antis

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See also: ántis

English

Noun

antis

  1. plural of anti

Anagrams

Extremaduran

Adverb

antis

  1. before

Preposition

antis

  1. before

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese antes.

Adverb

antis

  1. earlier
  2. before (at an earlier time)
  3. formerly

Lithuanian

 antis on Lithuanian Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ánˀtis, i-stem variant of Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (duck, aquatic bird).[1][2][3] Cognate with Old Prussian antis, Proto-Slavic *ǫtь, annet.

Antys

Pronunciation

Noun

ántis f (plural antys) stress pattern 1

  1. duck
Declension

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Etymology 2

Probably related to añt (on),[4] or to Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos, Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-.[5] Alternatively, related to Armenian անութ (anutʻ, armpit), via a Proto-Indo-European *h₂(V)nt-h₂-o-. Cognate with Latvian azuots (bosom).

Pronunciation

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Noun

añtis m (plural añčiai) stress pattern 2

  1. bosom
Declension

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “antis I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57
  2. ^ ántis” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 37 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  3. ^ antis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “antis II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57
  5. ^ añtis” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 36 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).

Further reading

Quechua

Etymology

From anti (east) + Classical Quechua (likely to, abundant in, in the status of). Thus, lit. "easterners".

Pronunciation

Noun

antis

  1. (historical) former ethnic group who lived in the Anti suyu.

Descendants

  • Spanish: Andes

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