anta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "anta"

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English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin antae (“pilasters”), with a back-formed singular form.

The walls within red rectangles are antae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæn.tə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æntə

Noun

anta (plural antae or antas)

1. (architecture) A kind of pier that terminates the walls of the naos, a kind of post or pillar on either side of a doorway or entrance of a Greek temple.

Related terms

• in antis

Translations

Translations

• Polish: anta (pl) f
• Portuguese: anta (pt) f

References

• “anta”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Nata, naat, NAAT, anat., AANT, taan, Anat, Tana, tana, Taan

Akkadian

Pronoun

anta

1. Eblaite form of atta

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒀭𒁕 (an-da)

Galician

Alternative forms

• ante

Etymology

Probably from Latin antae (“jamb”); alternatively from a substrate Indo-European language

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanta/ [ˈan̪.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -anta
• Hyphenation: an‧ta

Noun

anta m (plural antas)

1. dolmen, menhir, megalith; landmark

   Synonyms: arca, forno

2. large vertical stone used in the construction of drystone walls

   Synonym: chanto

Derived terms

• Anta
• Antas
• Antas de Ulla
• Antela
• Antelo

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “anta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “anta”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “anta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “anta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “anta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔanta/ [ˈʔɐn.ta] (“juice from citrus”, noun)
  • Rhymes: -anta
• IPA^(key): /ʔanˈta/ [ʔɐnˈta] (“oil from skin of citrus”, noun)
  • Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: an‧ta

Noun

anta (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜨ᜴ᜦ)

1. juice from citrus fruits

See also

• danom

Noun

antá (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜨ᜴ᜦ)

1. oil from the skin of citrus fruits

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 31

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔán.tàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔán.tàː]

Noun

antā̀ f (possessed form antàr̃)

1. alternative spelling of hanta

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanta/
• Hyphenation: an‧ta

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit अन्त (antá, “disposition, essence”).

Noun

anta (plural anta-anta)

1. (archaic) character, nature

   Synonyms: sifat, tabiat

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic أَنْتَ (ʔanta, “you”).

Pronoun

anta

1. (informal) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

Alternative forms

• anda
• antum
• ente

Synonyms

Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:

• anta (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
• antum (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
• coen (slang, East Java)
• ente (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
• kamu (intimate)
• ko, kowe (informal, Java)
• kon, koen (colloquial, East Java)
• lu, lo, loe, elu (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
• mika, mike (informal, Eastern Sumatra)

Etymology 3

From Belitung Malay [Term?].

Noun

anta (plural anta-anta)

1. rice dirt

Further reading

• “anta”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Istriot

Etymology

Inherited from Latin antae.

Noun

anta f

1. door

References

• Sandro Cergna (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria, →ISBN, page 26

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.ta/
• Rhymes: -anta
• Hyphenation: àn‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin antae f pl.

Noun

anta f (plural ante)

1. door (of furniture)
2. shutter (of window)
3. sash (of window)
4. panel

Synonyms

• sportello
• pannello

Etymology 2

From the suffix -anta common to quaranta (“forty”), cinquanta (“fifty”), sessanta (“sixty”), settanta (“seventy”), ottanta (“eighty”), and novanta (“ninety”).

Noun

anta m pl (plural only)

1. (informal) forties, fifties, sixties, ... (in someone's age)

Anagrams

• Tana, nata, tana

Japanese

Romanization

anta

1. Rōmaji transcription of あんた

Kapampangan

Etymology

Compare Ilocano ania, Kapampangan ana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ənˈta/ [ənˈta]

Adverb

anta

1. (interrogative) where
2. (interrogative) what

Conjunction

anta

1. as if

See also

• anti
• balamu
• nanu
• nukarin

Ludian

Alternative forms

• andai, andada (Pühärv)
• antta (Pühärv, Mundärv, Kompohd')

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *antadak. Cognates include Finnish antaa and Veps antta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑntɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑntɑ
• Hyphenation: an‧ta

Verb

anta

1. (transitive) to give
2. (auxiliary) to allow
3. to hit
4. to allocate (e.g. funds)
5. to provide
6. (transitive) to surrender
7. (transitive) to present (with something)
8. (physics) to release

   Nahk andau mehen.

   Skin releases moisture.

9. (in 3sg imperative) let

   Anda kuundeltah mindai!

   Let them listen to me!

Conjugation

Conjugation of anta (type II-8/anta, no gradation)
Indicative
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	andan	en anda	1st singular	olen annu	en ole annu
2nd singular	andad	ed anda	2nd singular	oled annu	ed ole annu
3rd singular	andau	ei anda	3rd singular	on annu	ei ole annu
1st plural	andamme	emme ankoi	1st plural	olemme annu	emme olgoi annu
2nd plural	andatte	ette ankoi	2nd plural	olette annu	ette olgoi annu
3rd plural	andah	ei anda	3rd plural	oldah andu	ei olda andu
Imperfect			Pluperfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	andoin	en annu	1st singular	olin annu	en olnu annu
2nd singular	andoid	ed annu	2nd singular	olid annu	ed olnu annu
3rd singular	andoi	ei annu	3rd singular	oli annu	ei olnu annu
1st plural	andoimme	emme andu	1st plural	olimme annu	emme olnu annu
2nd plural	andoitte	ette andu	2nd plural	olitte annu	ette olnu annu
3rd plural	andih	ei andu	3rd plural	oldih andu	ei oldu andu
Conditional
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	andaižin	en andaiž	1st singular	oližin annu	en oliž annu
2nd singular	andaižid	ed andaiž	2nd singular	oližid annu	ed oliž annu
3rd singular	andaiž	ei andaiž	3rd singular	oliž annu	ei oliž annu
1st plural	andaižimme	emme andaiž	1st plural	oližimme annu	emme oliž annu
2nd plural	andaižitte	ette andaiž	2nd plural	oližitte annu	ette oliž annu
3rd plural	andaiž	ei andaiž	3rd plural	oldaiž andu	ei oldaiž andu
Imperfect			Pluperfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	annuižin	en annuiž	1st singular	olnuižin annu	en olnuiž annu
2nd singular	annuižid	ed annuiž	2nd singular	olnuižid annu	ed olnuiž annu
3rd singular	annuiž	ei annuiž	3rd singular	olnuiž annu	ei olnuiž annu
1st plural	annuižimme	emme annuiž	1st plural	olnuižimme annu	emme olnuiž annu
2nd plural	annuižitte	ette annuiž	2nd plural	olnuižitte annu	ette olnuiž annu
3rd plural	andanuiž	ei andanuiž	3rd plural	oldanuiž andu	ei oldanuiž andu
Imperative
Present
	positive	negative
1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	anda	ala anda
3rd singular	ankah	algah ankoi
1st plural	ankam	algam ankoi
2nd plural	ankat	algat ankoi
3rd plural	andakkah	aldagah ankoi
Potential
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	annen	en anne	1st singular	lienen annu	en liene annu
2nd singular	anned	ed anne	2nd singular	liened annu	ed liene annu
3rd singular	annou	ei anne	3rd singular	lienou annu	ei liene annu
1st plural	annemme	emme anne	1st plural	lienemme annu	emme liekoi annu
2nd plural	annette	ette anne	2nd plural	lienette annu	ette liekoi annu
3rd plural	andaneh	ei andane	3rd plural	lietah andu	ei liekoi andu
Nominal forms
Infinitives			Participles
				active	passive
I		anta	present	andaj	andav
II	inessive	antes	past	annu	andu
	essive	anten
III	illative	andamah
	inessive	andamas
	elative	andamaspiä
	adessive	andamal
	abessive	andamata

Derived terms

• anta andegeks
• anta miehele
• anta suud

References

• Juho Kujola (1944), “antta”, in Lyydiläismurteiden sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 10
• M. Pahomov (2022), “anta”, in Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎^[2], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN, page 16
• Miikul Pahomov, Lid'a Potašova (2003), “anta”, in ABC-kird': Kujärven lüüdin kielel, page 130

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

an- +‎ ta; from Danish antage. Calque of German annehmen.

Verb

anta (imperative anta, present tense antar, passive antas, simple past antok, past participle antatt, present participle antakende)

1. to assume, presume
2. to accept, approve

Derived terms

• antagelig, antakelig
• antagelse, antakelse

References

• “anta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin haunta, borrowed from Frankish *haunitha (“disdain, scorn, ridicule”), from Proto-Germanic *hauniþō (“humiliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw- (“to be evil, make evil”). Cognate with French honte.

Noun

anta f (plural antas)

1. (archaic) shame

   Synonym: vergonha

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[3], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 59

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• अन्त (Devanagari script)
• অন্ত (Bengali script)
• අන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• အန္တ or ဢၼ္တ or ဢၼ်တ (Burmese script)
• อนฺต or อันตะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ອນ຺ຕ or ອັນຕະ (Lao script)
• អន្ត (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अन्त (anta).

Noun

anta m or n

1. end
2. goal
3. top

Declension

Declension table of "anta" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	anto	antā
Accusative (second)	antaṃ	ante
Instrumental (third)	antena	antehi or antebhi
Dative (fourth)	antassa or antāya or antatthaṃ	antānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	antasmā or antamhā or antā	antehi or antebhi
Genitive (sixth)	antassa	antānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	antasmiṃ or antamhi or ante	antesu
Vocative (calling)	anta	antā

Derived terms

• kāranta (“final sound of word”)

Noun

anta n

1. intestine, tharm

Declension

Declension table of "anta" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	antaṃ	antāni
Accusative (second)	antaṃ	antāni
Instrumental (third)	antena	antehi or antebhi
Dative (fourth)	antassa or antāya or antatthaṃ	antānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	antasmā or antamhā or antā	antehi or antebhi
Genitive (sixth)	antassa	antānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	antasmiṃ or antamhi or ante	antesu
Vocative (calling)	anta	antāni

Descendants

• Khmer: អន្តៈ (ʼɑntaʼ)

Adjective

anta

1. lowest, inferior
2. worst
3. last, final
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[4] (overall work in Pali), page 285; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     गमु इच्चेदस्स धातुस्स अन्तो मकारो च्छो होति वा सब्बासु पच्चयविभत्तीसु।

     Gamu[ ]iccetassa dhātussa anto makāro ccho hoti vā sabbāsu paccayavibhattīsu.

     The final m of the root gamu is optionally changed into cch, if any suffix or verbal termination follows:

4. extreme
5. interior

Declension

Declension table of "anta" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	anto	antā
Accusative (second)	antaṃ	ante
Instrumental (third)	antena	antehi or antebhi
Dative (fourth)	antassa or antāya or antatthaṃ	antānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	antasmā or antamhā or antā	antehi or antebhi
Genitive (sixth)	antassa	antānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	antasmiṃ or antamhi or ante	antesu
Vocative (calling)	anta	antā

Declension table of "antī" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	antī	antiyo or antī
Accusative (second)	antiṃ or antiyaṃ	antiyo or antī
Instrumental (third)	antiyā	antīhi or antībhi
Dative (fourth)	antiyā	antīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	antiyā	antīhi or antībhi
Genitive (sixth)	antiyā	antīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	antiyā or antiyaṃ	antīsu
Vocative (calling)	anti	antiyo or antī

Declension table of "anta" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	antaṃ	antāni
Accusative (second)	antaṃ	antāni
Instrumental (third)	antena	antehi or antebhi
Dative (fourth)	antassa or antāya or antatthaṃ	antānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	antasmā or antamhā or antā	antehi or antebhi
Genitive (sixth)	antassa	antānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	antasmiṃ or antamhi or ante	antesu
Vocative (calling)	anta	antāni

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin antae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: an‧ta

Noun

anta f

1. (architecture, Ancient Greece) anta

Declension

Declension of anta

	singular	plural
nominative	anta	anty
genitive	anty	ant
dative	ancie	antom
accusative	antę	anty
instrumental	antą	antami
locative	ancie	antach
vocative	anto	anty

Further reading

• anta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.tɐ/

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Homophone: Anta
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
• Hyphenation: an‧ta

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese anta, borrowed from Latin antās pl.

Noun

anta

anta f (plural antas)

1. (architecture) anta
2. (archaeology) dolmen (prehistoric megalithic tomb)

   Synonym: dólmen

Derived terms

• Anta
• Antas
• Antela
• antela
• Antelas

Etymology 2

From Arabic لَمْتَة (lamta).

Noun

anta f (plural antas)

1. tapir (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

   Synonym: tapir

Noun

anta m or f by sense (plural antas)

1. (Brazil, figuratively) a stupid person

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

   Você é uma anta!

   You're lame!

Further reading

• “anta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “anta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanta/ [ˈãn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: an‧ta

Noun

anta f (plural antas)

1. female equivalent of ante: female moose, female elk
2. (Bolivia) tapir (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae.)

   Synonyms: tapir, anteburro, sachavaca, danta, ante

Further reading

• “anta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Etymology

Apocopic form of antaga, calqued from Middle Low German annemen or German annehmen. All compounds with the verb ta have gone through apocope and those forms are now the standard ones, see also avta/avtaga, inta/intaga and överta/övertaga. Cognate with Danish antage, Norwegian Bokmål anta, Norwegian Nynorsk anta, antake, antaka. Morphologically the same as native Swedish åta (åtaga) and English ontake.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

anta (present antar, preterite antog, supine antagit, imperative anta)

1. to assume, to suppose

   Anta att X är tre. Då är noll gånger X lika med noll.

   Assume that X is three. Then zero times X equals zero.

   Om vi antar att han är skyldig så kommer det bli jäkligt svårt att få honom fälld

   If we assume he's guilty, it will be damn hard to get him convicted

2. to guess, to suppose

   Det kommer rök ur kaffebryggaren, så jag antar att det är dags att köpa en ny

   There's smoke coming out of the coffee maker, so I guess it's time to buy a new one

3. to accept an offer

   Schackspelaren antog erbjudandet om remi efter att ha funderat på det

   The chess player accepted the offer of a draw after having thought about it

4. (especially in the past participle) to accept (to a school, etc.)

   Jag har blivit antagen till Harvard!

   I've been accepted to Harvard!

Conjugation

Conjugation of anta (class 6 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	anta		antas
supine	antagit		antagits
imperative	anta		—
imper. plural1	antan		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	antar	antog	antas	antogs
ind. plural1	anta	antogo	antas	antogos
subjunctive2	anta	antoge	antas	antoges
present participle		antagande
past participle		antagen

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• antagning
• antagande

References

• “anta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “anta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “anta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• anta in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).

Anagrams

• anat, anat.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔanˈta/ [ʔɐn̪ˈt̪a], /ˈʔanta/ [ˈʔan̪.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -a, -anta
• Syllabification: an‧ta

Noun

antá or anta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. rancidity; rancid odor

   Synonym: (Marinduque) angal

Derived terms

• kaantahan
• maanta
• maantahan
• magpaanta
• paantahin
• umanta

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish anta, feminine of ante, from Andalusian Arabic لمط (lámṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔanta/ [ˈʔan̪.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: an‧ta

Noun

anta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. elk; moose (Alces alces)

   Synonym: alse

See also

• usa

Further reading

• “anta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 38

Anagrams

• taan

Votic

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from antaa according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:Votic entry guidelines or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *antadak.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑntɑː/, [ˈɑntɑ]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑntɑː/, [ˈɑntɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑntɑː
• Hyphenation: an‧ta

Verb

anta

1. to give

Inflection

Conjugation of anta (type III-3/anta, nt-nn gradation)
Indicative
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	annõn	en annõ	1st singular	õõn antõnnu	en õõ antõnnu
2nd singular	annõd	ed annõ	2nd singular	õõd antõnnu	ed õõ antõnnu
3rd singular	annõb	eb annõ	3rd singular	on antõnnu	eb õõ antõnnu
1st plural	annõmmõ	emme annõ	1st plural	õõmmõ antõnnu	emme õõ antõnnu
2nd plural	annõttõ	ette annõ	2nd plural	õõttõ antõnnu	ette õõ antõnnu
3rd plural	annõta	eväd annõ	3rd plural	õlla annõttu	eväd õõ annõttu
impersonal	annõta	eväd annõ	impersonal	õlla annõttu	eväd õõ annõttu
Imperfect			Pluperfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	annin	en antõnnu	1st singular	õlin antõnnu	—
2nd singular	annid	ed antõnnu	2nd singular	õlid antõnnu	—
3rd singular	anti	eb antõnnu	3rd singular	õli antõnnu	—
1st plural	annimmõ	emme antõnnu	1st plural	õlimmõ antõnnu	—
2nd plural	annittõ	ette antõnnu	2nd plural	õlittõ antõnnu	—
3rd plural	annõtti	eväd annõttu	3rd plural	õlti annõttu	—
impersonal	annõtti	eväd annõttu	impersonal	õlti annõttu	—
Conditional
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	antaizin	en antaizʹ	1st singular	õll(õ)izin antõnnu	en õll(õ)izʹ antõnnu
2nd singular	antaizid	ed antaizʹ	2nd singular	õll(õ)izid antõnnu	ed õll(õ)izʹ antõnnu
3rd singular	antaizʹ	eb antaizʹ	3rd singular	õll(õ)izʹ antõnnu	eb õll(õ)izʹ antõnnu
1st plural	antaizimmõ	emme antaizʹ	1st plural	õll(õ)izimmõ antõnnu	emme õll(õ)izʹ antõnnu
2nd plural	antaizittõ	ette antaizʹ	2nd plural	õll(õ)izittõ antõnnu	ette õll(õ)izʹ antõnnu
3rd plural	annõttaizʹ	eväd annõttaizʹ	3rd plural	õltaizʹ annõttu	eväd õltaizʹ annõttu
impersonal	annõttaizʹ	eväd annõttaizʹ	impersonal	õltaizʹ annõttu	eväd õltaizʹ annõttu
Imperative
Present
	positive	negative
1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	annõ	elä annõ
3rd singular	antõgo1)	elko antõgo1)
1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	antõga	elka antõga
3rd plural	antõgod1)	—
impersonal	—	—
Nominal forms
Infinitives			Participles
				active	passive
1st		anta	present	antõjõ2)	—
2nd	illative	antõma	past	antõnnu	annõttu
	inessive	antõmõz	1) using la is more common 2) also used as the agent noun
	elative	antõmõss
	abessive	antõmattõ

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “antaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[5], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Yilan Creole

Etymology

From Japanese あんた (anta).

Pronoun

anta

1. (Tungyueh, Aohua, Hanhsi) you (second person singular pronoun)

   anta doko iku?

   Where are you going?

   are kanisitoru anta ni.

   He/She is looking for you.

   • 2023 April 7, 吳以諾, “zyetay yamerang anta ni”‎^[6]:

     waha zyetay yamerang anta ni

     I will never give up waiting for you

   • 2020 March 10, 吳以諾, “Ski to yube-喜歡就說”‎^[7]:

     neirn anta ima doko iku waha ima yugi rensi tiku qalang no hogan

     girl! Where are you going now!　I'm going to practice dancing at the bottom of the tribe now

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of anta (“you (second person singular pronoun)”)
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Location	Words
Tungyueh	anta, nta
Aohua	anta, nta
Hanhsi	anta

Derived terms

• antaci

References

• Chien Yuehchen (2015), “The lexical system of Yilan Creole”, in New Advances in Formosan Linguistics‎^[8], pages 513-532
• Chien Yuehchen (2018), “日本語を上層とする宜蘭クレオールの人称代名詞”, in 日本語の研究‎^[9], volume 14, number 4
• 林愷娣 [Lin Kaidi] (2022), A basic description of Yilan Creole phonology: with a special focus on the Aohua dialect‎^[10] (Unpublished thesis)
• Peng Qiu (2015), A Preliminary Investigation of Yilan Creole in Taiwan: Discussing predicate position in Yilan Creole‎^[11] (Master's thesis)
• Chien Yuehchen (2023), “Yilan Creole”, in Handbook of Formosan Languages Online: The Indigenous Languages of Taiwan‎^[12], number 44, →ISSN

Yoruba

àǹtà

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ŋ̀.tà/

Noun

àǹtà

1. savannah monitor

Related terms

• awọ́nrínwọ́n
• awọ̀n
• àlégbà