)
    dativesitijem(u)sitijojsitijem(u)
    accusativeinanimate
    animate    		sitiji
    sitijeg(a)    		sitijusitije
    vocativesitijisitijasitije
    locativesitijem(u)sitijojsitijem(u)
    instrumentalsitijimsitijomsitijim
    pluralmasculinefeminineneuter
    nominativesitijisitijesitija
    genitivesitijihsitijihsitijih
    dativesitijim(a)sitijim(a)sitijim(a)
    accusativesitijesitijesitija
    vocativesitijisitijesitija
    locativesitijim(a)sitijim(a)sitijim(a)
    instrumentalsitijim(a)sitijim(a)sitijim(a)
    superlative forms
    singularmasculinefeminineneuter
    nominativenajsitijinajsitijanajsitije
    genitivenajsitijeg(a)najsitijenajsitijeg(a)
    dativenajsitijem(u)najsitijojnajsitijem(u)
    accusativeinanimate
    animate    		najsitiji
    najsitijeg(a)    		najsitijunajsitije
    vocativenajsitijinajsitijanajsitije
    locativenajsitijem(u)najsitijojnajsitijem(u)
    instrumentalnajsitijimnajsitijomnajsitijim
    pluralmasculinefeminineneuter
    nominativenajsitijinajsitijenajsitija
    genitivenajsitijihnajsitijihnajsitijih
    dativenajsitijim(a)najsitijim(a)najsitijim(a)
    accusativenajsitijenajsitijenajsitija
    vocativenajsitijinajsitijenajsitija
    locativenajsitijim(a)najsitijim(a)najsitijim(a)
    instrumentalnajsitijim(a)najsitijim(a)najsitijim(a)

    Further reading

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    • “sit”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025

    Etymology 2

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    Inherited fromProto-Slavic*sitъ.

    Noun

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    sȋt m (Cyrillic spellingси̑т)

    1. rush (genusJuncus)

    Further reading

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    • “sit”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025

    Slovene

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    Etymology 1

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    FromProto-Slavic*sytъ.

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    Adjective

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    sȉt (comparativebȍlj sȉt,superlativenȁjbolj sȉt)

    1. sated,full

    Etymology 2

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    FromProto-Slavic*sitъ.

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

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    sȋt m inan

    1. rush (genusJuncus)

    Further reading

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    • “sit”, inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene),2014–2025

    Southern Ohlone

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    Noun

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    sit

    1. tooth

    Tok Pisin

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    Etymology

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    FromEnglishshit.

    Noun

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    sit

    1. (vulgar)faeces,shit.

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    Veps

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    Etymology

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    FromProto-Finnic*sitta, fromProto-Uralic*sitta. Cognates includeFinnishsitta.

    Noun

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    sit

    1. shit
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