kanti

See also: känti

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin cantāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkanti]
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  • Rhymes: -anti
  • Hyphenation: kan‧ti

Verb

kanti (present kantas, past kantis, future kantos, conditional kantus, volitive kantu)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to sing
    Ni kantu ion. ― Let's sing something.
    Mi ne estas muzikema, sed mi ŝatas kanti en duŝo. ― I am not musical, but I like to sing in the shower.

Conjugation
Conjugation of kanti
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense kantas kantis kantos
active participle kantanta kantantaj kantinta kantintaj kantonta kantontaj
acc. kantantan kantantajn kantintan kantintajn kantontan kantontajn
passive participle kantata kantataj kantita kantitaj kantota kantotaj
acc. kantatan kantatajn kantitan kantitajn kantotan kantotajn
nominal active participle kantanto kantantoj kantinto kantintoj kantonto kantontoj
acc. kantanton kantantojn kantinton kantintojn kantonton kantontojn
nominal passive participle kantato kantatoj kantito kantitoj kantoto kantotoj
acc. kantaton kantatojn kantiton kantitojn kantoton kantotojn
adverbial active participle kantante kantinte kantonte
adverbial passive participle kantate kantite kantote
infinitive kanti imperative kantu conditional kantus

Derived terms
  • alkanti (“to sing along”)
  • antaŭkanti (“to sing before an audience”)
  • ekkanti (“to begin to sing”)
  • kantaĉi (“to sing badly”)
  • kantanto (“one who is singing, singer”)
  • kantisto (“professional singer”)

References

“kanti”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, 2020

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English canteen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kàn.tíː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kàn.tíː]

Noun

kàntī m (plural kantunā̀, possessed form kàntin)

  1. shop, store

References

Ido

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkanti/

Noun

kanti

  1. plural of kanto

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ (kanthi, “companion”), from Old Javanese kaṇṭi (“companion, ally”), probably from Sanskrit कान्ता (kāntā, “wife”), कान्त (kānta, “beloved”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkan.ti/
  • Rhymes: -ti, -i
  • Hyphenation: kan‧ti

Noun

kanti (plural kanti-kanti, first-person possessive kantiku, second-person possessive kantimu, third-person possessive kantinya)

  1. (rare) friend (person whose company one enjoys)
    Synonyms: bendu, dongan, handai, handai tolan, kamerad, kanca, karib, kawan, kenalan, kolega, kontak, mitra, perepat, rafik, rekan, sahabat, saki, sejawat, sekutu, sobat, sohib, teman, tolan

Derived terms
  • penganti

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀓𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • कन्ति (Devanagari script)
  • কন্তি (Bengali script)
  • කන‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
  • ကန္တိ or ၵၼ္တိ or ၵၼ်တိ (Burmese script)
  • กนฺติ or กันติ (Thai script)
  • ᨠᨶ᩠ᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
  • ກນ຺ຕິ or ກັນຕິ (Lao script)
  • កន្តិ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄇𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कान्ति (kānti). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀓𑀁𑀢𑀺 (kaṃti).

Noun

kanti f

  1. beauty
    Synonyms: sobhaṇa, sobhā, pabhāsa, vilāsa, sirī

Declension
Declension table of "kanti" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kantikantiyo or kantī
Accusative (second)kantiṃkantiyo or kantī
Instrumental (third)kantiyākantīhi or kantībhi
Dative (fourth)kantiyākantīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)kantiyā or kantyākantīhi or kantībhi
Genitive (sixth)kantiyākantīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)kantiyā or kantiyaṃ or kantyaṃkantīsu
Vocative (calling)kantikantiyo or kantī

References

Sranan Tongo

Verb

kanti

  1. to cast

Tagalog

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kanˈtiʔ/ [kɐnˈtiʔ]
  • Rhymes: -iʔ
  • Syllabification: kan‧ti

Noun

kantî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. light or gentle hit or tap
    Synonyms: tapik, dantik, kalabit, haplos, sagi

Derived terms
  • kantiin
  • pagkanti

Further reading
  • “kanti”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tocharian A

Noun

kanti ?

  1. gong, cymbal

Tocharian B

Noun

kanti ?

  1. bread

Zulu

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kantîː/

Adverb

kantî

  1. after all, however, nevertheless, notwithstanding
  2. in fact

Conjunction

kantî

  1. whereas

Interjection

kanti

  1. so what?, who cares?

References
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