situ

See also: Situ and šitų

English

Noun

situ

  1. Only used in in situ.
  2. (rare) Only used in ex situ.
  3. (very informal) Clipping of situation.
    • 2005, David Blacker, A Cause Untrue, Perera-Hussein Publishing House, page 400:
      “Shit.” Jayavickrama pinched the bridge of his nose, squeezing his eyes shut. “What’s the situ there?”

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay situ

Adverb

situ

  1. there
    Synonym: situ

Pronoun

situ

  1. (colloquial) he, she
    Synonym: dia

Etymology 2

Noun

situ (plural situ-situ)

  1. permission letter of doing business

Etymology 3

Noun

situ (plural situ-situ)

  1. lake

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

sitū

  1. masculine ablative singular of situs

Latvian

Verb

situ

  1. first-person singular present/past indicative of sist

Limos Kalinga

Adverb

sitú

  1. here

Malay

Adverb

situ (Jawi spelling سيتو)

  1. there (not very far from speaker)

Synonyms

  • sie (Sambas)
  • sana (there (very far))

Antonyms

Old High German

Etymology

Cognate with Old Norse siðr (whence Faroese siður, Danish sæd) and Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (sidus), from Proto-West Germanic *sidu.

Noun

situ m

  1. custom
  2. habit

Descendants

  • German: Sitte

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɕi.tu/
  • Rhymes: -itu
  • Syllabification: si‧tu

Noun

situ m inan

  1. genitive singular of sit

Noun

situ n

  1. dative singular of sito

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

situ (Cyrillic spelling ситу)

  1. inflection of sit:
    1. indefinite masculine/neuter dative/locative singular
    2. feminine accusative singular

Noun

situ (Cyrillic spelling ситу)

  1. dative/locative singular of sito

Sundanese

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit सेतु (setu, bridge; dam; causeway) via Old Sundanese or Old Javanese. Compare Old Javanese setu (bridge; dam).

Noun

situ (Sundanese script ᮞᮤᮒᮥ)

  1. lake (large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water)
    Synonym: talaga

Derived terms

  • situ hiang

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈs̪i.t̪u/

Conjunction

situ

  1. until

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics