lanta

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowing from Ido lenta, from French lent, with the e changed to a so not to collide with lento.

Adjective

lanta (accusative singular lantan, plural lantaj, accusative plural lantajn)

1. (chiefly poetic) slow

Related terms

• lante

Synonyms

• malrapida

Antonyms

• rapida (“fast”)

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Finnish

(index la)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lan‧ta

Etymology 1

Variant of lansi (“low-lying land”), possibly by backformation from dialectal lantea (“fertile, of land”). Semantic development has probably been through "fertile soil, material used as fertilizer". Attested since the early 18th century.

Noun

lanta

1. Animal feces used as fertilizer; manure, dung.

Declension

Inflection of lanta (Kotus type 9/kala, nt-nn gradation)
nominative		lanta	lannat
genitive		lannan	lantojen
partitive		lantaa	lantoja
illative		lantaan	lantoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lanta	lannat
accusative	nom.	lanta	lannat
	gen.	lannan
genitive		lannan	lantojen lantainrare
partitive		lantaa	lantoja
inessive		lannassa	lannoissa
elative		lannasta	lannoista
illative		lantaan	lantoihin
adessive		lannalla	lannoilla
ablative		lannalta	lannoilta
allative		lannalle	lannoille
essive		lantana	lantoina
translative		lannaksi	lannoiksi
instructive		—	lannoin
abessive		lannatta	lannoitta
comitative		—	lantoineen

Synonyms

• sonta

Derived terms

Derived terms

• apulanta
• lannoite

• lannoittaa
• lannoitus

Etymology 2

From Sami (compare e.g. Northern Sami láddi), from North Germanic (compare e.g. Swedish land).

Noun

lanta

1. The parts of Finland south of Sápmi.

Derived terms

• lantalainen

Anagrams

• lanat, latan

References

Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija (editors). 1992–2000. Suomen sanojen alkuperä ('The Origin of Finnish Words'). Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus/Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. ISBN 978-952-222-418-7.