lanta
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from Ido lenta, from French lent, with the e changed to a so not to collide with lento.
Adjective
lanta (accusative singular lantan, plural lantaj, accusative plural lantajn)
- (chiefly poetic) slow
Synonyms
Antonyms
- rapida (“fast”)
Finnish
(index la)
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lan‧ta
Etymology 1
Variant of lansi (“low-lying land”), possibly by backformation from dialectal lantea (“fertile, of land”). Semantic development has probably been through "fertile soil, material used as fertilizer". Attested since the early 18th century.
Declension
| Inflection of lanta (Kotus type 9/kala, nt-nn gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lanta | lannat | |
| genitive | lannan | lantojen | |
| partitive | lantaa | lantoja | |
| illative | lantaan | lantoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lanta | lannat | |
| accusative | nom. | lanta | lannat |
| gen. | lannan | ||
| genitive | lannan | lantojen lantainrare | |
| partitive | lantaa | lantoja | |
| inessive | lannassa | lannoissa | |
| elative | lannasta | lannoista | |
| illative | lantaan | lantoihin | |
| adessive | lannalla | lannoilla | |
| ablative | lannalta | lannoilta | |
| allative | lannalle | lannoille | |
| essive | lantana | lantoina | |
| translative | lannaksi | lannoiksi | |
| instructive | — | lannoin | |
| abessive | lannatta | lannoitta | |
| comitative | — | lantoineen | |
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Sami (compare e.g. Northern Sami láddi), from North Germanic (compare e.g. Swedish land).
Derived terms
References
Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija (editors). 1992–2000. Suomen sanojen alkuperä ('The Origin of Finnish Words'). Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus/Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. →ISBN.
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese levantar-se. Cognates with Kabuverdianu labanta.