kanta

Borrowed from Spanish canta, from cantar.

• IPA^(key): /kanˈta/, [kan̪ˈta]
• IPA^(key): /kanˈtaʔ/, [kan̪ˈtaʔ]
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

kantá or kantâ (Basahan spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. a song

   Synonyms: awit, kansiyon

Borrowed from Spanish canta.

• IPA^(key): /kanˈta/, [kʌn̪ˈt̪a]
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

kantá (Badlit spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. song

   Synonym: awit

kantá (Badlit spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. to sing

   Synonym: awit

2. (slang) to fellate; to perform oral sex (on a man)

   Synonym: tsupa

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:kanta.

From Proto-Finnic *kanta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kanta. Cognates include Estonian kand, Erzya кандо (kando, “log, load”), Moksha канда (kanda), Northern Khanty ҳонт (ḥont) and Northern Mansi [script needed] (χānta).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑntɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kan‧ta

kanta

1. base (supporting component of a structure or object)

   lampun kanta ― base of a light bulb

   pilarin kanta ― base of a column

   lehden kanta ― base of a leaf

2. heel (part of foot, used especially in compound terms)

   Synonym: kantapää

   kantaluu ― heel bone

3. heel (part of a sole of a shoe, especially a low one)

   Synonym: korko (“(high) heel”)

   olla kannoilla ― to heel

   karistaa kannoiltaan ― to lose (cause someone to be unable to follow or pursue any longer)

4. heel (end-piece of a loaf of bread)

   Synonyms: kantapala, kannikka

5. head (blunt end of a fastener)

   naulan kanta ― nailhead

   tasakantaruuvi ― flathead screw

6. stub (piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record)

   lipun kanta ― ticket stub

7. position, opinion, point of view, account, stance, stand (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs)

   En ota tuohon kantaa. ― I don't take a position on that.

   Olen kanssasi eri kannalla asevalvonnasta.

   I don’t agree with your stance on gun control.

   pysyä kannassaan ― to stand one's ground

8. (electronics) base (controlling terminal of a transistor)
9. (microbiology) strain (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
10. (biology) population (collection of a particular species living in a given area)

    Suomen hirvikanta ― moose population of Finland

11. (mathematics) base, radix (in a positional numeral system, the number of unique digits, including the digit zero, used to represent numbers)
12. (mathematics) base (number raised to the power of an exponent)
13. (geometry) base (lowest side or face)
14. (linear algebra) basis
15. (topology) base, basis
16. (linguistics) root (word from which another word is derived)
17. (linguistics, as modifier) proto- (of common ancestor, often hypothetical)

    Kaikki indoeurooppalaiset kielet polveutuvat kantaindoeuroopasta.

    All Indo-European languages are descended from Proto-Indo-European.

• (opinion): näkemys, mielipide

• (opinion): kannella (“to file a complaint, to complain”)
• (opinion): perustella (“to argue”)
• (opinion): kantaja (“plaintiff”)

• “kanta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• ankat, kanat, katan, takan, tanka

From Portuguese cantar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kanta.

kanta

1. to sing

• IPA^(key): /kán.táː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kán.táː]

kantā f (possessed form kantar̃)

1. callus

Borrowed from English counter.

• IPA^(key): /kán.tàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kán.tàː]

kantā̀ f (plural kantōcī, possessed form kantàr̃)

1. counter, shelf

From Spanish cantar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanta/, [ˈkɐn.ta]
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

kanta (plural kankanta, Kur-itan spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. song

Inherited from Malay kanta (“lens”), from Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “stone”).

• IPA^(key): /kanta/
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

kanta (plural kanta-kanta, first-person possessive kantaku, second-person possessive kantamu, third-person possessive kantanya)

1. (obsolete) lens

   Synonym: lensa

• “kanta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Finnic *kanta. Cognates include Finnish kanta and Estonian kand.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/, [ˈkɑnt]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/, [ˈkɑnd̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnt, -ɑntɑ
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

kanta

1. heel
2. poll, butt (part of an axe or scythe)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 130

From Portuguese cantar.

kanta

1. to sing

From Proto-Finnic *kanta. Cognates include Finnish kanta and Veps kand.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

kanta (genitive kannan, partitive kantua)

1. (North Karelian) heel (of a shoe)

• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “kanta”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

kanta (Latin spelling)

1. third-person singular present indicative of kantar

kanta

1. potato

From Proto-Finnic *kantadak.

kanta

1. carry

Borrowed from Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “stone”).

• IPA^(key): /kanta/
• Rhymes: -ta, -a
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

kanta (Jawi spelling کنتا, plural kanta-kanta, informal 1st possessive kantaku, 2nd possessive kantamu, 3rd possessive kantanya)

1. lens

   Synonym: lensa

• “kanta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Sicilian cantari and/or Italian cantare, from Latin cantare.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.ta/

kanta (imperfect jkanta, past participle kantat, verbal noun kantar)

1. to sing

   Synonym: għanna

   Inkantalek. ― I sing to you.

• għanja

Inherited from Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “desired”). Doublet of kāmita.[1]

kanta

1. lovely
2. enjoyable
3. pleasant

kanta m

1. husband[1]

kanta

1. past participle of kamati[2] (only in compounds)

kanta

1. imperative active second-person singular of kantati (“to cut”)

kanta

1. imperative active second-person singular of kantati (“to spin”)

From Portuguese cantar and Spanish cantar and Kabuverdianu kanta.

kanta

1. to sing

Borrowed from Spanish canta.

kanta

1. song

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چانطه (çanta, “leather bag, small suitcase”) (Turkish çanta), from Persian چنته.

• IPA^(key): /kǎːnta/
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

kánta f (Cyrillic spelling ка́нта)

1. can
2. pail

   kante za smeće ― garbage pail

• “kanta” in Hrvatski jezični portal

kanta (present kantar, preterite kantade, supine kantat, imperative kanta)

1. to be placed as a border, limit or rim

• kantning

• vägen till helvetet kantas av goda föresatser

• kanat, tanka

Borrowed from Spanish canta.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kanˈta/ [kɐnˈta]

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: kan‧ta

kantá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. song; chant

   Synonym: awit

2. act of singing

• “kanta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

From Proto-Finnic *kantadak, from Proto-Uralic *kanta-.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɑː/, [ˈkɑntɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑntɑː
• Hyphenation: kan‧ta

kanta

1. (transitive) to carry (along)
2. (transitive) to carry, bear
3. (transitive, usually atelic) to wear (clothing)
4. (transitive, usually atelic) to be pregnant (with), be expecting
5. (transitive) to litter, calve, bear, give birth to (of an animal)

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kantaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn