Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

A Germanic borrowing, cf. German Kanne, parallel to Serbo-Croatian kanta and Slovenian kanta.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

канта (kantaf (diminutive кантичка or кантиче)

  1. bin, bucket
  2. (colloquial) banger (old, dilapidated car)

Declension edit

Verb edit

канта (kanta) third-singular presentimpf (perfective сканта)

  1. (transitive, nonstandard) to bang, wreck, damage through hitting or a collision

Conjugation edit

Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ка́нта (kántam inan

  1. genitive singular of кант (kant)

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چانطه (çanta, leather bag, small suitcase) (Turkish çanta), from Persian چنته.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kǎːnta/
  • Hyphenation: кан‧та

Noun edit

ка́нта f (Latin spelling kánta)

  1. can
  2. pail

Declension edit