kanta

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canta, from cantar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈta/,
• IPA^(key): /kanˈtaʔ/,
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

Noun

kantá or kantâ

1. a song

   Synonyms: awit, kansiyon

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈta/,
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

Noun

kantá (Badlit spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. song

   Synonym: awit

Verb

kantá (Badlit spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. to sing

   Synonym: awit

2. (slang) to fellate; to perform oral sex (on a man)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kanta.

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kanta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kanta. Cognates include Estonian kand, Erzya кандо (kando, “log, load”), Moksha канда (kanda), Northern Khanty ҳонт (ḥont) and Northern Mansi (χānta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑntɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kan‧ta

Noun

kanta

1. 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

2. heel (part of foot, used especially in compound terms)

   Synonym: kantapää

   kantaluu ― heel bone

3. 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)

4. heel (end-piece of a loaf of bread)

   Synonyms: kantapala, kannikka

5. head (blunt end of a fastener)

   naulan kanta ― nailhead

   tasakantaruuvi ― flathead screw

6. stub (piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record)

   lipun kanta ― ticket stub

7. position, opinion, point of view, account, stance, stand (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs)

   En ota tuohon kantaa. ― I don't take a position on that.

   Olen kanssasi eri kannalla asevalvonnasta.

   I don’t agree with your stance on gun control.

   pysyä kannassaan ― to stand one's ground

8. (electronics) base (controlling terminal of a transistor)
9. (microbiology) strain (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
10. (biology) population (collection of a particular species living in a given area)

    Suomen hirvikanta ― moose population of Finland

11. (mathematics) base, radix (in a positional numeral system, the number of unique digits, including the digit zero, used to represent numbers)
12. (mathematics) base (number raised to the power of an exponent)
13. (geometry) base (lowest side or face)
14. (linear algebra) basis
15. (topology) base, basis
16. (linguistics) root (word from which another word is derived)
17. (linguistics, as modifier) proto- (of common ancestor, often hypothetical)

    Kaikki indoeurooppalaiset kielet polveutuvat kantaindoeuroopasta.

    All Indo-European languages are descended from Proto-Indo-European.

Declension

Synonyms

• (opinion): näkemys, mielipide

Derived terms

Related terms

• (opinion): kannella (“to file a complaint, to complain”)
• (opinion): perustella (“to argue”)
• (opinion): kantaja (“plaintiff”)

Further reading

• “kanta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• ankat, kanat, katan, takan, tanka

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese cantar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kanta.

Verb

kanta

1. to sing

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kán.táː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

Noun

kantā f (possessed form kantar̃)

1. callus

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English counter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kán.tàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

Noun

kantā̀ f (plural kantōcī, possessed form kantàr̃)

1. counter, shelf

Ilocano

Etymology

From Spanish cantar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanta/,
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

Noun

kanta (plural kankanta, Kur-itan spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. song

Derived terms

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

kanta

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kanta (“lens”), from Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “stone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanta/
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

Noun

kanta (plural kanta-kanta, first-person possessive kantaku, second-person possessive kantamu, third-person possessive kantanya)

1. (obsolete) lens

   Synonym: lensa

Derived terms

Further reading

• “kanta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kanta. Cognates include Finnish kanta and Estonian kand.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑnt, -ɑntɑ
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

Noun

kanta

1. heel
2. 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

1. 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)

1. (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 (Latin spelling)

1. third-person singular present indicative of kantar

Lindu

Noun

kanta

1. potato

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kantadak.

Verb

kanta

1. carry

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

kanta

Wikipedia ^ms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “stone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanta/
• Rhymes: -ta, -a
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

Noun

kanta (Jawi spelling کنتا, plural kanta-kanta, informal 1st possessive kantaku, 2nd possessive kantamu, 3rd possessive kantanya)

1. lens

   Synonym: lensa

Derived terms

Further reading

• “kanta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, 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/

Verb

kanta (imperfect jkanta, past participle kantat, verbal noun kantar)

1. to sing

   Synonym: għanna

   Inkantalek. ― I sing to you.

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

• għanja

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “desired”). Doublet of kāmita.

Adjective

kanta

1. lovely
2. enjoyable
3. pleasant

Declension

Noun

kanta m

1. husband

Declension

Etymology 2

Adjective

kanta

1. past participle of kamati (only in compounds)

Etymology 3

Verb

kanta

1. imperative active second-person singular of kantati (“to cut”)

Etymology 4

Verb

kanta

1. imperative active second-person singular of kantati (“to spin”)

References

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese cantar and Spanish cantar and Kabuverdianu kanta.

Verb

kanta

1. to sing

Sambali

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canta.

Noun

kanta

1. 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)

1. can
2. pail

   kante za smeće ― garbage pail

Declension

References

• “kanta” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Verb

kanta (present kantar, preterite kantade, supine kantat, imperative kanta)

1. 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈta/,
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

kantá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. song; chant

   Synonym: awit

2. act of singing

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “kanta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kantadak, from Proto-Uralic *kanta-.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɑː/,
• Rhymes: -ɑntɑː
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

Verb

kanta

1. (transitive) to carry (along)
2. (transitive) to carry, bear
3. (transitive, usually atelic) to wear (clothing)
4. (transitive, usually atelic) to be pregnant (with), be expecting
5. (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], 2nd edition, Tallinn