kanta
CebuanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Spanish canta, from cantar (“to sing”), from Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō, frequentative of canō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: kan‧ta
NounEdit
kanta
- a song
VerbEdit
kanta
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:kanta.
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *kanta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kanta. Cognates include Estonian kand, Erzya кандо (kando), Moksha канда (kanda), Khanty ҳонт (h̦ont) and Mansi [script needed] (χānta).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kanta
- base (supporting component of a structure or object)
- lampun kanta ― base of a light bulb
- pilarin kanta ― base of a column
- lehden kanta ― base of a leaf
- heel (part of foot, used especially in compound terms)
- Synonym: kantapää
- kantaluu ― heel bone
- heel (part of a sole of a shoe, especially a low one; a high heel is usually called korko)
- olla kannoilla ― to heel
- heel (end-piece of a loaf of bread)
- head (blunt end of a fastener)
- naulan kanta ― nailhead
- tasakantaruuvi ― flathead screw
- stub (piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record)
- (lipun kanta, ticket stub)
- position, opinion, point of view, account, stance, stand (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs)
- En ota tuohon kantaa. ― I don't take a position on that.
- Olen kanssasi eri kannalla asevalvonnasta.
- I don’t agree with your stance on gun control.
- pysyä kannassaan ― to stand one's ground
- (electronics) base (controlling terminal of a transistor)
- (microbiology) strain (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
- (biology) population (collection of a particular species living in a given area)
- Suomen hirvikanta ― moose population of Finland
- (mathematics) base, radix (in a positional numeral system, the number of unique digits, including the digit zero, used to represent numbers)
- (mathematics) base (number raised to the power of an exponent)
- (geometry) base (lowest side or face)
- (linear algebra) basis
- (topology) base, basis
- (linguistics) root (word from which another word is derived)
- (linguistics, as modifier) proto- (of common ancestor, often hypothetical)
- Kaikki indoeurooppalaiset kielet polveutuvat kantaindoeuroopasta.
- All Indo-European languages are descended from Proto-Indo-European.
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of kanta (Kotus type 9/kala, nt-nn gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kanta | kannat | |
| genitive | kannan | kantojen | |
| partitive | kantaa | kantoja | |
| illative | kantaan | kantoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kanta | kannat | |
| accusative | nom. | kanta | kannat |
| gen. | kannan | ||
| genitive | kannan | kantojen kantainrare | |
| partitive | kantaa | kantoja | |
| inessive | kannassa | kannoissa | |
| elative | kannasta | kannoista | |
| illative | kantaan | kantoihin | |
| adessive | kannalla | kannoilla | |
| ablative | kannalta | kannoilta | |
| allative | kannalle | kannoille | |
| essive | kantana | kantoina | |
| translative | kannaksi | kannoiksi | |
| instructive | — | kannoin | |
| abessive | kannatta | kannoitta | |
| comitative | — | kantoineen | |
| Possessive forms of kanta (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | kantani | kantamme |
| 2nd person | kantasi | kantanne |
| 3rd person | kantansa | |
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
- (opinion): kannella (“to file a complaint, to complain”)
- (opinion): perustella (“to argue”) from perustaa (“to base”)
- (opinion): kantaja (“plaintiff”)
CompoundsEdit
- ajatuskanta
- alikanta
- asuntokanta
- autokanta
- bakteerikanta
- eläinkanta
- fanikanta
- hirvikanta
- itiökanta
- kaalinkanta
- kaksikantajärjestelmä
- kaksimetallikanta
- kalakanta
- kannanilmaisu
- kannanilmaus
- kannanmuutos
- kannanmäärittely
- kannanmääritys
- kannanotto
- kannanvaihto
- kanta-aliupseeri
- kanta-asiakas
- kanta-astuja
- kanta-asukas
- kantaesittää
- kantaesitys
- kantahenkilökunta
- kantahenkilöstö
- Kanta-Häme
- kantaindoeurooppa
- kantaisä
- kantaitiö
- kantajoukko
- kantajänne
- kantajäsen
- kantakahvila
- kantakalvo
- kantakappi
- kantakaupunki
- kantakieli
- kantakirja
- kantakulma
- kantalappu
- kantalinnoite
- kantalinnoittaa
- kantalinnoitus
- kantalippu
- kantaliuos
- kantaluku
- kantanäky
- kantaohjelmisto
- kantaosa
- kantapaikka
- kantapala
- kantapeikko
- kantapiikki
- kantapiste
- kantapää
- kantarauta
- kantaravintola
- kantasana
- kantasieni
- kantaslaavi
- kantaslaavilainen
- kantasolu
- kantasormus
- kantasuomalainen
- kantasuomi
- kantatie
- kantatila
- kantaurali
- kantavartalo
- kantavierre
- kantaväestö
- kantaäiti
- katsantokanta
- kengänkanta
- kielenkanta
- kirveenkanta
- kolmikanta
- konekanta
- korkokanta
- kultakanta
- kupukanta
- kuusikanta
- kuusiokanta
- käsityskanta
- käskykanta
- lampunkanta
- lehtikanta
- linssikantaruuvi
- lintukanta
- oksankanta
- osakekanta
- paperikanta
- pultinkanta
- puolustuskanta
- rahakanta
- rakennuskanta
- rapukanta
- ristikantaruuvi
- ruuvinkanta
- saappaankanta
- tietokanta
- tilauskanta
- uppokanta
- uppokantanaula
- viisikanta
- ympäristökanta
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
Guinea-Bissau CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese cantar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kanta.
VerbEdit
kanta
- to sing
HausaEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
kantā f (possessed form kantar̃)
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from English counter.
NounEdit
kantā̀ f (plural kantōcī, possessed form kantàr̃)
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “stone”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kanta
Further readingEdit
- “kanta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
IngrianEdit
NounEdit
kanta
KabuverdianuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese cantar.
VerbEdit
kanta
- to sing
LinduEdit
NounEdit
kanta
LudianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *kantadak.
VerbEdit
kanta
MalteseEdit
EtymologyEdit
| Root |
|---|
| k-n-t-j |
Borrowed from Sicilian cantari and/or Italian cantare, from Latin cantare.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
kanta (imperfect jkanta, past participle kantat)
ConjugationEdit
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
NovialEdit
VerbEdit
kanta (past kantad, active participle kantant, passive participle kantat)
- to sing
PaliEdit
AdjectiveEdit
kanta
PapiamentuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese cantar and Spanish cantar and Kabuverdianu kanta.
VerbEdit
kanta
- to sing
SambaliEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
kanta
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چانطه (çanta, “leather bag, small suitcase”) (Turkish çanta), from Persian چنته.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kánta f (Cyrillic spelling ка́нта)
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “kanta” in Hrvatski jezični portal
SwedishEdit
VerbEdit
kanta (present kantar, preterite kantade, supine kantat, imperative kanta)
ConjugationEdit
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | kanta | kantas | ||
| Supine | kantat | kantats | ||
| Imperative | kanta | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | kantar | kantade | kantas | kantades |
| Indicative plural1 | kanta | kantade | kantas | kantades |
| Subjunctive2 | kante | kantade | kantes | kantades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | kantande | |||
| Past participle | kantad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
TagalogEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kantá
Derived termsEdit
VoticEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
kanta (genitive kannaa, partitive [please provide])
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
ReferencesEdit
- "kanta" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat