monta

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See also: Monta, montá, montà, and montă

Esperanto

Etymology

From monto (“mountain”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmonta/
  • Hyphenation: mont‧a
  • Rhymes: -onta

Adjective

monta (accusative singular montan, plural montaj, accusative plural montajn)

  1. mountainous
    La monta regio enloĝigas plurajn speciojn de sovaĝaj katoj. ― The mountainous region is home to several species of wildcats.

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmontɑ/,
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ontɑ
  • Syllabification(key): mon‧ta

Pronoun

monta

  1. partitive singular of moni
    monta kertaa ― many times

Determiner

monta

  1. many

Usage notes

Used as if it were nominative in which case it can replace what would be a numeral in nominative form.

Näin kaksi lintua.
I saw two birds.
Näin monta lintua.
I saw many birds.

*Näin moni lintua would be ungrammatical.

Inflection

Same as moni, but with nominative as monta; partitive may also be montaa.

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

monta

  1. third-person singular past historic of monter

Galician

Verb

monta

  1. inflection of montar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

monta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative montaði, supine montað)

  1. (intransitive) to boast, brag, vaunt
    Synonyms: grobba, gorta, raupa, skruma

Conjugation

monta — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að monta
supine
(sagnbót) 		montað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		montandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég monta við montum present
(nútíð) 		ég monti við montum
þú montar þið montið þú montir þið montið
hann, hún, það montar þeir, þær, þau monta hann, hún, það monti þeir, þær, þau monti
past
(þátíð) 		ég montaði við montuðum past
(þátíð) 		ég montaði við montuðum
þú montaðir þið montuðuð þú montaðir þið montuðuð
hann, hún, það montaði þeir, þær, þau montuðu hann, hún, það montaði þeir, þær, þau montuðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		monta (þú) montið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
montaðu montiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
montast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að montast
supine
(sagnbót) 		montast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		montandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég montast við montumst present
(nútíð) 		ég montist við montumst
þú montast þið montist þú montist þið montist
hann, hún, það montast þeir, þær, þau montast hann, hún, það montist þeir, þær, þau montist
past
(þátíð) 		ég montaðist við montuðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég montaðist við montuðumst
þú montaðist þið montuðust þú montaðist þið montuðust
hann, hún, það montaðist þeir, þær, þau montuðust hann, hún, það montaðist þeir, þær, þau montuðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		montast (þú) montist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
montastu montisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Related terms

  • mont (“boasting, bragging”)
  • montinn (“boastful; conceited”)

Ingrian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Determiner

monta (+ partitive)

  1. how many?
  2. so many, God knows how many

Synonyms

Determiner

monta

  1. partitive singular of moni

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 314

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmon.ta/
  • Rhymes: -onta
  • Hyphenation: món‧ta

Etymology 1

Noun

monta f (plural monte)

  1. covering, leap (of animals)
    stazione di monta ― breeding farm; stud farm
  2. riding, mount
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

monta

  1. inflection of montare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Portuguese

Verb

monta

  1. inflection of montar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French monter.

Verb

a monta (third-person singular present montează, past participle montat) 1st conj.

  1. to assemble, to put together

Conjugation

    conjugation of monta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a monta
gerund montând
past participle montat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present montez montezi montează montăm montați montează
imperfect montam montai monta montam montați montau
simple perfect montai montași montă montarăm montarăți montară
pluperfect montasem montaseși montase montaserăm montaserăți montaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să montez să montezi să monteze să montăm să montați să monteze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative montează montați
negative nu monta nu montați

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmonta/
  • Rhymes: -onta
  • Syllabification: mon‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from montar.

Noun

monta f (plural montas)

  1. riding
  2. mounting
  3. total, sum total
  4. importance
    de poca monta ― small-time
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

monta

  1. inflection of montar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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