Does the Pali word "sattā" mean "sentient beings"?

The new Sutta Central translations have translated the Pali word "sattā" as "sentient beings", as follows: > *And what is rebirth? Katamā ca, bhikkhave, jāti?* > > *The rebirth, inception, conception, **reincarnation**, manifestation of the aggregates, and acquisition of the sense fields of the various > **sentient beings** in the various orders of **sentient beings**.* > > *Yā tesaṃ tesaṃ **sattā**naṃ tamhi tamhi **satta**nikāye jāti sañjāti okkanti **abhinibbatti** khandhānaṃ pātubhāvo āyatanānaṃ paṭilābho.* > >*SN 12.2* What evidence is there in the Pali suttas that the word "sattā" means "sentient beings"?