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monta

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See also: Monta, montá, montà, and montă

Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmonta/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -onta
  • Syllabification: mon‧ta

Noun

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monta f (plural montes)

  1. (mining) "beginning of the ramp or exploitation from its access such as a chimney or well"

Further reading

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  • “monta” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From monto (mountain) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmonta/
  • Hyphenation: mont‧a
  • Rhymes: -onta

Adjective

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monta (accusative singular montan, plural montaj, accusative plural montajn)

  1. mountainous
    La monta regio enloĝigas plurajn speciojn de sovaĝaj katoj.The mountainous region is home to several species of wildcats.

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmontɑ/, [ˈmo̞n̪t̪ɑ̝]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ontɑ
  • Syllabification(key): mon‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): mon‧ta

Pronoun

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monta

  1. partitive singular of moni
    monta kertaamany times

Determiner

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monta

  1. many

Usage notes

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Used as if it were nominative in which case it can replace what would be a numeral in nominative form.

Näin kaksi lintua.
I saw two birds.
Näin monta lintua.
I saw many birds.

*Näin moni lintua would be ungrammatical.

Inflection

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Same as moni (which see), but with monta as the nominative form; partitive may also be montaa.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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French

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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monta

  1. third-person singular past historic of monter

Galician

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmonta/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -onta
  • Hyphenation: mon‧ta

Verb

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monta

  1. inflection of montar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Icelandic

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Verb

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monta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative montaði, supine montað)

  1. (intransitive) to boast, brag, vaunt
    Synonyms: grobba, gorta, raupa, skruma

Conjugation

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monta – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur monta
supine sagnbót montað
present participle
montandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég monta montaði monti montaði
þú montar montaðir montir montaðir
hann, hún, það montar montaði monti montaði
plural við montum montuðum montum montuðum
þið montið montuðuð montið montuðuð
þeir, þær, þau monta montuðu monti montuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú monta (þú), montaðu
plural þið montið (þið), montiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
montast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur montast
supine sagnbót montast
present participle
montandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég montast montaðist montist montaðist
þú montast montaðist montist montaðist
hann, hún, það montast montaðist montist montaðist
plural við montumst montuðumst montumst montuðumst
þið montist montuðust montist montuðust
þeir, þær, þau montast montuðust montist montuðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú montast (þú), montastu
plural þið montist (þið), montisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
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  • mont (boasting, bragging)
  • montinn (boastful; conceited)

Ingrian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Determiner

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monta (+ partitive)

  1. how many?
  2. so many, God knows how many

Synonyms

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Determiner

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monta

  1. partitive singular of moni

References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 314

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmon.ta/
  • Rhymes: -onta
  • Hyphenation: món‧ta

Etymology 1

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Noun

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monta f (plural monte)

  1. covering, leap (of animals)
    stazione di montabreeding farm; stud farm
  2. riding, mount
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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monta

  1. inflection of montare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

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Portuguese

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Verb

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monta

  1. inflection of montar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French monter.

Verb

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a monta (third-person singular present montează, past participle montat) 1st conjugation

  1. to assemble, to put together

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmonta/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -onta
  • Syllabification: mon‧ta

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from montar.

Noun

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monta f (plural montas)

  1. riding
  2. mounting
  3. total, sum total
  4. importance
    de poca montasmall-time
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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monta

  1. inflection of montar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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