See also: Monta, montá, montà, and montă

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Etymology

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From monto (mountain) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmonta/
  • Hyphenation: mont‧a
  • Rhymes: -onta

Adjective

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monta (accusative singular montan, plural montaj, accusative plural montajn)

  1. mountainous
    La monta regio enloĝigas plurajn speciojn de sovaĝaj katoj.The mountainous region is home to several species of wildcats.

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmontɑ/, [ˈmo̞n̪t̪ɑ̝]
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  • Rhymes: -ontɑ
  • Syllabification(key): mon‧ta

Pronoun

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monta

  1. partitive singular of moni
    monta kertaamany times

Determiner

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monta

  1. many

Usage notes

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Used as if it were nominative in which case it can replace what would be a numeral in nominative form.

Näin kaksi lintua.
I saw two birds.
Näin monta lintua.
I saw many birds.

*Näin moni lintua would be ungrammatical.

Inflection

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Same as moni, but with nominative as monta; partitive may also be montaa.

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French

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Verb

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monta

  1. third-person singular past historic of monter

Galician

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Verb

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monta

  1. inflection of montar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Icelandic

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monta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative montaði, supine montað)

  1. (intransitive) to boast, brag, vaunt
    Synonyms: grobba, gorta, raupa, skruma

Conjugation

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  • mont (boasting, bragging)
  • montinn (boastful; conceited)

Ingrian

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Alternative forms

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monta (+ partitive)

  1. how many?
  2. so many, God knows how many

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Determiner

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monta

  1. partitive singular of moni

References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 314

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmon.ta/
  • Rhymes: -onta
  • Hyphenation: món‧ta

Etymology 1

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Noun

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monta f (plural monte)

  1. covering, leap (of animals)
    stazione di montabreeding farm; stud farm
  2. riding, mount
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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monta

  1. inflection of montare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Portuguese

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Verb

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monta

  1. inflection of montar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French monter.

Verb

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a monta (third-person singular present montează, past participle montat) 1st conj.

  1. to assemble, to put together

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmonta/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -onta
  • Syllabification: mon‧ta

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from montar.

Noun

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monta f (plural montas)

  1. riding
  2. mounting
  3. total, sum total
  4. importance
    de poca montasmall-time
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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monta

  1. inflection of montar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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