kanta

Borrowed from Spanish canta.

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

kantá or kantâ

1. a song

   Synonyms: awit, kansiyon

Borrowed from Spanish canta.

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

kantá

1. a song

kantá

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

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), Khanty ҳонт (h̦ont) and Mansi [script needed] (χānta).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɑ/, [ˈkɑn̪t̪ɑ]
• 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; a high heel is usually called korko)

   olla kannoilla ― to heel

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”) from perustaa (“to base”)
• (opinion): kantaja (“plaintiff”)

• 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

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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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

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

kanta

1. heel

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

From Portuguese cantar.

kanta

1. to sing

kanta

1. potato

From Proto-Finnic *kantadak.

kanta

1. carry

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

kanta

1. lovely
2. enjoyable
3. pleasant

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.

• Hyphenation: kan‧tá
• IPA^(key): /kanˈta/, [kɐnˈta]

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kantá

1. song; chant

   Synonym: awit

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

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

kanta

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

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