# kanta
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canta, from cantar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kanˈta/ [kan̪ˈta]
* IPA: /kanˈtaʔ/ [kan̪ˈtaʔ]
* Hyphenation: kan‧ta

### Noun

kantá or kantâ (Basahan spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)
* a song
    Synonyms: awit, kansiyon

#### Derived terms

* kantahan
* kantahon
* magkanta
* parakanta

#### See also

* musika

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkanta/ [ˈkan̪.t̪ɐ]
* Hyphenation: kan‧ta

### Noun

kánta (Badlit spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)
* song
    Synonym: awit

### Verb

kánta (Badlit spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)
* to sing
    Synonym: awit
* (slang) to fellate; to perform oral sex (on a man)
    Synonym: tsupa

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:kanta.

## Finnish
### Etymology

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).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑntɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑntɑ
* Hyphenation: kan‧ta

### Noun

kanta
* 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
* heel (rear part of the foot) (used especially in compounds)
    Synonym: kantapää
    kantaluu ― heel bone
* 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)
* heel (end-piece of a loaf of bread)
    Synonyms: kantapala, kannikka
* head (blunt end of a fastener)
    naulan kanta ― nailhead
    tasakantaruuvi ― flathead screw
* stub (piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record)
    lipun kanta ― ticket stub
* position, opinion, point of view, account, stance, stand (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs)
    Synonyms: mielipide, näkemys
    pysyä kannassaan ― to stand one's ground
    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.
* (electronics) base (controlling terminal of a transistor)
* (microbiology) strain (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
* (biology) population (collection of a particular species living in a given area)
    Suomen hirvikanta ― moose population of Finland
* (mathematics) base, radix (in a positional numeral system, the number of unique digits, including the digit zero, used to represent numbers)
    Synonym: kantaluku
* (mathematics) base (number raised to the power of an exponent)
    Synonym: kantaluku
* (geometry) base (lowest side or face)
* (linear algebra) basis
* (topology) base, basis
* (linguistics) root (word from which another word is derived)
* (linguistics, as modifier) proto- (of common ancestor, often hypothetical)
    Kaikki indoeurooppalaiset kielet polveutuvat kantaindoeuroopasta.All Indo-European languages are descended from Proto-Indo-European.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of kanta (Kotus type 9*J/kala, nt-nn gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kantani
kantani
accusative
nom.
kantani
kantani
gen.
kantani
genitive
kantani
kantojeni kantaini $^{rare}$
partitive
kantaani
kantojani
inessive
kannassani
kannoissani
elative
kannastani
kannoistani
illative
kantaani
kantoihini
adessive
kannallani
kannoillani
ablative
kannaltani
kannoiltani
allative
kannalleni
kannoilleni
essive
kantanani
kantoinani
translative
kannakseni
kannoikseni
abessive
kannattani
kannoittani
instructive
comitative
—kantoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kantasi
kantasi
accusative
nom.
kantasi
kantasi
gen.
kantasi
genitive
kantasi
kantojesi kantaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
kantaasi
kantojasi
inessive
kannassasi
kannoissasi
elative
kannastasi
kannoistasi
illative
kantaasi
kantoihisi
adessive
kannallasi
kannoillasi
ablative
kannaltasi
kannoiltasi
allative
kannallesi
kannoillesi
essive
kantanasi
kantoinasi
translative
kannaksesi
kannoiksesi
abessive
kannattasi
kannoittasi
instructive
comitative
—kantoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kantamme
kantamme
accusative
nom.
kantamme
kantamme
gen.
kantamme
genitive
kantamme
kantojemme kantaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
kantaamme
kantojamme
inessive
kannassamme
kannoissamme
elative
kannastamme
kannoistamme
illative
kantaamme
kantoihimme
adessive
kannallamme
kannoillamme
ablative
kannaltamme
kannoiltamme
allative
kannallemme
kannoillemme
essive
kantanamme
kantoinamme
translative
kannaksemme
kannoiksemme
abessive
kannattamme
kannoittamme
instructive
comitative
—kantoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kantanne
kantanne
accusative
nom.
kantanne
kantanne
gen.
kantanne
genitive
kantanne
kantojenne kantainne $^{rare}$
partitive
kantaanne
kantojanne
inessive
kannassanne
kannoissanne
elative
kannastanne
kannoistanne
illative
kantaanne
kantoihinne
adessive
kannallanne
kannoillanne
ablative
kannaltanne
kannoiltanne
allative
kannallenne
kannoillenne
essive
kantananne
kantoinanne
translative
kannaksenne
kannoiksenne
abessive
kannattanne
kannoittanne
instructive
comitative
—kantoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kantansa
kantansa
accusative
nom.
kantansa
kantansa
gen.
kantansa
genitive
kantansa
kantojensa kantainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
kantaansa
kantojaan kantojansa
inessive
kannassaan kannassansa
kannoissaan kannoissansa
elative
kannastaan kannastansa
kannoistaan kannoistansa
illative
kantaansa
kantoihinsa
adessive
kannallaan kannallansa
kannoillaan kannoillansa
ablative
kannaltaan kannaltansa
kannoiltaan kannoiltansa
allative
kannalleen kannallensa
kannoilleen kannoillensa
essive
kantanaan kantanansa
kantoinaan kantoinansa
translative
kannakseen kannaksensa
kannoikseen kannoiksensa
abessive
kannattaan kannattansa
kannoittaan kannoittansa
instructive
comitative
—kantoineen kantoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* kannallinen
* kannas
* kannaton
* kannikas
* kannikka
* kannus
* kannustin
* -kantainen
* Kantala
* Kantanen
* kantio
* kantis
* odottava kanta
* olla jonkun kannoilla
* osua naulan kantaan
* ottaa kantaa
* ajatuskanta
* alikanta
* asuntokanta
* autokanta
* bakteerikanta
* eläinkanta
* fanikanta
* hirvikanta
* hyökkäyskannalla
* hyökkäyskannalta
* itiökanta
* kaalinkanta
* kaksikantajärjestelmä
* kaksimetallikanta
* kalakanta
* kannanhoito
* kannanilmaisu
* kannanilmaus
* kannanmuutos
* kannanmäärittely
* kannanmääritys
* kannanotto
* kannanvaihtelu
* kannanvaihto
* kanta-aliupseeri
* kanta-asiakas
* kanta-astuja
* kanta-asukas
* kantabaltoslaavi
* kantabaltti
* kantaesittää
* kantaesitys
* kantagermaani
* kantahenkilökunta
* kantahenkilöstö
* Kanta-Häme
* kantaindoeurooppa
* kantaisä
* kantaitiö
* kantajoukko
* kantajänne
* kantajäsen
* kantakahvila
* kantakalvo
* kantakappi
* kantakaupunki
* kantakieli
* kantakiinteistö
* kantakirja
* kantakulma
* kantalappu
* kantalenkkiside
* kantalihas
* kantalinnoite
* kantalinnoittaa
* kantalinnoitus
* kantalippu
* kantaliuos
* kantaluku
* kantamuoto
* kantanäky
* kantaohjelmisto
* kantaosa
* kantapaikka
* kantapala
* kantapeikko
* kantapiikki
* kantapiste
* kantapohja
* kantapää
* kantapöytä
* kantarauta
* kantaravintola
* kantasaame
* kantasana
* kantaside
* kantasieni
* kantaslaavi
* kantaslaavilainen
* kantasolu
* kantasormus
* kantasuomalainen
* kantasuomi
* kantatalo
* kantatie
* kantatila
* kantaurali
* kantavartalo
* kantaverkko
* kantavierre
* kantaväestö
* kantaäiti
* Karinkanta
* karjakanta
* kasvikanta
* katsantokanta
* kengänkanta
* kielenkanta
* kirveenkanta
* kolmikanta
* konekanta
* korkokanta
* kultakanta
* kupukanta
* kuusikanta
* kuusiokanta
* käsityskanta
* käskykanta
* lampunkanta
* lehtikanta
* liikekannalla
* liikekannalle
* linssikantaruuvi
* lintukanta
* luottokanta
* maatiaiskanta
* minimikanta
* norppakanta
* näkökanta
* oksankanta
* osakekanta
* paikalliskanta
* paperikanta
* pelaajakanta
* pesimäkanta
* porokanta
* pultinkanta
* puoluekanta
* puolustuskanta
* rahakanta
* rakennuskanta
* rapukanta
* riistakanta
* ristikantaruuvi
* ruuvinkanta
* saappaankanta
* suoritinkanta
* talletuskanta
* tietokanta
* tilauskanta
* uppokanta
* verokanta
* viisikanta
* yksikantaan
* ykskantaan
* ympäristökanta

#### See also

* (opinion): kannella (“to file a complaint, to complain”), perustella (“to argue”), kantaja (“plaintiff”)

### Further reading

* “kanta”, 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 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* ankat, kanat, katan, takan, tanka

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese cantar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kanta.

### Verb

kanta
* to sing

## Hanunoo
### Etymology 1

By surface analysis, kan +‎ ta.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkanta/ [ˈkɐn.ta]
* Rhymes: -anta
* Syllabification: kan‧ta

#### Determiner

kanta (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ᜴ᜦ)
* our (inclusive)
    Synonym: kantam

#### Pronoun

kanta (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ᜴ᜦ)
* ours (inclusive)
    Synonym: kantam
* 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).”)

##### See also

| Person | Number | Direct | Indirect | Oblique |
| First | singular | ako | niko | kangko, kang |
| First | plural inclusive | kita | nita | kanta |
| First | plural exclusive | kami | nimi | kanmi |
| Second | singular | kawo, ka | nimo | kanmo |
| Second | plural | kamo | niyo | kanyo |
| Third | singular | siya | niya | kanya |
| Third | plural | sida | nida | kanda |

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish cantar.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kanˈta/ [kɐnˈta]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: kan‧ta

#### Noun

kantá (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ᜴ᜦ)
* any song (other than those considered traditionally Hanunoo like ambahan or urukay)
* singing

### Further reading

* Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 140

## Hausa
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kán.táː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [kán.táː]

#### Noun

kantā f (possessed form kantar̃)
* callus

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English counter.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kán.tàː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [kán.tàː]

#### Noun

kantā̀ f (plural kantōcī, possessed form kantàr̃)
* counter, shelf

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Spanish cantar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkanta/ [ˈkɐn.ta]
* Hyphenation: kan‧ta

### Noun

kanta (plural kankanta, Kur-itan spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)
* song

#### Derived terms

* agkanta
* kantaen
* kumanta
* panagkanta

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay kanta (“lens”), from Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “stone”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈkanta/ [ˈkan.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -anta
* Syllabification: kan‧ta

### Noun

kanta (plural kanta-kanta)
* (obsolete) lens
    Synonym: lensa

#### Derived terms

* kanta akromatik
* kanta kristal
* kanta majemuk
* kanta meniskus
* suryakanta

### Further reading

* “kanta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Ingrian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈkɑntɑ/, [ˈkɑnt]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈkɑntɑ/, [ˈkɑnd̥ɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑnt, -ɑntɑ
* Hyphenation: kan‧ta

### Noun

kanta
* heel
* poll, butt (part of an axe or scythe)

#### Declension
### References

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

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese cantar.

### Verb

kanta
* to sing

## Karelian

Regional variants of kanta :
| North Karelian (Viena) | kanta |
| South Karelian (Tver) | kanda |

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑntɑ/
* Hyphenation: kan‧ta

### Noun

kanta (genitive kannan, partitive kantua)
* (North Karelian) heel (of a shoe)

#### Derived terms

* Kannanlakši

### References

* P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “kanta”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

## Ladino
### Verb

kanta
* third-person singular present indicative of kantar

## Lindu
### Noun

kanta
* potato

## Ludian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kantadak.

### Verb

kanta
* carry

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “stone”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kanta/
* Rhymes: -ta, -a
* Hyphenation: kan‧ta

### Noun

kanta (Jawi spelling کنتا, plural kanta-kanta, informal 1st possessive kantaku, 2nd possessive kantamu, 3rd possessive kantanya)
* lens
    Synonym: lensa

#### Derived terms

* kanta cekung
* kanta cembung
* kanta dekat
* kanta jauh
* kanta kumpuan
* kanta lekap
* kanta majmuk
* kanta mata
* kanta pembesar
* kanta sentuh
* kanta sesentuh
* kanta tangan
* kanta zum
* tumpuan kanta

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: kanta

### Further reading

* “kanta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Maltese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkan.ta/

### Verb

kanta (imperfect jkanta, past participle kantat, verbal noun kantar)
* to sing
    Synonym: għanna
    Inkantalek. ― I sing to you.

#### Derived terms

* tkanta

#### Related terms

* kant
* kantabbli
* kantaliena
* kantant
* kantata
* kantiku
* kantur

### See also

* għanja

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀓𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* कन्त (Devanagari script)
* কন্ত (Bengali script)
* කන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* ကန္တ or ၵၼ္တ or ၵၼ်တ (Burmese script)
* กนฺต or กันตะ (Thai script)
* ᨠᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ກນ຺ຕ or ກັນຕະ (Lao script)
* កន្ត (Khmer script)
* 𑄇𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit कान्त (kānta, “desired”). Doublet of kāmita.

#### Adjective

kanta
* lovely
* enjoyable
* pleasant

##### Declension
#### Noun

kanta m
* husband

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

kanta
* past participle of kamati (only in compounds)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

kanta
* imperative active second-person singular of kantati (“to cut”)

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

kanta
* imperative active second-person singular of kantati (“to spin”)

### References

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

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese cantar and Spanish cantar and Kabuverdianu kanta.

### Verb

kanta
* to sing

## Sambali
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canta.

### Noun

kanta
* song

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چانطه (çanta, “leather bag, small suitcase”) (Turkish çanta), from Persian چنته.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kǎːnta/
* Hyphenation: kan‧ta

### Noun

kánta f (Cyrillic spelling ка́нта)
* can
* pail
    kante za smeće ― garbage pail

#### Declension
### References

* “kanta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Swedish
### Verb

kanta (present kantar, preterite kantade, supine kantat, imperative kanta)
* to be placed as a border, limit or rim

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Related terms

* kantning

#### See also

* vägen till helvetet kantas av goda föresatser

### Anagrams

* kanat, tanka

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canta, from Latin cantāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /kanˈta/ [kɐn̪ˈt̪a]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: kan‧ta

### Noun

kantá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆ)
* song; chant
    Synonyms: awit, awitin
* act of singing

#### Derived terms

* ikanta
* kantahan
* kantahin
* kumanta
* magkanta
* magkantahan
* makipagkantahan
* pakantahin

#### Related terms

* asento
* asentuwado
* asentuwasyon
* hiram-kantores
* kantada
* kantado
* kantata
* kantatris
* kantiko
* kantimplora
* kantinela
* kantor
* kantora
* kantoral

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* katan, antak

## Votic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈkɑntɑː/, [ˈkɑntɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑntɑː
* Hyphenation: kan‧ta

### Verb

kanta
* (transitive) to carry (along)
* (transitive) to carry, bear
* (transitive, usually atelic) to wear (clothing)
* (transitive, usually atelic) to be pregnant (with), be expecting
* (transitive) to litter, calve, bear, give birth to (of an animal)

#### Inflection
### References

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