sta

Noun

sta (plural stas)

1. Abbreviation of station.

Anagrams

• -ast, AST, ATS, S. A. T., S.A.T., SAT, Sat, Sat., T.A.s, TA's, TAS, TAs, TSA, Tas, Tas., as't, ast, at's, ats, sat, sat., tas

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aː

Verb

sta

1. first-person singular present indicative of staan
2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of staan
3. imperative of staan

Anagrams

• tas

Alternative forms

• stà (misspelling)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a

Verb

sta

1. third-person singular present indicative of stare
2. second-person singular imperative of stare

See also

Verb

stā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of stō

References

• sta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Etymology

From Old Norse staðr, related to stå

Adjective

sta (neuter singular sta, definite singular and plural sta or stae, comparative staere, indefinite superlative staest, definite superlative staeste)

1. stubborn

References

• “sta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse staðr, related to stå

Adjective

sta (neuter singular sta, definite singular and plural sta or stae, comparative staare, indefinite superlative staast, definite superlative staaste)

1. stubborn

References

• “sta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Feminine form of stè. From Latin ista, feminine of iste.

Pronoun

sta f

1. this

Etymology

From Latin stāre, present active infinitive of stō, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Verb

a sta (third-person singular present stă, past participle stat) 1st conj.

1. to stay

   Stai acolo.

   Stay there.

2. to stand
3. to sit

   Vreau să stau jos.

   I want to sit down.

4. to remain
5. to live (somewhere), inhabit, reside

   Ea stă în București.

   She lives/stays in Bucharest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃta]

Adjective

sta f (m. stu, plural sti)

1. Contraction of chista; this
   • 1874, Lionardo Vigo, Raccolta amplissima di canti popolari siciliani, page 443:

     [...] / E tu, curreri, ca vai d'ogni parti, / Te' cca sta littra, a la mè 'manti porti, / Cci dici ca non pozzu stari sparti, / La spartenza è cchiù brutta di la morti.

     [...] / And you, courier, who goes to and fro, / Take this letter, to my lover bring it, / Tell her that I can [no longer] remain separated, / Separation is worse than death.

See also

• chista

Verb

sta

1. second-person dual present tense form of biti.
2. third-person dual present tense form of biti.

Etymology

English star.

Noun

sta

1. star (celestial body)
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:15 (translation here):

     God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.