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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): /ˈkanta/ [ˈkan̪.t̪ɐ]
  • Hyphenation: kan‧ta

kánta (Badlit spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)

  1. song
    Synonym: awit

kánta (Badlit spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)

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

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
  • Hyphenation(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 (rear part of the foot) (used especially in compounds)
    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.

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From Portuguese cantar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kanta.

kanta

  1. to sing

By surface analysis, kan +‎ ta.

  • IPA(key): /ˈkanta/ [ˈkɐn.ta]
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Syllabification: kan‧ta

kanta (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ᜴ᜦ)

  1. our (inclusive)
    Synonym: kantam

kanta (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ᜴ᜦ)

  1. ours (inclusive)
    Synonym: kantam
  2. to us; of us; by us (inclusive)
    Synonym: kantam
    sa kanta ― to us (inclusive)
    sa kanta (pag) balay ― in our (inclusive) house
    kanta garamiton ― we (inclusive) are using (literally, “are used by us (inclusive).”)

Borrowed from Spanish cantar.

  • IPA(key): /kanˈta/ [kɐnˈta]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: kan‧ta

kantá (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ᜴ᜦ)

  1. any song (other than those considered traditionally Hanunoo like ambahan or urukay)
  2. singing
  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 140
  • 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”).

kanta (plural kanta-kanta)

  1. (obsolete) lens
    Synonym: lensa

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

kanta

  1. heel
  2. poll, butt (part of an axe or scythe)
Declension of kanta (type 3/kana, nt-nn gradation)
singular plural
nominative kanta kannat
genitive kannan kantoin
partitive kantaa kantoja
illative kantaa kantoi
inessive kannaas kannois
elative kannast kannoist
allative kannalle kannoille
adessive kannaal kannoil
ablative kannalt kannoilt
translative kannaks kannoiks
essive kantanna, kantaan kantoinna, kantoin
exessive1) kantant kantoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 130

From Portuguese cantar.

kanta

  1. to sing
Regional variants of kanta
North Karelian
(Viena) 		kanta
South Karelian
(Tver) 		kanda

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)
Viena Karelian declension of kanta (type 4/kala, nt-nn gradation)
singular plural
nominative kanta kannat
genitive kannan kantojen
partitive kantua kantoja
illative kantah kantoih
inessive kannašša kannoissa
elative kannašta kannoista
adessive kannalla kannoilla
ablative kannalta kannoilta
translative kannakši kannoiksi
essive kantana kantoina
comitative — kannoineh
abessive kannatta kannoitta
Possessive forms of kanta
1st person kantani
2nd person kantaš
3rd person kantah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.
  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “kanta”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

kanta

  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

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

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

  1. to sing
    Synonym: għanna
    Inkantalek. ― I sing to you.

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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”)
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kanta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  2. ^ A. P. Buddhadatta Mahāthera (1958) Concise Pāli-English Dictionary‎[1], 2nd edition, page 92

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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

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

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

Borrowed from Spanish canta, from Latin cantāre.

kantá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)

  1. song; chant
    Synonyms: awit, awitin
  2. act of singing
  • “kanta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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

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)
Conjugation of kanta (type III-3/anta, nt-nn gradation)
Indicative
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular kannõn en kannõ 1st singular õõn kantõnnu en õõ kantõnnu
2nd singular kannõd ed kannõ 2nd singular õõd kantõnnu ed õõ kantõnnu
3rd singular kannõb eb kannõ 3rd singular on kantõnnu eb õõ kantõnnu
1st plural kannõmmõ emmä kannõ 1st plural õõmmõ kantõnnu emmä õõ kantõnnu
2nd plural kannõttõ että kannõ 2nd plural õõttõ kantõnnu että õõ kantõnnu
3rd plural kannõta eväd kannõ 3rd plural õlla kannõttu eväd õõ kannõttu
impersonal kannõta eväd kannõ impersonal õlla kannõttu eväd õõ kannõttu
Imperfect Pluperfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular kannin en kantõnnu 1st singular õlin kantõnnu —
2nd singular kannid ed kantõnnu 2nd singular õlid kantõnnu —
3rd singular kanti eb kantõnnu 3rd singular õli kantõnnu —
1st plural kannimmõ emmä kantõnnu 1st plural õlimmõ kantõnnu —
2nd plural kannittõ että kantõnnu 2nd plural õlittõ kantõnnu —
3rd plural kannõtti eväd kannõttu 3rd plural õlti kannõttu —
impersonal kannõtti eväd kannõttu impersonal õlti kannõttu —
Conditional
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular kantaizin en kantaizʹ 1st singular õllõizin kantõnnu en õllõizʹ kantõnnu
2nd singular kantaizid ed kantaizʹ 2nd singular õllõizid kantõnnu ed õllõizʹ kantõnnu
3rd singular kantaizʹ eb kantaizʹ 3rd singular õllõizʹ kantõnnu eb õllõizʹ kantõnnu
1st plural kantaizimmõ emmä kantaizʹ 1st plural õllõizimmõ kantõnnu emmä õllõizʹ kantõnnu
2nd plural kantaizittõ että kantaizʹ 2nd plural õllõizittõ kantõnnu että õllõizʹ kantõnnu
3rd plural kannõttaizʹ eväd kannõttaizʹ 3rd plural õltaizʹ kannõttu eväd õltaizʹ kannõttu
impersonal kannõttaizʹ eväd kannõttaizʹ impersonal õltaizʹ kannõttu eväd õltaizʹ kannõttu
Imperative
Present
positive negative
1st singular — —
2nd singular kannõ elä kannõ
3rd singular kantõgo1) elko kantõgo1)
1st plural — —
2nd plural kantõga elka kantõga
3rd plural kantõgod1) —
impersonal — —
Nominal forms
Infinitives Participles
active passive
1st kanta present kantõjõ2) —
2nd illative kantõma past kantõnnu kannõttu
inessive kantõmõz 1) using la is more common
2) also used as the agent noun
elative kantõmõssõ
abessive kantõmõttõ
  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kantaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn