ganta
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish ganta, from Cebuano gantang, from Malay gantang. Doublet of gantang.
Noun edit
ganta (plural gantas)
- (Philippines, historical) A unit of volume equivalent to eight chupas.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ganta f (plural gantes)
Further reading edit
- “ganta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Verb edit
ganta
- third-person singular past historic of ganter
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-. Cognate with Latin ānser.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡan.ta/, [ˈɡän̪t̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡan.ta/, [ˈɡän̪t̪ä]
Noun edit
ganta f (genitive gantae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ganta | gantae |
| Genitive | gantae | gantārum |
| Dative | gantae | gantīs |
| Accusative | gantam | gantās |
| Ablative | gantā | gantīs |
| Vocative | ganta | gantae |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: ganta
References edit
- “ganta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ganta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Cebuano gantang, from Malay gantang.
Noun edit
ganta f (plural gantas)
- (Philippines, historical) a ganta
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “ganta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Spanish ganta, from Cebuano gantang, from Malay gantang.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ganta (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜈ᜔ᜆ)
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Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gantá (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜈ᜔ᜆ)
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Yogad edit
Noun edit
ganta
- ganta (twenty-five of which makes one kaban)