kantaja

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *kantaja. Equivalent to kantaa (“to bear, carry; to levy, cess (taxes); (law) to bring”) +‎ -ja. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑntɑjɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝jɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑntɑjɑ Syllabification(key): kan‧ta‧ja Hyphenation(key): kan‧ta‧ja === Noun === kantaja bearer, carrier (person who bears or carries something) porter, bellhop, skycap (law) plaintiff, complainant, claimant (initiator of an action in court) Antonym: vastaaja ellipsis of postinkantaja (“postman, mailman, letter carrier”) ellipsis of arkunkantaja (“pallbearer”) (historical) ellipsis of veronkantaja (“tax collector”) (epidemiology) ellipsis of taudinkantaja (“vector, carrier”) (genetics) host (organism bearing certain genetic material) (mathematics) support (the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set; also the support of a measure) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “kantaja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (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 === jankata, katajan == Ingrian == === Etymology === From kantaa (“to carry”) +‎ -ja. Akin to Finnish kantaja. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑntɑjɑ/, [ˈkɑntəi̯] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑntɑjɑ/, [ˈkɑntɑjɑ] Rhymes: -ɑntɑi̯, -ɑntɑjɑ Hyphenation: kan‧ta‧ja === Noun === kantaja carrier (one who carries) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ====