kantti

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish kant (“edge”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑntːi/, [ˈkɑn̪t̪ːi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑntːi
  • Syllabification(key): kant‧ti

Noun

kantti

  1. (informal) edge
    Synonym: särmä
  2. (info) chutzpah; the courage, guts, balls, nerve or audacity to go through with something
    Synonyms: muna (vulgar), pää
    Kestääkö kantti?
    You are not going to give up, are you?
    (literally, “Can your nerve take it?”)
    Harvalla meistä on kanttia tehdä se.
    Few of us have the guts to do it.

Declension
Inflection of kantti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation)
nominative kantti kantit
genitive kantin kanttien
partitive kanttia kantteja
illative kanttiin kantteihin
singular plural
nominative kantti kantit
accusative nom. kantti kantit
gen. kantin
genitive kantin kanttien
partitive kanttia kantteja
inessive kantissa kanteissa
elative kantista kanteista
illative kanttiin kantteihin
adessive kantilla kanteilla
ablative kantilta kanteilta
allative kantille kanteille
essive kanttina kantteina
translative kantiksi kanteiksi
instructive — kantein
abessive kantitta kanteitta
comitative — kantteineen
Possessive forms of kantti (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person kanttini kanttimme
2nd person kanttisi kanttinne
3rd person kanttinsa

Derived terms
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