kanti

See also: känti

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der.
Proto-Italic *kanō
Latin canō
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin -tō
Latin cantōlbor.
Esperanto kanti

    Learned borrowing from Latin cantāre.[1][2] First attested in 1887.[3]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkanti/
    • Audio 1:(file)
    • Audio 2:(file)
    • Rhymes: -anti
    • Syllabification: kan‧ti

    Verb

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

    2. (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.
      • 2025 November 27, Renée Triolle, “La unua eŭropano, kiu vizitis Tibeton Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969)”, in uea.facila‎[1], archived from the original on 23 December 2025:
        Ŝi finfine edziniĝis en 1904 al la ĉefa inĝeniero de la tuniziaj fervojoj, Philippe Néel, kiam ŝi kantis ĉe la operejo de Tunizo.
        She finally got married in 1904 to the chief engineer of the Tunisian railways, Philippe Néel, when she sang at the opera house of Tunis.

    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

    nouns
    verbs
    • alkanti (“to sing along”)
    • antaŭkanti (“to sing before an audience”)
    • ekkanti (“to begin to sing”)
    • kantaĉi (“to sing badly”)

    References

    1. ^ André Cherpillod, “kanti”, in Konciza Etimologia Vortaro [Concise Etymological Dictionary], →ISBN
    2. ^ Ebbe Vilborg, “kanti”, in Etimologia Vortaro de Esperanto [Etymological Dictionary of Esperanto], volume 3, →ISBN, page 22
    3. ^ Neves; Pabst (2022), “kant/”, in Historia Vortaro de Esperanto, →ISBN, page 423

    Further reading

    Monolingual dictionaries
    Multilingual dictionaries

    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

    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)

    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

    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 \ NumberSingularPlural
    Nominative (first)kantikantiyo or kantī
    Accusative (second)kantiṃkantiyo or kantī
    Instrumental (third)kantiyākantīhi or kantībhi
    Dative (fourth)kantiyākantīnaṃ
    Ablative (fifth)kantiyā or kantyākantīhi or kantībhi
    Genitive (sixth)kantiyākantīnaṃ
    Locative (seventh)kantiyā or kantiyaṃ or kantyaṃkantīsu
    Vocative (calling)kantikantiyo or kantī

    References

    Sranan Tongo

    Verb

    kanti

    1. to cast

    Tagalog

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kanˈtiʔ/ [kɐn̪ˈt̪ɪʔ]
    • 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, 2018

    Anagrams

    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

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