kunta

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kunta, from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰʊn̥ta/
• Rhymes: -ʊn̥ta

Noun

kunta f (genitive singular kuntu, plural kuntur)

1. (vulgar) cunt

   Synonyms: kvennskøp, (vulgar) fisa

Declension

Finnish

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kunta

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kunta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kunta. Cognates include Estonian -kond, Livonian -gõnd (kōzgõnd), Votic kuntõ, Erzya кондямо (konďamo), Moksha кондя (konďa), Northern Mansi (χōnt) and Hungarian had.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuntɑ/,
• Rhymes: -untɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kun‧ta

Noun

kunta

1. municipality (incorporated town or village)

   maaseutukunta ― rural municipality

   Kuusamon kunta ― municipality of Kuusamo

2. (in compounds) used to form nouns that refer to administrative or functional regions

   ‎hiippa (“mitre”) + ‎kunta → ‎hiippakunta (“diocese”)

   ‎kihla- + ‎kunta → ‎kihlakunta (“hundred (administrative division)”)

   ‎kalastus (“fishing”) + ‎kunta → ‎kalastuskunta (“fishery board”)

   ‎kuningas (“king”) + ‎kunta → ‎kuningaskunta (“kingdom”)

   ‎maa (“land”) + ‎kunta → ‎maakunta (“province”)

   ‎seura (“company, companionship”) + ‎kunta → ‎seurakunta (“parish”)

3. (in compounds) used to form nouns that refer to multimember bodies, organizations etc.

   ‎edustaa (“to represent”) + ‎kunta → ‎eduskunta (“parliament”)

   ‎johto (“management”) + ‎kunta → ‎johtokunta (“board of directors”)

   ‎palo (“fire”) + ‎kunta → ‎palokunta (“fire brigade”)

   ‎veli (“brother”) + ‎kunta → ‎veljeskunta (“fraternity”)

4. (in compounds) used to form nouns that refer to large groups of creatures or things as a whole

   ‎aurinko (“sun”) + ‎kunta → ‎aurinkokunta (“solar system”)

   ‎henkilö (“person”) + ‎kunta → ‎henkilökunta (“staff”)

   ‎ihminen (“human”) + ‎kunta → ‎ihmiskunta (“humankind”)

   ‎kansa (“people”) + ‎kunta → ‎kansakunta (“nation”)

   ‎kivi (“stone”) + ‎kunta → ‎kivikunta (“mineral kingdom”)

   ‎äänestäjä (“voter”) + ‎kunta → ‎äänestäjäkunta (“electorate”)

5. (in compounds) used with certain numerals to represent an approximate amount

   ‎kymmenen (“ten”) + ‎kunta → ‎kymmenkunta (“about ten”)

   ‎sata (“a hundred”) + ‎kunta → ‎satakunta (“about a hundred”)

   ‎tuhat (“a thousand”) + ‎kunta → ‎tuhatkunta (“about a thousand”)

6. (taxonomy) kingdom

   eläinkunta ― animal kingdom

7. (mathematics, set theory) field

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “kunta”, 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

• nakut, nukat, takun, tukan, tunka

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kunta, from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ, cognate with English cunt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰʏn̥ta/
• Rhymes: -ʏn̥ta

Noun

kunta f (genitive singular kuntu, nominative plural kuntur)

1. (vulgar) cunt

Declension

Javanese

Romanization

kunta

1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦤ꧀ꦠ

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ, whence also Middle English cunte (English cunt), Middle Low German kunte (all meaning “cunt”), Dutch kont (“arse”).

Noun

kunta f (genitive kuntu, plural kuntur)

1. cunt

Declension

Descendants

Wanyi

Etymology

Related to Garawa kunda (“tree”).

Noun

kunta

1. tree

References

• Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)