tantu

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See also: tāntú, tántǔ, tǎntú, and ta²ntu⁴

Asturian

Adjective

tantu m sg (feminine singular tanta, neuter singular tanto, masculine plural tantos, feminine plural tantes)

  1. as much; as many
  2. so much; so many

Noun

tantu m (plural tantos)

  1. certain amount
  2. (sports) goal

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tanto, from Latin tantus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtantu/
  • Rhymes: -antu
  • Syllabification: tan‧tu

Determiner

tantu m sg (feminine tanta, masculine plural tantus, feminine plural tantas)

  1. so much, so many

Pronoun

tantu m sg (feminine tanta, masculine plural tantus, feminine plural tantas)

  1. so much, so many

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Javanese

Romanization

tantu

  1. Romanization of ꦠꦤ꧀ꦠꦸ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्तु (tantu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tan.tu/
  • Rhymes: -tu
  • Hyphenation: tan‧tu

Noun

tantu

  1. cord, thread
  2. cause of continuity
  3. continuous existence
  4. thread of a story
  5. fixed order, establishment of the world order
  6. established holy place

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦠꦤ꧀ꦠꦸ (tantu) (inherited)
  • >? Malay: tentu
    • > Indonesian: tentu (inherited)

Further reading

  • "tantu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तन्तु (tantu). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀢𑀁𑀢𑀼 (taṃtu).

Noun

tantu m

  1. thread, cord, string, wire

Declension

Declension table of "tantu" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)tantutantavo or tantū
Accusative (second)tantuṃtantavo or tantū
Instrumental (third)tantunātantūhi or tantūbhi
Dative (fourth)tantussa or tantunotantūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)tantusmā or tantumhātantūhi or tantūbhi
Genitive (sixth)tantussa or tantunotantūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)tantusmiṃ or tantumhitantūsu
Vocative (calling)tantutantave or tantavo

References

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “tantu”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 296
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tantu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 322

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese tanto and Spanish tanto.

Adjective

tantu

  1. whole, all of
  2. complete, entire

Adverb

tantu

  1. completely, entirely
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