tantu

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

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀢𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• तन्तु (Devanagari script)
• তন্তু (Bengali script)
• තන‍්තු (Sinhalese script)
• တန္တု or တၼ္တု or တၼ်တု (Burmese script)
• ตนฺตุ or ตันตุ (Thai script)
• ᨲᨶ᩠ᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕນ຺ຕຸ or ຕັນຕຸ (Lao script)
• តន្តុ (Khmer script)

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 \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	tantu	tantavo or tantū
Accusative (second)	tantuṃ	tantavo or tantū
Instrumental (third)	tantunā	tantūhi or tantūbhi
Dative (fourth)	tantussa or tantuno	tantūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	tantusmā or tantumhā	tantūhi or tantūbhi
Genitive (sixth)	tantussa or tantuno	tantūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	tantusmiṃ or tantumhi	tantūsu
Vocative (calling)	tantu	tantave 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

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese tanto and Spanish tanto.

Adjective

tantu

1. whole, all of
2. complete, entire

Adverb

tantu

1. completely, entirely