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From the Chinese surname, from Cantonese 薛 (sit3).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti Proto-Germanic *sitjaną Proto-West Germanic *sittjan Old English sittan Middle English sitten English sit From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian sitte, Low German sitten, Dutch zitten, German sitzen, Swedish sitta, Norwegian Bokmål sitte, Norwegian Nynorsk sitja, Danish sidde, Faroese sita, Icelandic sitja; and with Irish suigh, Latin sedeo, Russian сиде́ть (sidétʹ).

227 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: istunto — meditation event
• Acehnese: duek — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Afrikaans: sit — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Albanian: ulem — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Northern Altai: отырарга (otïrarga) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Southern Altai: отурар (oturar) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Arabic: جَلَسَ (jalasa) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Arabic: جلس (jalas) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Arabic: قعد (gaʕad) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Arabic: قعد (ʔaʕad) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Aramaic: ܝܬܒ (ʼitev) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Armenian: նստել (nstel) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Aromanian: shed — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Assamese: বহ (boh) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Asturian: sentar — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Azerbaijani: oturmaq — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Azerbaijani: əyləşmək — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Bashkir: ултырыу (ultırıw) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Basque: eseri — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Belarusian: сядзе́ць (sjadzjécʹ) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Bengali: বসা (bośa) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Bhojpuri: बईठल (baīṭhal) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Bhojpuri: बैसल (baisal) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Biatah Bidayuh: guru — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Central Bikol: tukaw — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Bulgarian: седя́ (sedjá) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Burmese: ထိုင် (htuing) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Buryat: һууха (huuxa) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Catalan: seure — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Cebuano: linkod — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Eastern Cham: dauk — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Cherokee: ᎤᏬᏝ (uwotla) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Chinese Cantonese: 坐 (co5) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Chinese: зуә (zuə) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Eastern Min Chinese: 坐 (soi) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Chinese: 坐 (chē / chěr) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Chinese Mandarin: 坐 (zuò) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Czech: sedět — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Danish: sidde — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Dolgan: олор — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Dutch: zitten — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Esperanto: sidi — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Estonian: istuma — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Even: тэгэттэй (təgəttəj) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Evenki: тэгэми (təgəmi) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Faroese: sita — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Fataluku: mire — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Finnish: istua — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• French: être assis — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• French: être assise — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• French: s'asseoir — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• West-Frisian: sitte — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Galician: sentar — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Ge'ez: ነበረ (näbärä) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Georgian: ჯდომა (ǯdoma) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• German: sitzen — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• German: hocke — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (sitan) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Greek: κάθομαι (káthomai) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Ancient Greek: ἕζομαι (hézomai) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Ancient Greek: κάθημαι (káthēmai) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Gujarati: બેસવું (besvũ) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Haitian Creole: chita — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Hawaiian: noho — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Hebrew: יָשַׁב (yasháv) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Higaonon: pino-o — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Hindi: बैठना (baiṭhnā) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Hindi: बैठा होना (baiṭhā honā) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Hungarian: ül — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Icelandic: sitja — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Ido: sidar — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Ilocano: agtugaw — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Indonesian: duduk — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Ingrian: istua — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Interlingua: seder — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Interlingua: esser sedite — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Irish: suigh — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Italian: sedere — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Italian: essere seduto — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Italian: sedersi — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Japanese: 座る (suwaru) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Japanese: 腰掛ける (koshikakeru) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Javanese: lungguh — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Old Javanese: lungguh — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Kaitag: кабирга́ра (kabirgára) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Kalmyk: суух (suux) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Kannada: ಕುಳಿತುಕೊ (kuḷituko) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Kashubian: sedzec — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Kazakh: отыру (otyru) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Khmer: អង្គុយ (ʼɑɑʼɑngkuy) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Komi: пукавны (pukavny) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Korean: 앉다 (anda) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Kumyk: олтурмакъ (olturmaq) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Northern Kurdish: rûniştin — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Kyrgyz: отуруу (oturuu) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Kyrgyz: олтуруу (olturuu) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Lao: ນັ່ງ (nang) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Latgalian: sēdēt — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Latin: sedeō — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Latvian: sēdēt — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Lithuanian: sėdėti — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Low German: sitten — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Luxembourgish: sëtzen — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Macedonian: седи (sedi) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Makasae: mii — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Malay: duduk — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Maltese: qagħad — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Manchu: ᡨᡝᠮᠪᡳ (tembi) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: pinu'u — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Māori: noho — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Marathi: बसणे (basṇe) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Mazanderani: هنیشتن (hëništen) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Central Sierra Miwok: húŋ·e- — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Mongolian: суух (suux) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Khiamniungan Naga: mòknòi — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Nanai: тэси- (tesi-) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Navajo: sédá — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Ngarrindjeri: lewun — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Norwegian: sitte — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Nǀuu: sûi — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Nǀuu: soo — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Occitan: sèire — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Odia: ବସିବା (basibā) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Church Slavic: сѣдѣти (sěděti) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Old English: sittan — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Old Turkic: 𐰆𐰞𐰺 (olur-) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Oromo: taa'uu — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Ossetian: бадын (badyn) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Pannonian Rusyn: шедзиц (šedzic) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Papiamentu: sinta — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Persian: نشستن (nešastan) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Polish: siedzieć — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Portuguese: estar sentado — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Punjabi: ਬੈਠਣਾ (baiṭhṇā) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Quechua: samay — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Quechua: tiyay — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Quechua: chukuy — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Rapa Nui: noho — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Romani: beśel — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Romanian: ședea — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Romanian: așeza — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Romansh: seser — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Romansh: esser tschentà — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Russian: сиде́ть (sidétʹ) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Inari-Sami: čokkáđ — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Skolt-Sami: išttâd — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Samoan: nofo — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Sanskrit: सीदति (sīdati) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Serbo-Croatian: седети — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Serbo-Croatian: сједјети — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Serbo-Croatian: сједити — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Serbo-Croatian: sedeti — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Serbo-Croatian: sjedjeti — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Serbo-Croatian: sjediti — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Sinhalese: වාඩිවෙනවා (wāḍiwenawā) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Slovak: sedieť — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Slovene: sedeti — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Lower Sorbian: sejźeś — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Upper Sorbian: sedźeć — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Spanish: sentarse — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Spanish: estar sentado — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Spanish: seer — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Sundanese: calik — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Swahili: kukaa — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Swedish: sitta — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Sylheti: ꠛꠃꠣ (boua) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Tagalog: umupo — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Tajik: нишастан (nišastan) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Talysh: nışte — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Tamil: உட்கார் (uṭkār) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Tamil: அமர் (amar) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Tatar: утырырга (utırırğa) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Telugu: కూర్చొను (kūrconu) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Ternate: tego — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Tetum: tuur — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Thai: นั่ง (nâng) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Tooro: -ikarra — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Turkish: oturmak — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Ottoman Turkish: اوتورمق (oturmak) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Turkmen: oturmak — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Udmurt: пукыны (pukyny) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎘𐎁 (yṯb) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Ukrainian: сиді́ти (sydíty) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Ukrainian: поси́діти (posýdity) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Urdu: بیٹھنا (baiṭhnā) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Urdu: بیٹھا ہونا (baiṭhā honā) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Uzbek: oʻtirmoq — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Vietnamese: ngồi — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Waray-Waray: lingkod — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Welsh: eistedd — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Yaghnobi: нидак (nidak) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Yakut: олор (olor) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Yiddish: זיצן (zitsn) — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Zazaki: niştiş — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Zealandic: zitte — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• ǃXóõ: tshûu — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• ǃXóõ: ǃʻáã — of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
• Armenian: նստել (nstel) — of an object: occupy a given position permanently
• Basque: eseri — of an object: occupy a given position permanently
• Estonian: püsima — of an object: occupy a given position permanently
• Finnish: seistä — of an object: occupy a given position permanently
• Finnish: olla — of an object: occupy a given position permanently
• Finnish: maata — of an object: occupy a given position permanently
• German: liegen — of an object: occupy a given position permanently
• Hindi: स्थित (sthit) — of an object: occupy a given position permanently
• Japanese: ある (aru) — of an object: occupy a given position permanently
• Norwegian: sitte — of an object: occupy a given position permanently
• Norwegian Bokmål: ligge — of an object: occupy a given position permanently
• Russian: сиде́ть (sidétʹ) — of an object: occupy a given position permanently
• Spanish: asentarse — of an object: occupy a given position permanently
• Swedish: sitta — of an object: occupy a given position permanently
• Swedish: ligga — of an object: occupy a given position permanently
• Chinese Mandarin: 出任 (chūrèn) — to be a member of a deliberative body
• Finnish: istua — to be a member of a deliberative body
• French: siéger — to be a member of a deliberative body
• German: sitzen — to be a member of a deliberative body
• German: angehören — to be a member of a deliberative body
• Irish: suigh — to be a member of a deliberative body
• Japanese: いる (iru) — to be a member of a deliberative body
• Russian: заседать (zasedatʹ) — to be a member of a deliberative body
• Spanish: pertenecer — to be a member of a deliberative body
• Swedish: sitta — to be a member of a deliberative body
• Finnish: sopia — of an agreement or arrangement, to be accepted
• Japanese: 受け入れる (uke-ireru) — of an agreement or arrangement, to be accepted
• Spanish: encajar — of an agreement or arrangement, to be accepted
• Swedish: välkomnas — of an agreement or arrangement, to be accepted
• Esperanto: pozi — pose for artistic representation