kanti

See also: känti

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin cantāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkanti]

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• Rhymes: -anti
• Hyphenation: kan‧ti

Verb

kanti (present kantas, past kantis, future kantos, conditional kantus, volitive kantu)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to sing

   Ni kantu ion. ― Let's sing something.

   Mi ne estas muzikema, sed mi ŝatas kanti en duŝo. ― I am not musical, but I like to sing in the shower.

Conjugation

Conjugation of kanti present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense kantas kantis kantos active participle kantanta kantantaj kantinta kantintaj kantonta kantontaj acc. kantantan kantantajn kantintan kantintajn kantontan kantontajn passive participle kantata kantataj kantita kantitaj kantota kantotaj acc. kantatan kantatajn kantitan kantitajn kantotan kantotajn nominal active participle kantanto kantantoj kantinto kantintoj kantonto kantontoj acc. kantanton kantantojn kantinton kantintojn kantonton kantontojn nominal passive participle kantato kantatoj kantito kantitoj kantoto kantotoj acc. kantaton kantatojn kantiton kantitojn kantoton kantotojn adverbial active participle kantante kantinte kantonte adverbial passive participle kantate kantite kantote infinitive kanti imperative kantu conditional kantus

Derived terms

• alkanti (“to sing along”)
• antaŭkanti (“to sing before an audience”)
• ekkanti (“to begin to sing”)
• kantaĉi (“to sing badly”)
• kantanto (“one who is singing, singer”)
• kantisto (“professional singer”)

 

Related terms

• kanto

 

References

“kanti”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, 2020

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English canteen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kàn.tíː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kàn.tíː]

Noun

kàntī m (plural kantunā̀, possessed form kàntin)

1. shop, store

References

• Hausa vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanti/

Noun

kanti

1. plural of kanto

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ (kanthi, “companion”), from Old Javanese kaṇṭi (“companion, ally”), probably from Sanskrit कान्ता (kāntā, “wife”), कान्त (kānta, “beloved”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.ti/
• Rhymes: -ti, -i
• Hyphenation: kan‧ti

Noun

kanti (plural kanti-kanti, first-person possessive kantiku, second-person possessive kantimu, third-person possessive kantinya)

1. (rare) friend (person whose company one enjoys)

   Synonyms: bendu, dongan, handai, handai tolan, kamerad, kanca, karib, kawan, kenalan, kolega, kontak, mitra, perepat, rafik, rekan, sahabat, saki, sejawat, sekutu, sobat, sohib, teman, tolan

Derived terms

• penganti

 

Further reading

• “kanti” 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.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• कन्ति (Devanagari script)
• কন্তি (Bengali script)
• කන‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
• ကန္တိ or ၵၼ္တိ or ၵၼ်တိ (Burmese script)
• กนฺติ or กันติ (Thai script)
• ᨠᨶ᩠ᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ກນ຺ຕິ or ກັນຕິ (Lao script)
• កន្តិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कान्ति (kānti). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀓𑀁𑀢𑀺 (kaṃti).

Noun

kanti f

1. beauty

   Synonyms: sobhaṇa, sobhā, pabhāsa, vilāsa, sirī

Declension

Declension table of "kanti" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kanti	kantiyo or kantī
Accusative (second)	kantiṃ	kantiyo or kantī
Instrumental (third)	kantiyā	kantīhi or kantībhi
Dative (fourth)	kantiyā	kantīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kantiyā or kantyā	kantīhi or kantībhi
Genitive (sixth)	kantiyā	kantīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kantiyā or kantiyaṃ or kantyaṃ	kantīsu
Vocative (calling)	kanti	kantiyo or kantī

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kānti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 155

Sranan Tongo

Verb

kanti

1. to cast

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kanˈtiʔ/ [kɐn̪ˈt̪iʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: kan‧ti

Noun

kantî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. light or gentle hit or tap

   Synonyms: tapik, dantik, kalabit, haplos, sagi

Derived terms

• kantiin
• pagkanti

 

Further reading

• “kanti”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• takin, antik, iknat

Tocharian A

Noun

kanti ?

1. gong, cymbal

Tocharian B

Noun

kanti ?

1. bread

Zulu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kantîː/

Adverb

kantî

1. after all, however, nevertheless, notwithstanding
2. in fact

Conjunction

kantî

1. whereas

Interjection

kanti

1. so what?, who cares?

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “kanti”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “kanti (6.3-8)”