kanta
Bikol Central edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish canta, from cantar.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kantá or kantâ
Derived terms edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kantá (Badlit spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)
Verb edit
kantá (Badlit spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:kanta.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *kanta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kanta. Cognates include Estonian kand, Erzya кандо (kando, “log, load”), Moksha канда (kanda), Northern Khanty ҳонт (ḥont) and Northern Mansi [script needed] (χānta).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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)
- 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.
Declension edit
Inflection of kanta (Kotus type 9*J/kala, nt-nn gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | kannatta | kannoitta | ||
instructive | — | kannoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- ajatuskanta
- alikanta
- asuntokanta
- autokanta
- bakteerikanta
- eläinkanta
- fanikanta
- hirvikanta
- hyökkäyskannalla
- hyökkäyskannalta
- itiökanta
- kaalinkanta
- kaksikantajärjestelmä
- kaksimetallikanta
- kalakanta
- kannanhoito
- kannanilmaisu
- kannanilmaus
- kannanmuutos
- kannanmäärittely
- kannanmääritys
- kannanotto
- kannanvaihto
- kanta-aliupseeri
- kanta-asiakas
- kanta-astuja
- kanta-asukas
- kantabaltoslaavi
- kantabaltti
- kantaesittää
- kantaesitys
- kantagermaani
- kantahenkilökunta
- kantahenkilöstö
- Kanta-Häme
- kantaindoeurooppa
- kantaisä
- kantaitiö
- kantajoukko
- kantajänne
- kantajäsen
- kantakahvila
- kantakalvo
- kantakappi
- kantakaupunki
- kantakieli
- kantakiinteistö
- kantakirja
- kantakulma
- kantalappu
- kantalenkkiside
- kantalihas
- kantalinnoite
- kantalinnoittaa
- kantalinnoitus
- kantalippu
- kantaliuos
- kantaluku
- kantamuoto
- kantanäky
- kantaohjelmisto
- kantaosa
- kantapaikka
- kantapala
- kantapeikko
- kantapiikki
- kantapiste
- kantapohja
- kantapää
- kantapöytä
- kantarauta
- kantaravintola
- kantasaame
- kantasana
- kantaside
- kantasieni
- kantaslaavi
- kantaslaavilainen
- kantasolu
- kantasormus
- kantasuomalainen
- kantasuomi
- kantatalo
- kantatie
- kantatila
- kantaurali
- kantavartalo
- kantaverkko
- kantavierre
- kantaväestö
- kantaäiti
- Karinkanta
- kasvikanta
- katsantokanta
- kengänkanta
- kielenkanta
- kirveenkanta
- kolmikanta
- konekanta
- korkokanta
- kultakanta
- kupukanta
- kuusikanta
- kuusiokanta
- käsityskanta
- käskykanta
- lampunkanta
- lehtikanta
- liikekannalla
- liikekannalle
- linssikantaruuvi
- lintukanta
- luottokanta
- maatiaiskanta
- norppakanta
- näkökanta
- oksankanta
- osakekanta
- paikalliskanta
- paperikanta
- pelaajakanta
- pesimäkanta
- porokanta
- pultinkanta
- puoluekanta
- puolustuskanta
- rahakanta
- rakennuskanta
- rapukanta
- riistakanta
- ristikantaruuvi
- ruuvinkanta
- saappaankanta
- suoritinkanta
- talletuskanta
- tietokanta
- tilauskanta
- uppokanta
- uppokantanaula
- verokanta
- viisikanta
- yksikantaan
- ykskantaan
- ympäristökanta
Related terms edit
- (opinion): kannella (“to file a complaint, to complain”)
- (opinion): perustella (“to argue”)
- (opinion): kantaja (“plaintiff”)
Further reading edit
- “kanta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams edit
Guinea-Bissau Creole edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese cantar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kanta.
Verb edit
kanta
- to sing
Hausa edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kantā f (possessed form kantar̃)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from English counter.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Ilocano edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kanta (plural kankanta, Kur-itan spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)
Derived terms edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Malay kanta (“lens”), from Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “stone”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kanta (plural kanta-kanta, first-person possessive kantaku, second-person possessive kantamu, third-person possessive kantanya)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kanta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *kanta. Cognates include Finnish kanta and Estonian kand.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/, [ˈkɑnt]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/, [ˈkɑnd̥ɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑnt, -ɑntɑ
- Hyphenation: kan‧ta
Noun edit
kanta
Declension edit
Declension of kanta (type 3/kana, nt-nn gradation) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | kanta | kannat |
genitive | kannan | kantoin |
partitive | kantaa | kantoja |
illative | kantaa | kantoi |
inessive | kannaas | kannois |
elative | kannast | kannoist |
allative | kannalle | kannoille |
adessive | kannaal | kannoil |
ablative | kannalt | kannoilt |
translative | kannaks | kannoiks |
essive | kantanna, kantaan | kantoinna, kantoin |
exessive1) | kantant | kantoint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 130
Kabuverdianu edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese cantar.
Verb edit
kanta
- to sing
Karelian edit
North Karelian (Viena) |
kanta |
---|---|
South Karelian (Tver) |
kanda |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *kanta. Cognates include Finnish kanta and Veps kand.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kanta (genitive kannan, partitive kantua)
- (North Karelian) heel (of a shoe)
Declension edit
Viena Karelian declension of kanta (type 4/kala, nt-nn gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kanta | kannat | |
genitive | kannan | kantojen | |
partitive | kantua | kantoja | |
illative | kantah | kantoih | |
inessive | kannašša | kannoissa | |
elative | kannašta | kannoista | |
adessive | kannalla | kannoilla | |
ablative | kannalta | kannoilta | |
translative | kannakši | kannoiksi | |
essive | kantana | kantoina | |
comitative | — | kannoineh | |
abessive | kannatta | kannoitta |
Possessive forms of kanta | ||
---|---|---|
1st person | kantani | |
2nd person | kantaš | |
3rd person | kantah | |
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “kanta”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
Ladino edit
Verb edit
kanta (Latin spelling)
Lindu edit
Noun edit
kanta
Ludian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *kantadak.
Verb edit
kanta
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “stone”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kanta (Jawi spelling کنتا, plural kanta-kanta, informal 1st possessive kantaku, 2nd possessive kantamu, 3rd possessive kantanya)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kanta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maltese edit
Root |
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k-n-t-j |
2 terms |
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sicilian cantari and/or Italian cantare, from Latin cantare.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kanta (imperfect jkanta, past participle kantat, verbal noun kantar)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of kanta | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | kantajt | kantajt | kanta | kantajna | kantajtu | kantaw | |
f | kantat | |||||||
imperfect | m | nkanta | tkanta | jkanta | nkantaw | tkantaw | jkantaw | |
f | tkanta | |||||||
imperative | kanta | kantaw |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “desired”). Doublet of kāmita.[1]
Adjective edit
kanta
Declension edit
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | kanto | kantā |
Accusative (second) | kantaṃ | kante |
Instrumental (third) | kantena | kantehi or kantebhi |
Dative (fourth) | kantassa or kantāya or kantatthaṃ | kantānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | kantasmā or kantamhā or kantā | kantehi or kantebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | kantassa | kantānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | kantasmiṃ or kantamhi or kante | kantesu |
Vocative (calling) | kanta | kantā |
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | kantā | kantāyo or kantā |
Accusative (second) | kantaṃ | kantāyo or kantā |
Instrumental (third) | kantāya | kantāhi or kantābhi |
Dative (fourth) | kantāya | kantānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | kantāya | kantāhi or kantābhi |
Genitive (sixth) | kantāya | kantānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | kantāya or kantāyaṃ | kantāsu |
Vocative (calling) | kante | kantāyo or kantā |
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | kantaṃ | kantāni |
Accusative (second) | kantaṃ | kantāni |
Instrumental (third) | kantena | kantehi or kantebhi |
Dative (fourth) | kantassa or kantāya or kantatthaṃ | kantānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | kantasmā or kantamhā or kantā | kantehi or kantebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | kantassa | kantānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | kantasmiṃ or kantamhi or kante | kantesu |
Vocative (calling) | kanta | kantāni |
Noun edit
kanta m
Declension edit
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | kanto | kantā |
Accusative (second) | kantaṃ | kante |
Instrumental (third) | kantena | kantehi or kantebhi |
Dative (fourth) | kantassa or kantāya or kantatthaṃ | kantānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | kantasmā or kantamhā or kantā | kantehi or kantebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | kantassa | kantānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | kantasmiṃ or kantamhi or kante | kantesu |
Vocative (calling) | kanta | kantā |
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
kanta
- past participle of kamati[2] (only in compounds)
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
kanta
- imperative active second-person singular of kantati (“to cut”)
Etymology 4 edit
Verb edit
kanta
- imperative active second-person singular of kantati (“to spin”)
References edit
Papiamentu edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese cantar and Spanish cantar and Kabuverdianu kanta.
Verb edit
kanta
- to sing
Sambali edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
kanta
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چانطه (çanta, “leather bag, small suitcase”) (Turkish çanta), from Persian چنته.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kánta f (Cyrillic spelling ка́нта)
Declension edit
References edit
- “kanta” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish edit
Verb edit
kanta (present kantar, preterite kantade, supine kantat, imperative kanta)
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | kanta | kantas | ||
Supine | kantat | kantats | ||
Imperative | kanta | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | kanten | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | kantar | kantade | kantas | kantades |
Ind. 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 terms edit
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kantá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kanta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Votic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *kantadak, from Proto-Uralic *kanta-.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kanta
- (transitive) to carry (along)
- (transitive) to carry, bear
- (transitive, usually atelic) to wear (clothing)
- (transitive, usually atelic) to be pregnant (with), be expecting
- (transitive) to litter, calve, bear, give birth to (of an animal)
Inflection edit
Conjugation of kanta (type III-3/anta, nt-nn gradation) | |||||
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Indicative | |||||
Present | Perfect | ||||
positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
1st singular | kannõn | en kannõ | 1st singular | õõn kantõnnu | en õõ kantõnnu |
2nd singular | kannõd | ed kannõ | 2nd singular | õõd kantõnnu | ed õõ kantõnnu |
3rd singular | kannõb | eb kannõ | 3rd singular | on kantõnnu | eb õõ kantõnnu |
1st plural | kannõmmõ | emmä kannõ | 1st plural | öõmmõ kantõnnu | emmä õõ kantõnnu |
2nd plural | kannõttõ | että kannõ | 2nd plural | õõttõ kantõnnu | että õõ kantõnnu |
3rd plural | kannõta | eväd kannõ | 3rd plural | õlla kannõttu | eväd õõ kannõttu |
impersonal | kannõta | eväd kannõ | impersonal | õlla kannõttu | eväd õõ kannõttu |
Imperfect | Pluperfect | ||||
positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
1st singular | kannin | en kantõnnu | 1st singular | õlin kantõnnu | — |
2nd singular | kannid | ed kantõnnu | 2nd singular | õlid kantõnnu | — |
3rd singular | kanti | eb kantõnnu | 3rd singular | õli kantõnnu | — |
1st plural | kannimmõ | emmä kantõnnu | 1st plural | õlimmõ kantõnnu | — |
2nd plural | kannittõ | että kantõnnu | 2nd plural | õlittõ kantõnnu | — |
3rd plural | kannõtti | eväd kannõttu | 3rd plural | õlti kannõttu | — |
impersonal | kannõtti | eväd kannõttu | impersonal | õlti kannõttu | — |
Conditional | |||||
Present | Perfect | ||||
positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
1st singular | kantaizin | en kantaizʹ | 1st singular | õllõizin kantõnnu | en õllõizʹ kantõnnu |
2nd singular | kantaizid | ed kantaizʹ | 2nd singular | õllõizid kantõnnu | ed õllõizʹ kantõnnu |
3rd singular | kantaizʹ | eb kantaizʹ | 3rd singular | õllõizʹ kantõnnu | eb õllõizʹ kantõnnu |
1st plural | kantaizimmõ | emmä kantaizʹ | 1st plural | õllõizimmõ kantõnnu | emmä õllõizʹ kantõnnu |
2nd plural | kantaizittõ | että kantaizʹ | 2nd plural | õllõizittõ kantõnnu | että õllõizʹ kantõnnu |
3rd plural | kannõttaizʹ | eväd kannõttaizʹ | 3rd plural | õltaizʹ kannõttu | eväd õltaizʹ kannõttu |
impersonal | kannõttaizʹ | eväd kannõttaizʹ | impersonal | õltaizʹ kannõttu | eväd õltaizʹ kannõttu |
Imperative | |||||
Present | |||||
positive | negative | ||||
1st singular | — | — | |||
2nd singular | kannõ | elä kannõ | |||
3rd singular | kantõgo | elko kantõgo | |||
1st plural | — | — | |||
2nd plural | kantaga | elka kantaga | |||
3rd plural | kantõgod | — | |||
impersonal | — | — | |||
Nominal forms | |||||
Infinitives | Participles | ||||
active | passive | ||||
1st | kanta | present | kantõjõ1) | — | |
2nd | illative | kantõma | past | kantõnnu | kannõttu |
inessive | kantõmõz | 1) also used as the agent noun | |||
elative | kantõmassõ | ||||
abessive | kantõmattõ |
References edit
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kantaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn