santa

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sanˈta/,
• Hyphenation: san‧ta

Noun

santá f (plural sánot m)

1. bag, sack

Declension

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “santa”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Asturian

Noun

santa f (plural santes)

1. saint (woman proclaimed as saint)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Adjective

santa

1. feminine singular of sant

Noun

santa f (plural santes)

1. female equivalent of sant

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Norse (compare Old Norse sandr, Swedish sand).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑntɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑntɑ
• Syllabification^(key): san‧ta

Noun

santa

1. sand (usually slightly wet sand)

   Synonym: hiekka

   • unknown, unknown, “Oi kallis kotimaa”, in "Sotilaspoika", editor, Suomen sotilaan lauluja, 4th edition, Porvoo: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, published 1933:

     Poikia on haudattu Balkanin santaan
     Toiselle puolelle Tonavan.

     (Our) boys have been buried in Balkan sand
     on the other side of the Danube

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “santa”, 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 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• ansat, nasta, natsa, sanat, tasan

Galician

Adjective

santa

1. feminine singular of santo

Noun

santa f (plural santas)

1. female equivalent of santo

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto sankta, English saint, French saint, German Sankt, Italian santo, Spanish santo..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsanta/

Adjective

santa

1. holy

Derived terms

• santeso

Indonesian

Etymology

From Portuguese santa (“female saint”), from Old Galician-Portuguese santa, from Latin sānctus, perfect passive participle of sanciō (“consecrate, appoint as sacred”), from Proto-Indo-European *sān- (“healthy, happy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: san‧ta

Noun

santa (first-person possessive santaku, second-person possessive santamu, third-person possessive santanya)

1. saint (female)

Related terms

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsan.ta/
• Rhymes: -anta
• Hyphenation: sàn‧ta

Adjective

santa f sg

1. feminine singular of santo (“holy”)

Noun

santa f (plural sante)

1. saint
2. Saint (before a name of a saint or in place names, as Santa )

Anagrams

• Nasta, Satàn, stana, tansa

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese santo.

Adjective

santa

1. holy

Noun

santa

1. saint

Ladin

Adjective

santa

1. feminine singular of sant

Neapolitan

Adjective

santa f sg

1. feminine singular of santo

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit सन्त् (sant).

Adjective

santa

1. present active participle of atthi (“to be”)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎, page 6; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     या च पन सक्कतगन्थेसु समञ्ञा घोसाति वाघोसाति वा ता पयोगे सति एत्थापि पयुज्जते

     Yā ca pana sakkataganthesu samaññā ghosāti vāghosāti vā tā payoge sati etthāpi payujjate.

     And moreover that designation either 'voiced' or 'unvoiced' which is in Sanskrit texts is applied even here when there is occasion.

2. true
3. good

Usage notes

In the locative absolute, the locative singular form is sati irrespective of gender.

Declension

Etymology 2

Adjective

santa

1. past participle of sammati (“to be calmed; to dwell”)
2. calmed
3. tranquil

Declension

Etymology 3

Adjective

santa

1. past participle of sammati (“to be tired”)
2. tired, exhausted

Declension

References

• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 461.
• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “sant”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “santa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
• Hyphenation: san‧ta

Noun

santa f (plural santas)

1. saintess; female equivalent of santo
2. (figuratively, often ironically) a good or kind woman

Adjective

santa

1. feminine singular of santo

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sȃnta f (Cyrillic spelling са̑нта)

1. iceberg

Sicilian

Noun

santa f (plural santi)

1. female equivalent of santu

Spanish

Alternative forms

• sancta (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sancta, from Latin sānctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsanta/

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• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: san‧ta

Noun

santa f (plural santas)

1. saintess; female equivalent of santo

Adjective

santa

1. feminine singular of santo

Related terms

Further reading

• “santo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese santa or less probably Spanish santa.

Adjective

santa

1. holy

Derived terms

• Santa Yeye

Noun

santa

1. saint

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish santa, feminine of santo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsanta/,
• Hyphenation: san‧ta

Adjective

santa (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. feminine of santo: referring to an important figure, item, or event which had a feminine gender in Spanish: holy; sacred (used in certain expressions)

   Synonym: banal

Related terms

Related terms

• santisimo
• santisima
• San

Noun

santa (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. feminine of santo: female saint
2. feminine of santo: image or statue of a female saint

Further reading

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