sinta

See also: Sinta and xinta

Galician

Verb

sinta

1. inflection of sentir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of sentir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese sentar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu sinta.

Verb

sinta

1. to sit

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese sentar.

Verb

sinta

1. to sit

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay cinta, from Sanskrit चिन्ता (cintā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪnˈtaʔ/ [sɪnˈtäʔ]

Noun

sintá

1. love (between man and woman, but also man for God, for country, etc.)

   Synonyms: pamaglugud, pangaibug

2. sweetheart; loved one; dear one; romance

   Synonyms: kaluguran, kasintan, ibug

Derived terms

• kasintan
• mikasinta
• mipagsintan
• pamagsinta
• sintan
• sintanan
• sisinta
• suminta

 

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese sentar and Spanish sentar and Kabuverdianu sinta.

Verb

sinta

1. to sit

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ĩtɐ
• Homophone: cinta
• Hyphenation: sin‧ta

Verb

sinta

1. inflection of sentir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay cinta, from Sanskrit चिन्ता (cintā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /sinˈta/ [sɪn̪ˈt̪a]
    • Rhymes: -a
  • IPA^(key): /sinˈtaʔ/ [sɪn̪ˈt̪aʔ] (colloquial)
• Syllabification: sin‧ta

Noun

sintá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. love (between man and woman, but also man for God, for country, etc.)

   Synonyms: pagmamahal, pag-ibig

2. sweetheart; loved one; dear one

   Synonyms: mahal, kasintahan

3. standing on one's hind legs (of a horse, dog, etc.)

Derived terms

• kasintahan
• magkasintahan
• magsintahan
• maninta
• pagsinta
• sintahan
• sintahin
• suminta

 

References

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 154
• Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog‎^[1] (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 51
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Further reading

• “sinta”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “sinta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• sinat, istan, satin, Tsina