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tanta

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Asturian

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Adjective

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tanta

  1. feminine singular of tantu

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tanta f sg

  1. feminine singular of tant

Icelandic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Danish tante, from French tante, from Latin amita.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tanta f (genitive singular töntu, nominative plural töntur)

  1. (informal) aunt

Usage notes

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This word is not very commonly used, and then only informally, even jocularly. Normally, the more general word frænka, referring to either an aunt (or great-aunt, etc.) or female cousin, or the more specific words föðursystir (paternal aunt) and móðursystir (maternal aunt), are used.

Declension

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Declension of tanta (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tanta tantan töntur tönturnar
accusative töntu töntuna töntur tönturnar
dative töntu töntunni töntum töntunum
genitive töntu töntunnar tantna, tanta tantnanna, tantanna

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtan.ta/
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Hyphenation: tàn‧ta

Determiner

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tanta f sg

  1. feminine singular of tanto

Pronoun

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tanta f sg

  1. feminine singular of tanto

Adverb

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tanta

  1. (informal) feminine singular of tanto

Usage notes

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  • In popular usage, adverbial tanto is allowed to agree with a following adjective, e.g. tante poche (so few), tanta lunga (so long).

Anagrams

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Latin

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Adjective

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tanta

  1. inflection of tantus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

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tantā

  1. ablative feminine singular of tantus

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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tanta m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of tante

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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tanta f (definite singular tanta, indefinite plural tanter or tantor, definite plural tantene or tantone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of tante
  2. definite singular of tante

Occitan

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from French tante.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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tanta f (plural tantas)

  1. aunt

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Dutch tante.

Noun

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tanta

  1. aunt

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Determiner

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tanta f sg

  1. feminine singular of tanto

Pronoun

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tanta f sg

  1. feminine singular of tanto

Quechua

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Adverb

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tanta

  1. together, adjacent

Noun

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tanta

  1. meeting, gathering

Usage notes

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Not to be confused with thanta, t'anta.

Declension

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Declension of tanta
singular plural
nominative tanta tantakuna
accusative tantata tantakunata
dative tantaman tantakunaman
genitive tantap tantakunap
locative tantapi tantakunapi
terminative tantakama tantakunakama
ablative tantamanta tantakunamanta
instrumental tantawan tantakunawan
comitative tantantin tantakunantin
abessive tantannaq tantakunannaq
comparative tantahina tantakunahina
causative tantarayku tantakunarayku
benefactive tantapaq tantakunapaq
associative tantapura tantakunapura
distributive tantanka tantakunanka
exclusive tantalla tantakunalla
Possessive forms of tanta
ñuqap - first-person singular
ñuqap (my) singular plural
nominative tantay tantaykuna
accusative tantayta tantaykunata
dative tantayman tantaykunaman
genitive tantaypa tantaykunap
locative tantaypi tantaykunapi
terminative tantaykama tantaykunakama
ablative tantaymanta tantaykunamanta
instrumental tantaywan tantaykunawan
comitative tantaynintin tantaykunantin
abessive tantayninnaq tantaykunannaq
comparative tantayhina tantaykunahina
causative tantayrayku tantaykunarayku
benefactive tantaypaq tantaykunapaq
associative tantaypura tantaykunapura
distributive tantayninka tantaykunanka
exclusive tantaylla tantaykunalla
paypa - third-person singular
paypa (his/her/its) singular plural
nominative tantan tantankuna
accusative tantanta tantankunata
dative tantanman tantankunaman
genitive tantanpa tantankunap
locative tantanpi tantankunapi
terminative tantankama tantankunakama
ablative tantanmanta tantankunamanta
instrumental tantanwan tantankunawan
comitative tantanintin tantankunantin
abessive tantanninnaq tantankunannaq
comparative tantanhina tantankunahina
causative tantanrayku tantankunarayku
benefactive tantanpaq tantankunapaq
associative tantanpura tantankunapura
distributive tantaninka tantankunanka
exclusive tantanlla tantankunalla

See also

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtanta/ [ˈt̪ãn̪.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Syllabification: tan‧ta

Determiner

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tanta

  1. feminine singular of tanto

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch tante. Cf. Aukan tanto.

Noun

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tanta

  1. aunt

Coordinate terms

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