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 using this term, see Citations:kanta.

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Finnish

Etymology

From , from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kanta. Cognates include Estonian kand, Erzya кандо (kando), Moksha канда (kanda), Khanty and Mansi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑntɑ
• Syllabification^(key): 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. (mechanics, electronics) socket
8. (geometry) base
9. (linear algebra) basis
10. (topology) base, basis

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

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

Verb

kanta

1. carry

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Maltese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanta/

Verb

kanta (imperfect jkanta)

1. to sing

   Inkantalek. ― I sing to you.

Synonyms

• għanna

See also

• għanja

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Novial

Verb

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
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
	Participles
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

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish canta

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

kanta

1. song; chant

Verb

kanta

1. to sing; to chant

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for ikanta

Affix	Root word		Trigger
i-	kanta		object
Aspect				Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
ikanta	ikinanta	ikinakanta inakanta1	ikakanta akanta1	ikanta kakantahan1
1 Dialectal use only.

Verb conjugation for kantahin

Affix	Root word		Trigger
-in ᜒᜈ᜔	kanta ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ		object
Aspect				Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
kantahin ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜑᜒᜈ᜔	kinanta ᜃᜒᜈᜈ᜔ᜆ	kinakanta ᜃᜒᜈᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ inakanta1 ᜁᜈᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ	kakantahin ᜃᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜑᜒᜈ᜔ akantahin1 ᜀᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜑᜒᜈ᜔	kantahin ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜑᜒᜈ᜔ kanta1 ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ kantaha1 ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜑ
1 Dialectal use only.

Verb conjugation for kantahan

Affix	Root word		Trigger
-an	kanta		object
Aspect				Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
kantahan	kinantahan	kinakantahan inakantahan1	kakantahan akantahan1	kantahi1
1 Dialectal use only.

Verb conjugation for ipakanta

Affix	Root word		Trigger
ipa-	kanta		object
Aspect
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
ipakanta	ipinakanta pinakanta	ipinapakanta pinapakanta	ipapakanta

Verb conjugation for makantahan

Affix	Root word		Trigger
ma- -an	kanta		locative
Aspect
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
makantahan	nakantahan	nakakantahan	makakantahan

Verb conjugation for magkantahan

Affix	Root word		Trigger
mag- -an	kanta		actor
Aspect
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
magkantahan	nagkantahan	nagkakantahan	magkakantahan

Verb conjugation for magsikanta

Affix	Root word		Trigger
magsi-	kanta		actor
Aspect
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
magsikanta	nagsikanta	nagsisikanta	magsisikanta

Verb conjugation for makakanta

Affix	Root word		Trigger
maka-	kanta		actor
Aspect
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
makakanta	nakakanta	nakakakanta	makakakanta

Verb conjugation for makikanta

Affix	Root word		Trigger
maki-	kanta		actor
Aspect
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
makikanta	nakikanta	nakikikanta	makikikanta

Verb conjugation for makipagkanta

Affix	Root word		Trigger
makipag-	kanta		actor
Aspect
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
makipagkanta	nakipagkanta	nakikipagkanta	makikipagkanta

Verb conjugation for pakantahin

Affix	Root word		Trigger
pa- -in	kanta		actor
Aspect
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
pakantahin	pinakantah	pinapakantah pinakarantah	papakantahin pakarantahin

Verb conjugation for kumanta

Affix		Root word			Trigger
-um- ᜓᜋ᜔		kanta ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ			actor
Aspect						Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative	Recently Complete
kumanta ᜃᜓᜋᜈ᜔ᜆ	kumanta ᜃᜓᜋᜈ᜔ᜆ kungmanta1 ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜈ᜔ᜆ	kumakanta ᜃᜓᜋᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ kungmakanta1 ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ nakanta2 ᜈ ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ	kakanta ᜃᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ makanta2 ᜋ ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ	formal	kakakanta ᜃᜃᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ	kumanta ᜃᜓᜋᜈ᜔ᜆ kanta2 ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ
				informal	kakakanta ᜃᜃᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ
1Now archaic in Modern Tagalog. 2Dialectal use only.

Verb conjugation for magkanta

Affix		Root word			Trigger
mag- ᜋᜄ᜔		kanta ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ			actor
Aspect						Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative	Recently Complete
magkanta ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ	nagkanta ᜈᜄ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ	nagkakanta ᜈᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ nagakanta1 ᜈᜄᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ	magkakanta ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ magakanta1 ᜋᜄᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ gakanta1 ᜄᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ	formal	kakakanta ᜃᜃᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ kapagkakanta ᜃᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ	magkanta1 ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ
				informal	kakakanta ᜃᜃᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ kakapagkanta ᜃᜃᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ kapapagkanta ᜃᜉᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ
1 Dialectal use only.

Verb conjugation for magpakanta

Affix		Root word			Trigger
magpa-		kanta			actor
Aspect						Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative	Recently Complete
magpakanta	nagpakanta	nagpapakanta	magpapakanta	formal	―	kakapakanta kapapakanta kapagpapakanta
				informal	kapakakanta

Verb conjugation for makanta

Affix	Root word		Trigger
ma-	kanta		object
Aspect
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
makanta	nakanta	nakakanta	makakanta

Derived terms

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

 

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Votic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kanta

1. heel

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

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