nta

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See also: NTA, -nta, -ntä, and ntâ

Igbo

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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ńta

  1. small
Antonyms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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ńtá

  1. hunting
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Sotho

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Noun

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nta class 9/10 (plural dinta)

  1. louse

Swahili

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *nta.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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nta (n class, no plural)

  1. wax

Tswana

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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nta class 9 (plural dinta)

  1. louse

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV nta
Brazilian standard nta
New Tribes nta

Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *mɨta.

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Noun

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nta (possessed ntadü)

  1. mouth

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References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “nta”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 217, 288, 391, 397:[ënta] 'mouth' [] nta -nta -dü 'mouth' [] incha:dü - his mouth [] önta - mouth
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “ənta”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

Yoruba

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Etymology

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Contraction of níta (outside).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ńta

  1. Alternative form of níta (outside; out)

Usage notes

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  • used when no movement is implied, when movement is implied síta is used.