kanta

See also: -kanta

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish canta, from cantar (“to sing”), from Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō, frequentative of canō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

Noun

kanta

1. a song

Verb

kanta

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

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:kanta.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kanta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kanta. Cognates include Estonian kand, Erzya кандо (kando), Moksha канда (kanda), Khanty [script needed] (χɔnt) and Mansi [script needed] (χānta).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kanta

1. stem
2. opinion, point of view, account (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs)
3. heel (part of a sole of a shoe, especially a low one; a high heel is usually called korko)

   olla kannoilla = to heel

4. head of a nail (fastener)
5. (microbiology) strain
6. (biology) population
7. (linear algebra) basis
8. (topology) base, basis

Declension

Inflection of kanta (Kotus type 9/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 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
instructive		—	kannoin
abessive		kannatta	kannoitta
comitative		—	kantoineen

Synonyms

• (opinion): näkemys, mielipide

Related terms

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

Anagrams

• ankat, kanat, katan, takan, tanka

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese cantar. Cognates with Kabuverdianu kanta.

Verb

kanta

1. to sing

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Hausa

Etymology 1

Noun

kantā f (possessed form kantar̃)

1. callus

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English counter.

Noun

kantā̀ f (plural kantōcī, possessed form kantàr̃)

1. counter, shelf

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “stone”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kanta

1. lens

   Synonym: lensa

Further reading

• “kanta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Ingrian

Noun

kanta

1. heel

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese cantar.

Verb

kanta

1. to sing

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Lindu

Noun

kanta

1. potato

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Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kantadak.

Verb

kanta

1. carry

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Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cantare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɐntɐ/

Verb

kanta (imperfect jkanta)

1. sing

   inkantalek

   I sing to you

Conjugation

conjugation of kanta

	singular					plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person m	3rd person f		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
	jien(a)	int(i)	hu(wa)	hi(ja)		aħna	intom	huma
perfect	kantajt	kantajt	kanta	kantat		kantajna	kantajtu	kantaw
imperfect	nkanta	tkanta	jkanta	tkanta	nkantaw	tkantaw	jkantaw
imperative		kanta				kantaw

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Novial

Verb

kanta (past kantad, active participle kantant, passive participle kantat)

1. to sing

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Pali

Adjective

kanta

1. lovely
2. enjoyable
3. pleasant

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese cantar and Spanish cantar and Kabuverdianu kanta.

Verb

kanta

1. to sing

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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

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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
Present tense	kantar	kantas
Past tense	kantade	kantades
Supine	kantat	kantats
Imperative	kanta	—
Present participle	kantande
Past participle	kantad

Related terms

• kantning

See also

• vägen till helvetet kantas av goda föresatser

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Tagalog

Etymology

from Spanish, canta

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

kanta

1. song

Derived terms

• kantahan
• kantahin
• kumanta
• magkantahan
• makipagkantahan
• pakantahin

 

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Votic

Noun

kanta (genitive kannaa, partitive [please provide])

1. heel

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• "kanta" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat