kanta
التعريفات والمعاني
== Cebuano ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish canta.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈkanta/ [ˈkan̪.t̪ɐ]
Hyphenation: kan‧ta
=== Noun ===
kánta (Badlit spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)
song
Synonym: awit
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=== Verb ===
kánta (Badlit spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)
to sing
Synonym: awit
(slang) to fellate; to perform oral sex (on a man)
Synonym: tsupa
== Central Bikol ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish canta, from cantar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kanˈta/ [kan̪ˈta]
IPA(key): /kanˈtaʔ/ [kan̪ˈtaʔ]
Hyphenation: kan‧ta
=== Noun ===
kantá or kantâ (Basahan spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)
a song
Synonyms: awit, kansiyon
==== Derived terms ====
==== See also ====
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *kanta (compare Estonian kand), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kanta (compare Erzya кандо (kando, “log, load”), Moksha канда (kanda), Northern Khanty ҳонт (ḥont), Northern Mansi [script needed] (χānta)).
(position, opinion, point of view, stance): Coined by Finnish physician and translator Wolmar Schildt in the 1840s.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ɑntɑ
Syllabification(key): kan‧ta
Hyphenation(key): kan‧ta
=== Noun ===
kanta
base (supporting component of a structure or object)
lampun kanta ― base of a light bulb
pilarin kanta ― base of a column
lehden kanta ― base of a leaf
heel (rear part of the foot) (used especially in compounds)
Synonym: kantapää
kantaluu ― heel bone
heel (part of a sole of a shoe, especially a low one)
Synonym: korko (“(high) heel”)
olla kannoilla ― to heel
karistaa kannoiltaan ― to lose (cause someone to be unable to follow or pursue any longer)
stem, top (slender supporting member of a fruit, berry, etc.)
heel, crust (end-piece of a loaf of bread)
Synonyms: kantapala, kannikka
(usually in the plural) footboard (back of the runner on a sleigh, etc.)
Synonym: kannas
head (blunt end of a fastener)
naulan kanta ― nailhead
tasakantaruuvi ― flathead screw
stub, counterfoil (piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record)
lipun kanta ― ticket stub
sekin kanta ― cheque counterfoil
position, opinion, point of view, account, stance, stand (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs)
Synonyms: mielipide, näkemys
pysyä kannassaan ― to stand one's ground
En ota tuohon kantaa. ― I don't take a position on that.
(chiefly in idioms) base, origin
(chiefly as a headword in compounds) population, stock, supply
asuntokanta ― housing stock
osakekanta ― all shares issued by a company, share capital
vanhaa kantaa ― of the old stock
(in idioms) shape, condition
huonolla kannalla ― in a bad shape
(biology) population (collection of a particular species living in a given area)
Suomen hirvikanta ― moose population of Finland
(microbiology) strain (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
(electronics) base (controlling terminal of a transistor)
(mathematics) base, radix (in a positional numeral system, the number of unique digits, including the digit zero, used to represent numbers)
Synonym: kantaluku
(mathematics) base (number raised to the power of an exponent)
Synonym: kantaluku
(geometry) base (lowest side or face)
(linear algebra) basis
(topology) base, basis
(linguistics) root (word from which another word is derived)
(linguistics, as a modifier in compounds) proto- (of common ancestor, often hypothetical)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== See also ====
(opinion): kannella (“to file a complaint, to complain”), perustella (“to argue”), kantaja (“plaintiff”)
kantaa
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“kanta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
=== Anagrams ===
ankat, kanat, katan, takan, tanka
== Guinea-Bissau Creole ==
=== Etymology ===
From Portuguese cantar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kanta.
=== Verb ===
kanta
to sing
== Hanunoo ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
By surface analysis, kan + ta.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈkanta/ [ˈkɐn.ta]
Rhymes: -anta
Syllabification: kan‧ta
==== Determiner ====
kanta (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ᜴ᜦ)
our (inclusive)
Synonym: kantam
==== Pronoun ====
kanta (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ᜴ᜦ)
ours (inclusive)
Synonym: kantam
to us; of us; by us (inclusive)
Synonym: kantam
sa kanta ― to us (inclusive)
sa kanta (pag) balay ― in our (inclusive) house
kanta garamiton ― we (inclusive) are using (literally, “are used by us (inclusive).”)
===== See also =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Spanish cantar.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /kanˈta/ [kɐnˈta]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: kan‧ta
==== Noun ====
kantá (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ᜴ᜦ)
any song (other than those considered traditionally Hanunoo like ambahan or urukay)
singing
=== Further reading ===
Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 140
== Hausa ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /kán.táː/
(Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kán.táː]
==== Noun ====
kantā f (possessed form kantar̃)
callus
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from English counter.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /kán.tàː/
(Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kán.tàː]
==== Noun ====
kantā̀ f (plural kantōcī, possessed form kantàr̃)
counter, shelf
== Ilocano ==
=== Etymology ===
From Spanish cantar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈkanta/ [ˈkɐn.ta]
Hyphenation: kan‧ta
=== Noun ===
kanta (plural kankanta, Kur-itan spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)
song
==== Derived terms ====
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Malay kanta (“lens”), from Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “stone”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkanta/ [ˈkan̪.t̪a]
Rhymes: -anta
Syllabification: kan‧ta
=== Noun ===
kanta (plural kanta-kanta)
(obsolete) lens
Synonyms: kanto, lensa
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“kanta”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Ingrian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *kanta. Cognates include Finnish kanta and Estonian kand.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/, [ˈkɑnt]
(Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/, [ˈkɑnd̥ɑ]
Rhymes: -ɑnt, -ɑntɑ
Hyphenation: kan‧ta
=== Noun ===
kanta
heel
poll, butt (part of an axe or scythe)
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 130
== Kabuverdianu ==
=== Etymology ===
From Portuguese cantar.
=== Verb ===
kanta
to sing
== Karelian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *kanta. Cognates include Finnish kanta and Veps kand.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/
Hyphenation: kan‧ta
=== Noun ===
kanta (genitive kannan, partitive kantua)
(North Karelian) heel (of a shoe)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “kanta”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
== Ladino ==
=== Verb ===
kanta
third-person singular present indicative of kantar
== Lindu ==
=== Noun ===
kanta
potato
== Ludian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *kantadak.
=== Verb ===
kanta
to carry
to fawn (to exhibit affection or attempt to please)
==== Conjugation ====
=== References ===
M. Pahomov (2022), Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ[3], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN
== Malay ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “stone”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Literary Standard, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA(key): /ˈkanta/ [ˈkan̪.t̪a]
Rhymes: -anta, -ta, -a
Hyphenation: kan‧ta
=== Noun ===
kanta (Jawi spelling کنتا, plural kanta-kanta or kanta2)
lens
Synonym: lensa
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
> Indonesian: kanta (inherited)
=== Further reading ===
"kanta" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
== Maltese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Sicilian cantari and/or Italian cantare, from Latin cantare.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈkan.ta/
Rhymes: -anta
=== Verb ===
kanta (imperfect jkanta, past participle kantat, verbal noun kantar)
to sing
Synonym: għanna
Inkantalek. ― I sing to you.
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== See also ===
== Pali ==
=== Alternative forms ===
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “desired”). Doublet of kāmita.
==== Adjective ====
kanta
lovely
enjoyable
pleasant
===== Declension =====
==== Noun ====
kanta m
husband
===== Declension =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Adjective ====
kanta
past participle of kamati (only in compounds)
=== Etymology 3 ===
==== Verb ====
kanta
imperative active second-person singular of kantati (“to cut”)
=== Etymology 4 ===
==== Verb ====
kanta
imperative active second-person singular of kantati (“to spin”)
=== References ===
== Papiamentu ==
=== Etymology ===
From Portuguese cantar and Spanish cantar and Kabuverdianu kanta.
=== Verb ===
kanta
to sing
== Sambali ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish canta.
=== Noun ===
kanta
song
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چانطه (çanta, “leather bag, small suitcase”) (Turkish çanta), from Persian چنته.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kǎːnta/
Hyphenation: kan‧ta
=== Noun ===
kánta f (Cyrillic spelling ка́нта)
can
pail
kanta za smeće ― garbage pail
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
“kanta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
== Swedish ==
=== Verb ===
kanta (present kantar, preterite kantade, supine kantat, imperative kanta)
to be placed as a border, limit or rim
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
kantning
==== See also ====
vägen till helvetet kantas av goda föresatser
=== Anagrams ===
kanat, tanka
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish canta, from Latin cantāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kanˈta/ [kɐn̪ˈt̪a]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: kan‧ta
=== Noun ===
kantá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)
song; chant
Synonyms: awit, awitin
act of singing
(slang) snitching; telling of the truth to the authorities
Synonyms: sumbong, suplong
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“kanta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 72
=== Anagrams ===
katan, antak
== Votic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *kantadak, from Proto-Uralic *kanta-.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑntɑː/, [ˈkɑntɑ]
(Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑntɑː/, [ˈkɑntɑ]
(Central Votic) IPA(key): /ˈkɑntɑː/, [ˈkɑntɑː]
(Eastern Votic) IPA(key): /ˈkɑntɑːɡ/, [ˈkɑntɑːɡ̊]
Rhymes: -ɑntɑː
Hyphenation: kan‧ta
=== Verb ===
kanta
(transitive) to carry (along)
(transitive) to carry, bear
(transitive, usually atelic) to wear (clothing)
(transitive, usually atelic) to be pregnant (with), be expecting
(transitive) to litter, calve, bear, give birth to (of an animal)
==== Inflection ====
=== References ===
Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “kantaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language][4], 2nd edition, Tallinn