# santa
## English
### Noun

santa (plural santas)
* (informal) Alternative letter-case form of Santa (noun).

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sanˈta/ [sʌnˈtʌ]
* Hyphenation: san‧ta

### Noun

santá f (plural sánot m)
* bag, sack

#### Declension
### References

* E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “santa”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Asturian
### Noun

santa f (plural santes)
* saint (woman proclaimed as saint)

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈsan.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsan.ta]

### Adjective

santa
* feminine singular of sant

### Noun

santa f (plural santes)
* female equivalent of sant

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (compare Old Norse sandr, Swedish sand).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɑntɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑntɑ
* Hyphenation: san‧ta

### Noun

santa
* sand (usually slightly wet sand)
    Synonym: hiekka
** unknown, unknown, “Oi kallis kotimaa”, in "Sotilaspoika", editor, Suomen sotilaan lauluja, 4th edition, Porvoo: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, published 1933:Poikia on haudattu Balkanin santaan Toiselle puolelle Tonavan.(Our) boys have been buried in Balkan sand on the other side of the Danube

#### Declension

Possessive forms of santa (Kotus type 9*J/kala, nt-nn gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
santani
santani
accusative
nom.
santani
santani
gen.
santani
genitive
santani
santojeni santaini $^{rare}$
partitive
santaani
santojani
inessive
sannassani
sannoissani
elative
sannastani
sannoistani
illative
santaani
santoihini
adessive
sannallani
sannoillani
ablative
sannaltani
sannoiltani
allative
sannalleni
sannoilleni
essive
santanani
santoinani
translative
sannakseni
sannoikseni
abessive
sannattani
sannoittani
instructive
comitative
—santoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
santasi
santasi
accusative
nom.
santasi
santasi
gen.
santasi
genitive
santasi
santojesi santaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
santaasi
santojasi
inessive
sannassasi
sannoissasi
elative
sannastasi
sannoistasi
illative
santaasi
santoihisi
adessive
sannallasi
sannoillasi
ablative
sannaltasi
sannoiltasi
allative
sannallesi
sannoillesi
essive
santanasi
santoinasi
translative
sannaksesi
sannoiksesi
abessive
sannattasi
sannoittasi
instructive
comitative
—santoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
santamme
santamme
accusative
nom.
santamme
santamme
gen.
santamme
genitive
santamme
santojemme santaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
santaamme
santojamme
inessive
sannassamme
sannoissamme
elative
sannastamme
sannoistamme
illative
santaamme
santoihimme
adessive
sannallamme
sannoillamme
ablative
sannaltamme
sannoiltamme
allative
sannallemme
sannoillemme
essive
santanamme
santoinamme
translative
sannaksemme
sannoiksemme
abessive
sannattamme
sannoittamme
instructive
comitative
—santoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
santanne
santanne
accusative
nom.
santanne
santanne
gen.
santanne
genitive
santanne
santojenne santainne $^{rare}$
partitive
santaanne
santojanne
inessive
sannassanne
sannoissanne
elative
sannastanne
sannoistanne
illative
santaanne
santoihinne
adessive
sannallanne
sannoillanne
ablative
sannaltanne
sannoiltanne
allative
sannallenne
sannoillenne
essive
santananne
santoinanne
translative
sannaksenne
sannoiksenne
abessive
sannattanne
sannoittanne
instructive
comitative
—santoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
santansa
santansa
accusative
nom.
santansa
santansa
gen.
santansa
genitive
santansa
santojensa santainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
santaansa
santojaan santojansa
inessive
sannassaan sannassansa
sannoissaan sannoissansa
elative
sannastaan sannastansa
sannoistaan sannoistansa
illative
santaansa
santoihinsa
adessive
sannallaan sannallansa
sannoillaan sannoillansa
ablative
sannaltaan sannaltansa
sannoiltaan sannoiltansa
allative
sannalleen sannallensa
sannoilleen sannoillensa
essive
santanaan santanansa
santoinaan santoinansa
translative
sannakseen sannaksensa
sannoikseen sannoiksensa
abessive
sannattaan sannattansa
sannoittaan sannoittansa
instructive
comitative
—santoineen santoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* sannoittaa
* Santala
* Santanen
* Santikko
* Santonen
* Ruskeasanta
* Santahamina
* Santaharju
* Santahuhta
* Santalahti
* Santamäki
* Santaniemi
* santapaperi
* Santavuori

### Further reading

* “santa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* ansat, nasta, natsa, sanat, tasan

## Franco-Provençal
### Noun

santa (Old Beaujolais)
* Alternative form of santât (“health”)

### References

* santa in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## Galician
### Adjective

santa
* feminine singular of santo

### Noun

santa f (plural santas)
* female equivalent of santo

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto sankta, English saint, French saint, German Sankt, Italian santo, Spanish santo..

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsanta/

### Adjective

santa
* holy

#### Derived terms

* santeso

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese santa (“female saint”), from Old Galician-Portuguese santa. See the entry santo for more information.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsan.ta]
* Rhymes: -ta
* Hyphenation: san‧ta

### Noun

santa f
* feminine of santo (“saint”)

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsan.ta/
* Rhymes: -anta
* Hyphenation: sàn‧ta

### Adjective

santa f sg
* feminine singular of santo (“holy”)

### Noun

santa f (plural sante)
* saint
* Saint (before a name of a saint or in place names, as Santa )

### Anagrams

* Nasta, Satàn, stana, tansa

## Kristang
### Etymology

From Portuguese santo.

### Adjective

santa
* holy

### Noun

santa
* saint

## Ladin
### Adjective

santa
* feminine singular of sant

## Neapolitan
### Adjective

santa f sg
* feminine singular of santo

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* सन्त (Devanagari script)
* সন্ত (Bengali script)
* සන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* သန္တ or သၼ္တ or သၼ်တ (Burmese script)
* สนฺต or สันตะ (Thai script)
* ᩈᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ສນ຺ຕ or ສັນຕະ (Lao script)
* សន្ត (Khmer script)
* 𑄥𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit सन्त् (sant).

#### Adjective

santa
* present active participle of atthi (“to be”)
** c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 6; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:या च पन सक्कतगन्थेसु समञ्ञा घोसाति वाघोसाति वा ता पयोगे सति एत्थापि पयुज्जतेYā ca pana sakkataganthesu samaññā ghosāti vāghosāti vā tā payoge sati etthāpi payujjate.And moreover that designation either 'voiced' or 'unvoiced' which is in Sanskrit texts is applied even here when there is occasion.
* true
* good

##### Usage notes

In the locative absolute, the locative singular form is sati irrespective of gender.

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

santa
* past participle of sammati (“to be calmed; to dwell”)
* calmed
* tranquil

##### Declension
### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

santa
* past participle of sammati (“to be tired”)
* tired, exhausted

##### Declension
### References

* Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 461.
* Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “sant”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
* Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “santa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɐ̃.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
* Hyphenation: san‧ta

### Noun

santa f (plural santas)
* saintess; female equivalent of santo
* (figuratively, often ironically) a good or kind woman

### Adjective

santa
* feminine singular of santo

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

sȃnta f (Cyrillic spelling са̑нта)
* iceberg

## Sicilian
### Noun

santa f (plural santi)
* female equivalent of santu

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* sancta (obsolete)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sancta, from Latin sānctus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsanta/ [ˈsãn̪.t̪a]
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* Rhymes: -anta
* Syllabification: san‧ta

### Noun

santa f (plural santas)
* saintess; female equivalent of santo

### Adjective

santa
* feminine singular of santo

#### Related terms

* Santa Cachucha
* Semana Santa

### Further reading

* “santo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese santa or less probably Spanish santa.

### Adjective

santa
* holy

#### Derived terms

* Santa Yeye

### Noun

santa
* saint

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish santa, feminine of santo.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈsanta/ [ˈsan̪.t̪ɐ], /sanˈta/ [sɐn̪ˈt̪a]
* Rhymes: -anta, -a
* Syllabification: san‧ta

### Adjective

santa or santá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ)
* feminine of santo: referring to an important figure, item, or event which had a feminine gender in Spanish: holy; sacred (used in certain expressions)
    Synonym: banal

#### Related terms

* San
* santa ana
* santa maria
* Santa Sena
* santa-elena
* santakrus-de-mayo
* santakrusan
* santisima
* santisimo

### Noun

santa or santá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ)
* feminine of santo: female saint
* feminine of santo: image or statue of a female saint

### Further reading

* “santa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* antsa, antas