Unknown, perhaps pre-Roman.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)[ˈsi.d͡ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)[ˈsi.d͡ʒa]

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sitja f (pluralsitges)

1. (archaic) deephole in the ground
2. (archaic)dungeon

   Synonym:masmorra

3. (historical) undergroundsilo, particularly one used for storinggrain
4. (by extension, agriculture)silo(vertical building for storing grain)
5. charcoalpile(pile of wood burned to make charcoal)

   Synonyms:carbonera,pila de carbó

• ensitjar

• “sitja”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sitja”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025
• “sitja” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sitja” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

FromOld Norsesitja, fromProto-Germanic*sitjaną, fromProto-Indo-European*sed-(“sit”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːt͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes:-iːt͡ʃa

sitja (third person singular past indicativesat,third person plural past indicativesótu,supinesitið)

1. (intransitive, archaic) tosit

FromOld Norsesitja, fromProto-Germanic*sitjaną, fromProto-Indo-European*sed-(“sit”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪːtja/
  • Rhymes:-ɪːtja

sitja (strong verb,third-person singular past indicativesat,third-person plural past indicativesátu,supinesetið)

1. (intransitive) tosit
2. (intransitive) toride
   • Revelation 6-11 (English andIcelandic)

     Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honumsat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.

     I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Itsrider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

• sitje,sitta,sitte

FromOld Norsesitja, fromProto-Germanic*sitjaną, fromProto-Indo-European*sed-(“sit”). Akin toEnglishsit.

• IPA^(key): /²sɪːça/,/²sɪçːa/,/²sɪːtja/

sitja (present tensesit,past tensesat,past participlesete,passive infinitivesitjast,present participlesitjande,imperativesit)

1. sit

   Sit du godt?

   Are yousitting comfortably?

• “sitja” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

FromProto-Germanic*sitjaną, akin toOld Englishsittan,Old Saxonsittian,Old Frisiansitta,Old High Germansizzen,Gothic𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽(sitan). Ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*sed-(“sit”).

sitja (singular past indicativesat,plural past indicativesátu,past participlesetinn)

1. (intransitive) tosit
2. (intransitive) tostay,remain

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “sitja”, inA Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at theInternet Archive

FromProto-Bantu*mbɪ̀gá, with an unexpected tone change and moved to class 7.

sítja class7 (pluraltítja class8)

1. dish

This noun needs aninflection-table template.

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