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):

  (file)

• 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): /ˈanta̝/

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “anta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “anta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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

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, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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/ [ənˈtä]

Pronoun

anta

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

Conjunction

anta

1. as if

See also

• balamu
• nanu
• nukarin

Ludian

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

Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• anta suud

References

• Juho Kujola (1944) Lyydiläismurteiden sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 10
• M. Pahomov (2022) “anta”, in Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎^[1], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN, page 16

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, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, 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]‎^[2] (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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.tɐ/

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

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

anta

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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 are an idiot!

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; moose, 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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 (SO)
• anta in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• anta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• 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, Manila, 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

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *antadak.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) 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	emmä annõ	1st plural	õõmmõ antõnnu	emmä õõ antõnnu
2nd plural	annõttõ	että annõ	2nd plural	õõttõ antõnnu	että 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	emmä antõnnu	1st plural	õlimmõ antõnnu	—
2nd plural	annittõ	että 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	õllõizin antõnnu	en õllõizʹ antõnnu
2nd singular	antaizid	ed antaizʹ	2nd singular	õllõizid antõnnu	ed õllõizʹ antõnnu
3rd singular	antaizʹ	eb antaizʹ	3rd singular	õllõizʹ antõnnu	eb õllõizʹ antõnnu
1st plural	antaizimmõ	emmä antaizʹ	1st plural	õllõizimmõ antõnnu	emmä õllõizʹ antõnnu
2nd plural	antaizittõ	että antaizʹ	2nd plural	õllõizittõ antõnnu	että õllõizʹ 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	antõmõssõ
	abessive	antõmõttõ

References

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

Yilan Creole

Etymology

From Japanese あんた (anta).

Pronoun

anta

1. you (second person singular pronoun)

Synonyms

• nta

Derived terms

• antataci

References

• Chien Yuehchen (2015) “The lexical system of Yilan Creole”, in New Advances in Formosan Linguistics‎^[3], 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‎^[4], volume 14, number 4

Yoruba

àǹtà

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ŋ̀.tà/

Noun

àǹtà

1. savannah monitor

Related terms

• awọ́nrínwọ́n
• awọ̀n
• àlégbà