anta

See also: ANTA, Anta, ȧnta, äntä, -anta, anta-, -anță, and antą

English

Etymology

From Latin antae (pilasters)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæn.tə/

Noun

anta (plural antae or antas)

  1. (architecture) A kind of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.

Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for anta in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams


Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Latin antae (jamb); alternatively from a substrate Indo-European language[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈanta̝/

Noun

anta m (plural antas)

  1. dolmen, menhir, megalith; landmark
    Synonyms: arca, forno
  2. large vertical stone used in the construction of drystone walls
    Synonym: chanto

Derived terms

References

  • anta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • anta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • anta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • anta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • anta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “anta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Hausa

Pronunciation

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

Noun

antā̀ f (possessed form antàr̃)

  1. Alternative spelling of hanta

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈanta/
  • Hyphenation: an‧ta

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit अन्त (antá, disposition, essence).

Noun

anta (first-person possessive antaku, second-person possessive antamu, third-person possessive antanya)

  1. (archaic) character, nature.
    Synonyms: sifat, tabiat

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic أَنْتَ (ʾanta, you). Doublet of anda.

Pronoun

anta

  1. (informal) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours
Alternative forms
Synonyms

Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:

  • anta (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
  • antum (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
  • coen (slang, East Java)
  • ente (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
  • kamu (intimate)
  • ko, kowe (informal, Java)
  • kon, koen (colloquial, East Java)
  • lu, lo, loe, elu (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
  • mika, mike (informal, Eastern Sumatra)

Etymology 3

From Belitung Malay [Term?].

Noun

anta (first-person possessive antaku, second-person possessive antamu, third-person possessive antanya)

  1. rice dirt.

Further reading


Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈan.ta/
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Hyphenation: àn‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin antae f pl.

Noun

anta f (plural ante)

  1. door (of furniture)
  2. shutter (of window)
  3. sash (of window)
  4. panel
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From the suffix -anta common to quaranta (forty), cinquanta (fifty), sessanta (sixty), settanta (seventy), ottanta (eighty), and novanta (ninety).

Noun

anta m pl (plural only)

  1. (informal) forties, fifties, sixties, ... (in someone's age)

Anagrams


Japanese

Romanization

anta

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あんた

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *antadak.

Verb

anta

  1. give

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

an- + ta; from German annehmen.

Verb

anta (imperative anta, present tense antar, passive antas, simple past antok, past participle antatt, present participle antakende)

  1. to assume, presume
  2. to accept, approve

Derived terms

References


Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अन्त (anta).

Noun

anta m

  1. end
  2. goal
  3. top

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

anta n

  1. intestine, tharm

Declension

Descendants

  • Khmer: អន្តៈ (ʼɑntaʼ)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antae.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈan.ta/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Syllabification: an‧ta

Noun

anta f

  1. (architecture, Ancient Greece) anta

Declension

Further reading

  • anta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • anta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɐ̃.tɐ/

  • (file)
  • Homophone: Anta
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
  • Hyphenation: an‧ta
anta

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese anta, borrowed from Latin antās pl.

Noun

anta f (plural antas)

  1. (architecture) anta
  2. (archaeology) dolmen (prehistoric megalithic tomb)
    Synonym: dólmen
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic لَمْتَة (lamta).

Noun

anta f (plural antas)

  1. tapir (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)
    Synonym: tapir

Noun

anta m or f by sense (plural antas)

  1. (Brazil, figuratively) a stupid person
    Você é uma anta!
    You are an idiot!

Spanish

Etymology

From ante.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈanta/ [ˈãn̪.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Syllabification: an‧ta

Noun

anta f (plural antas)

  1. female equivalent of ante; moose, elk
  2. (Bolivia) tapir (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae.)
    Synonyms: tapir, anteburro, sachavaca, danta, ante

Further reading


Swedish

Etymology

Apocopic form of antaga, calqued from Middle Low German annemen or German annehmen. All compounds with the verb ta have gone through apocope and those forms are now the standard ones, see also avta/avtaga, inta/intaga and överta/övertaga. Cognate with Danish antage, Norwegian Bokmål anta, Norwegian Nynorsk anta, antake, antaka. Morphologically the same as native Swedish åta (åtaga) and English ontake.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

anta (present antar, preterite antog, supine antagit, imperative anta)

  1. to suppose, to presume, to guess
    Jag antar att det är dags att köpa en ny kaffebryggare.
    I presume it's time to buy a new coffee machine.
  2. to accept an offer
    Schackspelaren antog erbjudandet om remi efter att ha funderat på det.
    The chessplayer accepted the offer of a draw after having thought about it.
  3. (especially in the past participle) to accept (to a school, etc.)
    Jag har blivit antagen till Harvard!
    I've been accepted to Harvard!

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Anagrams


Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: an‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ʔanˈta/, [ʔɐnˈta]
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔanta/, [ˈʔan.tɐ]

Noun

antá or anta

  1. rancidity; rancid odor

Derived terms


Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *antadak.

Pronunciation

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɑntɑː/, [ˈɑntɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑntɑː
  • Hyphenation: an‧ta

Verb

anta

  1. to give

Inflection

Conjugation of anta (type III-3/anta, nt-nn gradation)
Indicative
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular annõn en annõ 1st singular õõn antõnnu en õõ antõnnu
2nd singular annõd ed annõ 2nd singular õõd antõnnu ed õõ antõnnu
3rd singular annõb eb annõ 3rd singular on antõnnu eb õõ antõnnu
1st plural annõmmõ emmä annõ 1st plural öõmmõ antõnnu emmä õõ antõnnu
2nd plural annõttõ että annõ 2nd plural õõttõ antõnnu että õõ antõnnu
3rd plural annõta eväd annõ 3rd plural õlla annõttu eväd õõ annõttu
impersonal annõta eväd annõ impersonal õlla annõttu eväd õõ annõttu
Imperfect Pluperfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular annin en antõnnu 1st singular õlin antõnnu
2nd singular annid ed antõnnu 2nd singular õlid antõnnu
3rd singular anti eb antõnnu 3rd singular õli antõnnu
1st plural annimmõ emmä antõnnu 1st plural õlimmõ antõnnu
2nd plural annittõ että antõnnu 2nd plural õlittõ antõnnu
3rd plural annõtti eväd annõttu 3rd plural õlti annõttu
impersonal annõtti eväd annõttu impersonal õlti annõttu
Conditional
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular antaizin en antaizʹ 1st singular õllõizin antõnnu en õllõizʹ antõnnu
2nd singular antaizid ed antaizʹ 2nd singular õllõizid antõnnu ed õllõizʹ antõnnu
3rd singular antaizʹ eb antaizʹ 3rd singular õllõizʹ antõnnu eb õllõizʹ antõnnu
1st plural antaizimmõ emmä antaizʹ 1st plural õllõizimmõ antõnnu emmä õllõizʹ antõnnu
2nd plural antaizittõ että antaizʹ 2nd plural õllõizittõ antõnnu että õllõizʹ antõnnu
3rd plural annõttaizʹ eväd annõttaizʹ 3rd plural õltaizʹ annõttu eväd õltaizʹ annõttu
impersonal annõttaizʹ eväd annõttaizʹ impersonal õltaizʹ annõttu eväd õltaizʹ annõttu
Imperative
Present
positive negative
1st singular
2nd singular annõ elä annõ
3rd singular antõgo elko antõgo
1st plural
2nd plural antõga elka antõga
3rd plural antõgod
impersonal
Nominal forms
Infinitives Participles
active passive
1st anta present antõjõ
2nd illative antõma past antõnnu annõttu
inessive antõmõz
elative antõmassõ
abessive antõmattõ

References

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