kanta

See also: -kanta and Kanta

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canta, from cantar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈta/ [kan̪ˈta]
• IPA^(key): /kanˈtaʔ/ [kan̪ˈtaʔ]
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

Noun

kantá or kantâ (Basahan spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. a song

   Synonyms: awit, kansiyon

Derived terms

• kantahan
• kantahon
• magkanta
• parakanta

See also

• musika

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanta/ [ˈkan̪.t̪ɐ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

Noun

kánta (Badlit spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. song

   Synonym: awit

   • 2017 — Hey Joe Show, Gitamondoc, Jude and Therese Villarante, My Morena Girl [Performed by Hey Joe Show]

     […] Mao ning akong kanta / Paparaparapara's imoha / […] / Mao ning akong awit / […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Verb

kánta (Badlit spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. to sing

   Synonym: awit

2. (slang) to fellate; to perform oral sex (on a man)

   Synonym: tsupa

Finnish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑntɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kan‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): kan‧ta

Noun

kanta

1. 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

2. heel (rear part of the foot) (used especially in compounds)

   Synonym: kantapää

   kantaluu ― heel bone

3. heel (part of a sole of a shoe, especially a low one)

   Synonym: korko (“(high) heel”)

   olla kannoilla ― to heel

   karistaa kannoiltaan ― to lose (cause someone to be unable to follow or pursue any longer)

4. stem, top (slender supporting member of a fruit, berry, etc.)
5. heel, crust (end-piece of a loaf of bread)

   Synonyms: kantapala, kannikka

6. (usually in the plural) footboard (back of the runner on a sleigh, etc.)

   Synonym: kannas

7. head (blunt end of a fastener)

   naulan kanta ― nailhead

   tasakantaruuvi ― flathead screw

8. stub, counterfoil (piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record)

   lipun kanta ― ticket stub

   sekin kanta ― cheque counterfoil

9. position, opinion, point of view, account, stance, stand (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs)

   Synonyms: mielipide, näkemys

   pysyä kannassaan ― to stand one's ground

   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.

10. (electronics) base (controlling terminal of a transistor)
11. (microbiology) strain (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
12. (biology) population (collection of a particular species living in a given area)

    Suomen hirvikanta ― moose population of Finland

13. (mathematics) base, radix (in a positional numeral system, the number of unique digits, including the digit zero, used to represent numbers)

    Synonym: kantaluku

14. (mathematics) base (number raised to the power of an exponent)

    Synonym: kantaluku

15. (geometry) base (lowest side or face)
16. (linear algebra) basis
17. (topology) base, basis
18. (linguistics) root (word from which another word is derived)
19. (linguistics, as modifier) proto- (of common ancestor, often hypothetical)

    Kaikki indoeurooppalaiset kielet polveutuvat kantaindoeuroopasta.

    All Indo-European languages descend from Proto-Indo-European.

Declension

Inflection of kanta (Kotus type 9*J/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 kantain rare
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.

Possessive forms of kanta (Kotus type 9*J/kala, nt-nn gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kantani kantani accusative nom. kantani kantani gen. kantani genitive kantani kantojeni kantaini rare partitive kantaani kantojani inessive kannassani kannoissani elative kannastani kannoistani illative kantaani kantoihini adessive kannallani kannoillani ablative kannaltani kannoiltani allative kannalleni kannoilleni essive kantanani kantoinani translative kannakseni kannoikseni abessive kannattani kannoittani instructive — — comitative — kantoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kantasi kantasi accusative nom. kantasi kantasi gen. kantasi genitive kantasi kantojesi kantaisi rare partitive kantaasi kantojasi inessive kannassasi kannoissasi elative kannastasi kannoistasi illative kantaasi kantoihisi adessive kannallasi kannoillasi ablative kannaltasi kannoiltasi allative kannallesi kannoillesi essive kantanasi kantoinasi translative kannaksesi kannoiksesi abessive kannattasi kannoittasi instructive — — comitative — kantoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kantamme kantamme accusative nom. kantamme kantamme gen. kantamme genitive kantamme kantojemme kantaimme rare partitive kantaamme kantojamme inessive kannassamme kannoissamme elative kannastamme kannoistamme illative kantaamme kantoihimme adessive kannallamme kannoillamme ablative kannaltamme kannoiltamme allative kannallemme kannoillemme essive kantanamme kantoinamme translative kannaksemme kannoiksemme abessive kannattamme kannoittamme instructive — — comitative — kantoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kantanne kantanne accusative nom. kantanne kantanne gen. kantanne genitive kantanne kantojenne kantainne rare partitive kantaanne kantojanne inessive kannassanne kannoissanne elative kannastanne kannoistanne illative kantaanne kantoihinne adessive kannallanne kannoillanne ablative kannaltanne kannoiltanne allative kannallenne kannoillenne essive kantananne kantoinanne translative kannaksenne kannoiksenne abessive kannattanne kannoittanne instructive — — comitative — kantoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative kantansa kantansa accusative nom. kantansa kantansa gen. kantansa genitive kantansa kantojensa kantainsa rare partitive kantaansa kantojaan kantojansa inessive kannassaan kannassansa kannoissaan kannoissansa elative kannastaan kannastansa kannoistaan kannoistansa illative kantaansa kantoihinsa adessive kannallaan kannallansa kannoillaan kannoillansa ablative kannaltaan kannaltansa kannoiltaan kannoiltansa allative kannalleen kannallensa kannoilleen kannoillensa essive kantanaan kantanansa kantoinaan kantoinansa translative kannakseen kannaksensa kannoikseen kannoiksensa abessive kannattaan kannattansa kannoittaan kannoittansa instructive — — comitative — kantoineen kantoinensa

Derived terms

• kannallinen
• kannas
• kannaton
• kannikas
• kannikka
• kannus
• kannustin
• -kantainen
• Kantala
• Kantanen
• kantio
• kantis
• odottava kanta
• olla jonkun kannoilla
• osua naulan kantaan
• ottaa kantaa

compounds

• ajatuskanta
• alikanta
• asuntokanta
• autokanta
• bakteerikanta
• eläinkanta
• esikanta
• fanikanta
• hirvikanta
• hopeakanta
• hyökkäyskannalla
• hyökkäyskannalta
• itiökanta
• kaalinkanta
• kaksikantajärjestelmä
• kaksimetallikanta
• kalakanta
• kannanhoito
• kannanilmaisu
• kannanilmaus
• kannanmuutos
• kannanmäärittely
• kannanmääritys
• kannanotto
• kannanvaihtelu
• 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
• kantakappale
• kantakappi
• kantakaupunki
• kantakieli
• kantakiinteistö
• kantakirja
• kantakulma
• kantalaji
• 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
• karjakanta
• kasvikanta
• katsantokanta
• kengänkanta
• kielenkanta
• kirveenkanta
• kolmikanta
• konekanta
• korkokanta
• kultakanta
• kupukanta
• kuusikanta
• kuusiokanta
• käsityskanta
• käskykanta
• lampunkanta
• lehtikanta
• liikekannalla
• liikekannalle
• linssikantaruuvi
• lintukanta
• luottokanta
• maatiaiskanta
• minimikanta
• norppakanta
• näkökanta
• oksankanta
• osakekanta
• paikalliskanta
• paperikanta
• pelaajakanta
• pesimäkanta
• porokanta
• pultinkanta
• puoluekanta
• puolustuskanta
• rahakanta
• rakennuskanta
• rapukanta
• riistakanta
• ristikantaruuvi
• ruuvinkanta
• saappaankanta
• suoritinkanta
• talletuskanta
• tietokanta
• tietämyskanta
• tilauskanta
• uppokanta
• verokanta
• viisikanta
• yksikantaan
• ykskantaan
• ympäristökanta

See also

• (opinion): kannella (“to file a complaint, to complain”), perustella (“to argue”), kantaja (“plaintiff”)
• kantaa

Further reading

• “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 2 July 2023

Anagrams

• ankat, kanat, katan, takan, tanka

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese cantar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kanta.

Verb

kanta

1. to sing

Hanunoo

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, kan +‎ ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanta/ [ˈkɐn.ta]
• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: kan‧ta

Determiner

kanta (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ᜴ᜦ)

1. our (inclusive)

   Synonym: kantam

Pronoun

kanta (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ᜴ᜦ)

1. ours (inclusive)

   Synonym: kantam

2. to us; of us; by us (inclusive)

   Synonym: kantam

   sa kanta ― to us (inclusive)

   sa kanta (pag) balay ― in our (inclusive) house

   kanta garamiton ― we (inclusive) are using (literally, “are used by us (inclusive).”)

See also

Hanunoo personal pronouns

Person	Number	Direct	Indirect	Oblique
First	singular	ako	niko	kangko, kang
	plural inclusive	kita	nita	kanta
	plural exclusive	kami	nimi	kanmi
Second	singular	kawo, ka	nimo	kanmo
	plural	kamo	niyo	kanyo
Third	singular	siya	niya	kanya
	plural	sida	nida	kanda

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish cantar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈta/ [kɐnˈta]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: kan‧ta

Noun

kantá (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ᜴ᜦ)

1. any song (other than those considered traditionally Hanunoo like ambahan or urukay)
2. singing

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 140

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kán.táː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kán.táː]

Noun

kantā f (possessed form kantar̃)

1. callus

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English counter.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kantā̀ f (plural kantōcī, possessed form kantàr̃)

1. counter, shelf

Ilocano

Etymology

From Spanish cantar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanta/ [ˈkɐn.ta]
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

Noun

kanta (plural kankanta, Kur-itan spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. song

Derived terms

• agkanta
• kantaen
• kumanta
• panagkanta

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kanta (“lens”), from Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “stone”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkanta/ [ˈkan̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: kan‧ta

Noun

kanta (plural kanta-kanta)

1. (obsolete) lens

   Synonyms: kanto, lensa

Derived terms

• kanta akromatik
• kanta kristal
• kanta majemuk
• kanta meniskus

• suryakanta

Further reading

• “kanta”, 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

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kanta. Cognates include Finnish kanta and Estonian kand.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/, [ˈkɑnt]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/, [ˈkɑnd̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnt, -ɑntɑ
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

Noun

kanta

1. heel
2. poll, butt (part of an axe or scythe)

Declension

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

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 130

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese cantar.

Verb

kanta

1. to sing

Karelian

Regional variants of kanta

North Karelian (Viena)	kanta
South Karelian (Tver)	kanda

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kanta. Cognates include Finnish kanta and Veps kand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

Noun

kanta (genitive kannan, partitive kantua)

1. (North Karelian) heel (of a shoe)

Declension

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
prolative	—	—
instructive	—	kannoin

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

• Kannanlakši

References

• P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “kanta”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

Ladino

Verb

kanta

1. third-person singular present indicative of kantar

Lindu

Noun

kanta

1. potato

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kantadak.

Verb

kanta

1. to carry
2. to fawn (to exhibit affection or attempt to please)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kanta (type II-8/anta, no gradation)
Indicative
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	kandan	en kanda	1st singular	olen kannu	en ole kannu
2nd singular	kandad	ed kanda	2nd singular	oled kannu	ed ole kannu
3rd singular	kandau	ei kanda	3rd singular	on kannu	ei ole kannu
1st plural	kandamme	emme kankoi	1st plural	olemme kannu	emme olgoi kannu
2nd plural	kandatte	ette kankoi	2nd plural	olette kannu	ette olgoi kannu
3rd plural	kandah	ei kanda	3rd plural	oldah kandu	ei olda kandu
Imperfect			Pluperfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	kandoin	en kannu	1st singular	olin kannu	en olnu kannu
2nd singular	kandoid	ed kannu	2nd singular	olid kannu	ed olnu kannu
3rd singular	kandoi	ei kannu	3rd singular	oli kannu	ei olnu kannu
1st plural	kandoimme	emme kandu	1st plural	olimme kannu	emme olnu kannu
2nd plural	kandoitte	ette kandu	2nd plural	olitte kannu	ette olnu kannu
3rd plural	kandih	ei kandu	3rd plural	oldih kandu	ei oldu kandu
Conditional
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	kandaižin	en kandaiž	1st singular	oližin kannu	en oliž kannu
2nd singular	kandaižid	ed kandaiž	2nd singular	oližid kannu	ed oliž kannu
3rd singular	kandaiž	ei kandaiž	3rd singular	oliž kannu	ei oliž kannu
1st plural	kandaižimme	emme kandaiž	1st plural	oližimme kannu	emme oliž kannu
2nd plural	kandaižitte	ette kandaiž	2nd plural	oližitte kannu	ette oliž kannu
3rd plural	kandaiž	ei kandaiž	3rd plural	oldaiž kandu	ei oldaiž kandu
Imperfect			Pluperfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	kannuižin	en kannuiž	1st singular	olnuižin kannu	en olnuiž kannu
2nd singular	kannuižid	ed kannuiž	2nd singular	olnuižid kannu	ed olnuiž kannu
3rd singular	kannuiž	ei kannuiž	3rd singular	olnuiž kannu	ei olnuiž kannu
1st plural	kannuižimme	emme kannuiž	1st plural	olnuižimme kannu	emme olnuiž kannu
2nd plural	kannuižitte	ette kannuiž	2nd plural	olnuižitte kannu	ette olnuiž kannu
3rd plural	kandanuiž	ei kandanuiž	3rd plural	oldanuiž kandu	ei oldanuiž kandu
Imperative
Present
	positive	negative
1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	kanda	ala kanda
3rd singular	kankah	algah kankoi
1st plural	kankam	algam kankoi
2nd plural	kankat	algat kankoi
3rd plural	kandakkah	aldagah kankoi
Potential
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	kannen	en kanne	1st singular	lienen kannu	en liene kannu
2nd singular	kanned	ed kanne	2nd singular	liened kannu	ed liene kannu
3rd singular	kannou	ei kanne	3rd singular	lienou kannu	ei liene kannu
1st plural	kannemme	emme kanne	1st plural	lienemme kannu	emme liekoi kannu
2nd plural	kannette	ette kanne	2nd plural	lienette kannu	ette liekoi kannu
3rd plural	kandaneh	ei kandane	3rd plural	lietah kandu	ei liekoi kandu
Nominal forms
Infinitives			Participles
				active	passive
I		kanta	present	kandaj	kandav
II	inessive	kantes	past	kannu	kandu
	essive	kanten
III	illative	kandamah
	inessive	kandamas
	elative	kandamaspiä
	adessive	kandamal
	abessive	kandamata

References

• M. Pahomov (2022), Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎^[3], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “stone”).

Pronunciation

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈkanta/ [ˈkan̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -anta, -ta, -a
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

Noun

kanta (Jawi spelling کنتا, plural kanta-kanta or kanta²)

1. lens

   Synonym: lensa

Derived terms

• kanta cekung
• kanta cembung
• kanta dekat
• kanta jauh
• kanta kumpuan
• kanta lekap
• kanta majmuk
• kanta mata
• kanta pembesar
• kanta sentuh
• kanta sesentuh
• kanta tangan
• kanta zum
• tumpuan kanta

Descendants

• > Indonesian: kanta (inherited)

Further reading

• “kanta”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Maltese

Root
k-n-t-j
2 terms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian cantari and/or Italian cantare, from Latin cantare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.ta/
• Rhymes: -anta

Verb

kanta (imperfect jkanta, past participle kantat, verbal noun kantar)

1. to sing

   Synonym: għanna

   Inkantalek. ― I sing to you.

Conjugation

Conjugation of kanta (i-type unadapted loan)

positive forms
		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
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	kantajtx	kantajtx	kanta	kantajniex	kantajtux	kantawx
	f			kantatx
imperfect	m	nkantax	tkantax	jkantax	nkantawx	tkantawx	jkantawx
	f			tkantax
imperative			tkantax			tkantawx

Derived terms

• tkanta

Related terms

• kant
• kantabbli
• kantaliena
• kantant
• kantata
• kantiku
• kantur

See also

• għanja

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• कन्त (Devanagari script)
• কন্ত (Bengali script)
• කන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• ကန္တ or ၵၼ္တ or ၵၼ်တ (Burmese script)
• กนฺต or กันตะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ກນ຺ຕ or ກັນຕະ (Lao script)
• កន្ត (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “desired”). Doublet of kāmita.

Adjective

kanta

1. lovely
2. enjoyable
3. pleasant

Declension

Declension table of "kanta" (masculine)

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

Declension table of "kantā" (feminine)

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

Declension table of "kanta" (neuter)

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

kanta m

1. husband

Declension

Declension table of "kanta" (masculine)

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

Adjective

kanta

1. past participle of kamati (only in compounds)

Etymology 3

Verb

kanta

1. imperative active second-person singular of kantati (“to cut”)

Etymology 4

Verb

kanta

1. imperative active second-person singular of kantati (“to spin”)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese cantar and Spanish cantar and Kabuverdianu kanta.

Verb

kanta

1. to sing

Sambali

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canta.

Noun

kanta

1. song

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چانطه (çanta, “leather bag, small suitcase”) (Turkish çanta), from Persian چنته.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǎːnta/
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

Noun

kánta f (Cyrillic spelling ка́нта)

1. can
2. pail

   kante za smeće ― garbage pail

Declension

Declension of kanta

	singular	plural
nominative	kánta	kante
genitive	kante	kántā / kántī
dative	kanti	kantama
accusative	kantu	kante
vocative	kanto	kante
locative	kanti	kantama
instrumental	kantom	kantama

References

• “kanta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Verb

kanta (present kantar, preterite kantade, supine kantat, imperative kanta)

1. to be placed as a border, limit or rim

Conjugation

Conjugation of kanta (weak)

	active		passive
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
present participle		kantande
past participle		kantad

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

Related terms

• kantning

See also

• vägen till helvetet kantas av goda föresatser

Anagrams

• kanat, tanka

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canta, from Latin cantāre.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kanˈta/ [kɐn̪ˈt̪a]

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: kan‧ta

Noun

kantá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. song; chant

   Synonyms: awit, awitin

2. act of singing
3. (slang) snitching; telling of the truth to the authorities

   Synonyms: sumbong, suplong

Derived terms

• ikanta
• kantahan
• kantahin
• kumanta
• magkanta
• magkantahan
• makipagkantahan
• pakantahin

Related terms

• asento
• asentuwado
• asentuwasyon
• hiram-kantores
• kantada
• kantado
• kantata
• kantatris
• kantiko
• kantimplora
• kantinela
• kantor
• kantora
• kantoral

Further reading

• “kanta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 72

Anagrams

• katan, antak

Votic

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

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kantadak, from Proto-Uralic *kanta-.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɑː/, [ˈkɑntɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑntɑː
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

Verb

kanta

1. (transitive) to carry (along)
2. (transitive) to carry, bear
3. (transitive, usually atelic) to wear (clothing)
4. (transitive, usually atelic) to be pregnant (with), be expecting
5. (transitive) to litter, calve, bear, give birth to (of an animal)

Inflection

Conjugation of kanta (type III-3/anta, nt-nn gradation)
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	õõmmõ 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	õll(õ)izin kantõnnu	en õll(õ)izʹ kantõnnu
2nd singular	kantaizid	ed kantaizʹ	2nd singular	õll(õ)izid kantõnnu	ed õll(õ)izʹ kantõnnu
3rd singular	kantaizʹ	eb kantaizʹ	3rd singular	õll(õ)izʹ kantõnnu	eb õll(õ)izʹ kantõnnu
1st plural	kantaizimmõ	emmä kantaizʹ	1st plural	õll(õ)izimmõ kantõnnu	emmä õll(õ)izʹ kantõnnu
2nd plural	kantaizittõ	että kantaizʹ	2nd plural	õll(õ)izittõ kantõnnu	että õll(õ)izʹ 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	kantõgo1)	elko kantõgo1)
1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	kantõga	elka kantõga
3rd plural	kantõgod1)	—
impersonal	—	—
Nominal forms
Infinitives			Participles
				active	passive
1st		kanta	present	kantõjõ2)	—
2nd	illative	kantõma	past	kantõnnu	kannõttu
	inessive	kantõmõz	1) using la is more common 2) also used as the agent noun
	elative	kantõmõssõ
	abessive	kantõmõttõ

References

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