lanta
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed 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)
- (chiefly poetic) slow
Synonyms
Antonyms
- rapida (“fast”)
Related terms
Finnish
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
Declension
Inflection of lanta (Kotus type 9*J/kala, nt-nn gradation) | ||||
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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 lantain rare | ||
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 | ||
abessive | lannatta | lannoitta | ||
instructive | — | lannoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Sami (compare e.g. Northern Sami láddi), from North Germanic (compare e.g. Swedish land).
Noun
lanta
- The parts of Finland south of Sápmi.
Derived terms
References
Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Anagrams
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese levantar-se. Cognates with Kabuverdianu labanta.
Verb
lanta
- to stand up
Tagalog
Adjective
lanta
- withered
- mga lantang gulay
- withered vegetables
Verb
lanta (infinitive malanta)
- to wither
- Nalanta ang mga tanim
- The crops withered
Inflection
- Esperanto terms borrowed from Ido
- Esperanto terms derived from Ido
- Esperanto terms derived from French
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto adjectives
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Finnish terms borrowed from Sami languages
- Finnish terms derived from Sami languages
- Finnish terms derived from North Germanic languages
- Guinea-Bissau Creole terms derived from Portuguese
- Guinea-Bissau Creole lemmas
- Guinea-Bissau Creole verbs
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog adjectives
- Tagalog terms with usage examples
- Tagalog verbs