kanto

See also: Kanto, -kanto, kantõ, kantō, Kantō, and kantɔ

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish canto, from Latin cantus (“metal rim of a wheel”), of Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kan‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈkanto/ [ˈkan̪.t̪o]

Noun

kanto

1. a corner; specifically the exterior corner

   Synonyms: eskina, korner, suok

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish canto (“edge, side”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kan‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈkanto/ [ˈkan̪.to]

Noun

kánto

1. corner

   Synonym: eskina

Esperanto

Etymology

From kanti (“to sing”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanto/

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• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: kan‧to

Noun

kanto (accusative singular kanton, plural kantoj, accusative plural kantojn)

1. song

   Synonyms: kantado, kanzono

2. singing

Derived terms

• amkanto (“love song”)
• birdokanto (“birdsong”)
• glorkanto (“paean, song of glory”)
• kantaĵo (“song”)
• kantanto (“one who is singing, singer”)
• kantisto (“professional singer”)
• lulkanto (“lullaby”)

Related terms

• kanti (“to sing”)
• kantobirdo (“songbird”)

Further reading

• “kanto”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “kanto”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnto/, [ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑnto
• Syllabification^(key): kan‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): kan‧to

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kanto, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kënta, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *skandʰás, whence Sanskrit स्कन्ध (skandha). Uralic cognates include Erzya кандо (kando, “block, log”).

Noun

kanto

1. stump, treestump

Declension

Inflection of kanto (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation)
nominative		kanto	kannot
genitive		kannon	kantojen
partitive		kantoa	kantoja
illative		kantoon	kantoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kanto	kannot
accusative	nom.	kanto	kannot
	gen.	kannon
genitive		kannon	kantojen
partitive		kantoa	kantoja
inessive		kannossa	kannoissa
elative		kannosta	kannoista
illative		kantoon	kantoihin
adessive		kannolla	kannoilla
ablative		kannolta	kannoilta
allative		kannolle	kannoille
essive		kantona	kantoina
translative		kannoksi	kannoiksi
abessive		kannotta	kannoitta
instructive		—	kannoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of kanto (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kantoni kantoni accusative nom. kantoni kantoni gen. kantoni genitive kantoni kantojeni partitive kantoani kantojani inessive kannossani kannoissani elative kannostani kannoistani illative kantooni kantoihini adessive kannollani kannoillani ablative kannoltani kannoiltani allative kannolleni kannoilleni essive kantonani kantoinani translative kannokseni kannoikseni abessive kannottani kannoittani instructive — — comitative — kantoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kantosi kantosi accusative nom. kantosi kantosi gen. kantosi genitive kantosi kantojesi partitive kantoasi kantojasi inessive kannossasi kannoissasi elative kannostasi kannoistasi illative kantoosi kantoihisi adessive kannollasi kannoillasi ablative kannoltasi kannoiltasi allative kannollesi kannoillesi essive kantonasi kantoinasi translative kannoksesi kannoiksesi abessive kannottasi kannoittasi instructive — — comitative — kantoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kantomme kantomme accusative nom. kantomme kantomme gen. kantomme genitive kantomme kantojemme partitive kantoamme kantojamme inessive kannossamme kannoissamme elative kannostamme kannoistamme illative kantoomme kantoihimme adessive kannollamme kannoillamme ablative kannoltamme kannoiltamme allative kannollemme kannoillemme essive kantonamme kantoinamme translative kannoksemme kannoiksemme abessive kannottamme kannoittamme instructive — — comitative — kantoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kantonne kantonne accusative nom. kantonne kantonne gen. kantonne genitive kantonne kantojenne partitive kantoanne kantojanne inessive kannossanne kannoissanne elative kannostanne kannoistanne illative kantoonne kantoihinne adessive kannollanne kannoillanne ablative kannoltanne kannoiltanne allative kannollenne kannoillenne essive kantonanne kantoinanne translative kannoksenne kannoiksenne abessive kannottanne kannoittanne instructive — — comitative — kantoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative kantonsa kantonsa accusative nom. kantonsa kantonsa gen. kantonsa genitive kantonsa kantojensa partitive kantoaan kantoansa kantojaan kantojansa inessive kannossaan kannossansa kannoissaan kannoissansa elative kannostaan kannostansa kannoistaan kannoistansa illative kantoonsa kantoihinsa adessive kannollaan kannollansa kannoillaan kannoillansa ablative kannoltaan kannoltansa kannoiltaan kannoiltansa allative kannolleen kannollensa kannoilleen kannoillensa essive kantonaan kantonansa kantoinaan kantoinansa translative kannokseen kannoksensa kannoikseen kannoiksensa abessive kannottaan kannottansa kannoittaan kannoittansa instructive — — comitative — kantoineen kantoinensa

Derived terms

• kannokko
• Kannosto
• Kanto
• kantoinen
• Kantola
• Kantonen

compounds

• Kannonkoski
• kannonnosto
• kannonpää
• kantohinta
• kantojyrsin
• Kantojärvi
• kantokerros
• kantokäsittely
• Kantoluoto
• Kantomaa
• Kantoniemi
• kantopommi
• kantopuu
• kantosieni
• kantovesa
• koivunkantosieni
• lahokanto
• puunkanto
• tervaskanto

Further reading

• “1. kanto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

kantaa (“to carry, bear”) +‎ -o

Noun

kanto

1. carrying (act)
2. collection (activity of collecting, especially taxes)

   Synonym: veronkanto (“(tax) collection”)

Declension

Inflection of kanto (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation)
nominative		kanto	kannot
genitive		kannon	kantojen
partitive		kantoa	kantoja
illative		kantoon	kantoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kanto	kannot
accusative	nom.	kanto	kannot
	gen.	kannon
genitive		kannon	kantojen
partitive		kantoa	kantoja
inessive		kannossa	kannoissa
elative		kannosta	kannoista
illative		kantoon	kantoihin
adessive		kannolla	kannoilla
ablative		kannolta	kannoilta
allative		kannolle	kannoille
essive		kantona	kantoina
translative		kannoksi	kannoiksi
abessive		kannotta	kannoitta
instructive		—	kannoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of kanto (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kantoni kantoni accusative nom. kantoni kantoni gen. kantoni genitive kantoni kantojeni partitive kantoani kantojani inessive kannossani kannoissani elative kannostani kannoistani illative kantooni kantoihini adessive kannollani kannoillani ablative kannoltani kannoiltani allative kannolleni kannoilleni essive kantonani kantoinani translative kannokseni kannoikseni abessive kannottani kannoittani instructive — — comitative — kantoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kantosi kantosi accusative nom. kantosi kantosi gen. kantosi genitive kantosi kantojesi partitive kantoasi kantojasi inessive kannossasi kannoissasi elative kannostasi kannoistasi illative kantoosi kantoihisi adessive kannollasi kannoillasi ablative kannoltasi kannoiltasi allative kannollesi kannoillesi essive kantonasi kantoinasi translative kannoksesi kannoiksesi abessive kannottasi kannoittasi instructive — — comitative — kantoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kantomme kantomme accusative nom. kantomme kantomme gen. kantomme genitive kantomme kantojemme partitive kantoamme kantojamme inessive kannossamme kannoissamme elative kannostamme kannoistamme illative kantoomme kantoihimme adessive kannollamme kannoillamme ablative kannoltamme kannoiltamme allative kannollemme kannoillemme essive kantonamme kantoinamme translative kannoksemme kannoiksemme abessive kannottamme kannoittamme instructive — — comitative — kantoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kantonne kantonne accusative nom. kantonne kantonne gen. kantonne genitive kantonne kantojenne partitive kantoanne kantojanne inessive kannossanne kannoissanne elative kannostanne kannoistanne illative kantoonne kantoihinne adessive kannollanne kannoillanne ablative kannoltanne kannoiltanne allative kannollenne kannoillenne essive kantonanne kantoinanne translative kannoksenne kannoiksenne abessive kannottanne kannoittanne instructive — — comitative — kantoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative kantonsa kantonsa accusative nom. kantonsa kantonsa gen. kantonsa genitive kantonsa kantojensa partitive kantoaan kantoansa kantojaan kantojansa inessive kannossaan kannossansa kannoissaan kannoissansa elative kannostaan kannostansa kannoistaan kannoistansa illative kantoonsa kantoihinsa adessive kannollaan kannollansa kannoillaan kannoillansa ablative kannoltaan kannoltansa kannoiltaan kannoiltansa allative kannolleen kannollensa kannoilleen kannoillensa essive kantonaan kantonansa kantoinaan kantoinansa translative kannokseen kannoksensa kannoikseen kannoiksensa abessive kannottaan kannottansa kannoittaan kannoittansa instructive — — comitative — kantoineen kantoinensa

Derived terms

• kantoinen

compounds

• akankanto
• aseenkanto
• ennakonkanto
• eukonkanto
• hankikanto
• jälkikanto
• kantoaalto
• kantoaika
• kantoaine
• kantohanki
• kantohihna
• kantojuhta
• kantokahva
• kantokassi
• kantokehys
• kantokerros
• kantokoppa
• kantokori
• kantokotelo
• kantokuntoinen
• kantokuorma
• kantokyky
• kantolaukku
• kantoliina
• kantomatka
• kantomies
• kantopaarit
• kantopalkkio
• kantopiiri
• kantopinta
• kantopuu
• kantoraha
• kantoraketti
• kantoreppu
• kantoripa
• kantoryhmä
• kantosatula
• kantoside
• kantosiipi
• kantosiipialus
• kantotaso
• kantoteline
• kantotuoli
• kantovesi
• kantoväline
• kauaskantoinen
• kaukokantoinen
• laajakantoinen
• laatikkoonkanto
• luukkuunkanto
• postinkanto
• rästikanto
• tullinkanto
• vastuunkanto
• vedenkanto
• veronkanto

Further reading

• “2. kanto”, 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 1 July 2023

Anagrams

• katon, nokat, tanko, tokan

Ido

Noun

kanto (plural kanti)

1. song

Derived terms

• kantisto
• kantar

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkanto/ [ˈkan̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: kan‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian canto (“canto”, literally “chant”), from Latin cantus.

Noun

kanto (plural kanto-kanto)

1. canto (one of the chief divisions of a long poem)

Etymology 2

Noun

kanto (plural kanto-kanto)

1. alternative spelling of kanta (“lens”)

Etymology 3

Noun

kanto (plural kanto-kanto)

1. initialism of kantor toko (“shopoffice”)

Further reading

• “kanto”, 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

Kanto.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kanto. Cognates include Finnish kanto and Estonian känd.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnto/, [ˈkɑntŏ̞̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnto/, [ˈkɑnd̥o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑnto
• Hyphenation: kan‧to

Noun

kanto

1. stump (of a tree)

Declension

Declension of kanto (type 4/koivu, nt-nn gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kanto	kannot
genitive	kannon	kantoin, kantoloin
partitive	kantoa	kantoja, kantoloja
illative	kantoo	kantoi, kantoloihe
inessive	kannoos	kannois, kantolois
elative	kannost	kannoist, kantoloist
allative	kannolle	kannoille, kantoloille
adessive	kannool	kannoil, kantoloil
ablative	kannolt	kannoilt, kantoloilt
translative	kannoks	kannoiks, kantoloiks
essive	kantonna, kantoon	kantoinna, kantoloinna, kantoin, kantoloin
exessive1)	kantont	kantoint, kantoloint
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.

Derived terms

• kantosammal

References

• V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 131

Karelian

Regional variants of kanto

North Karelian (Viena)	kanto
South Karelian (Tver)	kando

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnto/
• Hyphenation: kan‧to

Noun

kanto (genitive kannon, partitive kantuo)

1. (North Karelian) stump

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of kanto (type 1/tyttö, nt-nn gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kanto	kannot
genitive	kannon	kantojen
partitive	kantuo	kantoja
illative	kantoh	kantoloih
inessive	kannošša	kantoloissa
elative	kannošta	kantoloista
adessive	kannolla	kantoloilla
ablative	kannolta	kantoloilta
translative	kannokši	kantoloiksi
essive	kantona	kantoloina
comitative	—	kantoloineh
abessive	kannotta	kantoloitta
prolative	—	—
instructive	—	kantoloin

Possessive forms of kanto
1st person	kantoni
2nd person	kantoš
3rd person	kantoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “kanto”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 47
• Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “kanto”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[4], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Lindu

Noun

kanto

1. bag

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• कन्तो (Devanagari script)
• কন্তো (Bengali script)
• කන‍්තො (Sinhalese script)
• ကန္တော or ၵၼ္တေႃ or ၵၼ်တေႃ (Burmese script)
• กนฺโต or กันโต (Thai script)
• ᨠᨶ᩠ᨲᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ກນ຺ໂຕ or ກັນໂຕ (Lao script)
• កន្តោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄮 (Chakma script)

Adjective

kanto

1. nominative singular masculine of kanta (“lovely”)
2. nominative singular masculine of kanta, which is past participle of kamati (“to go”) (only in compounds)

Noun

kanto

1. nominative singular of kanta (“husband”)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish canto, from Latin cantus (“metal rim of a wheel”), of Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkanto/ [ˈkan̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: kan‧to

Noun

kanto (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. corner, especially the intersection of two streets

   Synonyms: panulukan, sulok

Derived terms

• makanto

Related terms

• kalikanto
• kantero
• kantonera
• kantonero
• kuwatro-kantos

See also

• kanto boy

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kanˈto/ [kɐn̪ˈt̪o]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: kan‧to

Noun

kantó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ) (dialectal, Rizal)

1. alternative form of kamto

Further reading

• “kanto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• antok

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian canto, from Latin cantus. Doublet of şan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑntɔ]
• Hyphenation: kan‧to

Noun

kanto (definite accusative kantoyu, plural kantolar)

1. a show performed by female artists, usually with singing and dancing, before a play in Tuluat theatres
2. a song sung during these performances

Declension

Declension of kanto

	singular	plural
nominative	kanto	kantolar
definite accusative	kantoyu	kantoları
dative	kantoya	kantolara
locative	kantoda	kantolarda
ablative	kantodan	kantolardan
genitive	kantonun	kantoların

Further reading

• “kanto”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “kanto”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kanto”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Eren, Hasan (1999), “kanto”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎^[5] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kanto.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnto/, [ˈkɑnto]
• Rhymes: -ɑnto
• Hyphenation: kan‧to

Noun

kanto

1. tree stump

Inflection

Declension of kanto (type II/võrkko, nt-nn gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kanto	kannod
genitive	kanno	kantojõ
partitive	kantoa	kantoit
illative	kantosõ, kanto	kantoisõ
inessive	kannoz	kantoiz
elative	kannoss	kantoiss
allative	kannollõ	kantoillõ
adessive	kannoll	kantoill
ablative	kannolt	kantoilt
translative	kannossi	kantoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “kanto”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[6], 2nd edition, Tallinn