kelta

From kelto (“Celt”) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

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• Rhymes: -elta
• Hyphenation: kel‧ta

kelta (accusative singular keltan, plural keltaj, accusative plural keltajn)

1. Celtic

From Proto-Finnic *këlta, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *gilˀtos (compare Lithuanian geltas). May be a distant doublet of kulta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeltɑ/,
• Rhymes: -eltɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): kel‧ta

kelta

1. yellow

   Synonym: keltainen (most common term)

Now primarily used in compounds rather than as an independent word.

• “kelta”, 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

• Tekla, kelat, lekat, letka

From Latin Celtae.^[1]

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: kel‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

kelta (not comparable)

1. Celtic

kelta (plural kelták)

1. Celtic

• kelta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰɛl̥ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛl̥ta

kelta f (genitive singular keltu, nominative plural keltur)

1. (anatomy) lap

   Synonym: kjalta

From Proto-Finnic *këlta. Cognates include Finnish kelta and Estonian kold.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkeltɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkeltɑ/,
• Rhymes: -elt, -eltɑ
• Hyphenation: kel‧ta

kelta

1. (in compounds) yellow

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 151