nta

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See also: NTA, -nta, -ntä, and ntâ

Igbo

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

ńta

  1. small
Antonyms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ńtá

  1. hunting
Derived terms

Sotho

Noun

nta class 9/10 (plural dinta)

  1. louse

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nta.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

nta (n class, no plural)

  1. wax

Tswana

Pronunciation

Noun

nta class 9 (plural dinta)

  1. louse

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV nta
Brazilian standard nta
New Tribes nta

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *mɨta.

Pronunciation

Noun

nta (possessed ntadü)

  1. mouth

Derived terms

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “nta”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 217, 288, 391, 397: “[ënta] 'mouth' […] nta -nta -dü 'mouth' […] incha:dü - his mouth […] önta - mouth”
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “ənta”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

Yoruba

Etymology

Contraction of níta (“outside”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

ńta

  1. Alternative form of níta (“outside; out”)

Usage notes

  • used when no movement is implied, when movement is implied síta is used.
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