kanto

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish canto, from Latin cantus (“metal rim of a wheel”), of Celtic origin.

• Hyphenation: kan‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈkanto/ [ˈkan̪.t̪o]

kanto

1. a corner; specifically the exterior corner

   Synonyms: eskina, korner, suok

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish canto (“edge, side”).

• Hyphenation: kan‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈkanto/ [ˈkan̪.to]

kánto

1. corner

   Synonym: eskina

From kanti (“to sing”) +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanto/

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• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: kan‧to

kanto (accusative singular kanton, plural kantoj, accusative plural kantojn)

1. song

   Synonyms: kantado, kanzono

2. singing

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnto/, [ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑnto
• Syllabification^(key): kan‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): kan‧to

From Proto-Finnic *kanto, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kënta, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *skandʰás, whence Sanskrit स्कन्ध (skandha). Uralic cognates include Erzya кандо (kando, “block, log”).

kanto

1. stump, treestump

• “1. kanto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

kantaa (“to carry, bear”) +‎ -o

kanto

1. carrying (act)
2. collection (activity of collecting, especially taxes)

   Synonym: veronkanto (“(tax) collection”)

• “2. kanto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

• katon, nokat, tanko, tokan

kanto (plural kanti)

1. song

• kantisto
• kantar

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkanto/ [ˈkan̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: kan‧to

Borrowed from Italian canto (“canto”, literally “chant”), from Latin cantus.

kanto (plural kanto-kanto)

1. canto (one of the chief divisions of a long poem)

kanto (plural kanto-kanto)

1. alternative spelling of kanta (“lens”)

kanto (plural kanto-kanto)

1. initialism of kantor toko (“shopoffice”)

• “kanto”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Proto-Finnic *kanto. Cognates include Finnish kanto and Estonian känd.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnto/, [ˈkɑntŏ̞̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnto/, [ˈkɑnd̥o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑnto
• Hyphenation: kan‧to

kanto

1. stump (of a tree)

Declension of kanto (type 4/koivu, nt-nn gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kanto	kannot
genitive	kannon	kantoin, kantoloin
partitive	kantoa	kantoja, kantoloja
illative	kantoo	kantoi, kantoloihe
inessive	kannoos	kannois, kantolois
elative	kannost	kannoist, kantoloist
allative	kannolle	kannoille, kantoloille
adessive	kannool	kannoil, kantoloil
ablative	kannolt	kannoilt, kantoloilt
translative	kannoks	kannoiks, kantoloiks
essive	kantonna, kantoon	kantoinna, kantoloinna, kantoin, kantoloin
exessive1)	kantont	kantoint, kantoloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 131

Regional variants of kanto

North Karelian (Viena)	kanto
South Karelian (Tver)	kando

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnto/
• Hyphenation: kan‧to

kanto (genitive kannon, partitive kantuo)

1. (North Karelian) stump

Viena Karelian declension of kanto (type 1/tyttö, nt-nn gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kanto	kannot
genitive	kannon	kantojen
partitive	kantuo	kantoja
illative	kantoh	kantoloih
inessive	kannošša	kantoloissa
elative	kannošta	kantoloista
adessive	kannolla	kantoloilla
ablative	kannolta	kantoloilta
translative	kannokši	kantoloiksi
essive	kantona	kantoloina
comitative	—	kantoloineh
abessive	kannotta	kantoloitta
prolative	—	—
instructive	—	kantoloin

Possessive forms of kanto
1st person	kantoni
2nd person	kantoš
3rd person	kantoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

• P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “kanto”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 47
• Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “kanto”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[4], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

kanto

1. bag

kanto

1. nominative singular masculine of kanta (“lovely”)
2. nominative singular masculine of kanta, which is past participle of kamati (“to go”) (only in compounds)

kanto

1. nominative singular of kanta (“husband”)

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish canto, from Latin cantus (“metal rim of a wheel”), of Celtic origin.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkanto/ [ˈkan̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: kan‧to

kanto (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. corner, especially the intersection of two streets

   Synonyms: panulukan, sulok

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kanˈto/ [kɐn̪ˈt̪o]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: kan‧to

kantó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ) (dialectal, Rizal)

1. alternative form of kamto

• “kanto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

• antok

Borrowed from Italian canto, from Latin cantus. Doublet of şan.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑntɔ]
• Hyphenation: kan‧to

kanto (definite accusative kantoyu, plural kantolar)

1. a show performed by female artists, usually with singing and dancing, before a play in Tuluat theatres
2. a song sung during these performances

• “kanto”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “kanto”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kanto”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Eren, Hasan (1999), “kanto”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎^[5] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi

From Proto-Finnic *kanto.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnto/, [ˈkɑnto]
• Rhymes: -ɑnto
• Hyphenation: kan‧to

kanto

1. tree stump

Declension of kanto (type II/võrkko, nt-nn gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kanto	kannod
genitive	kanno	kantojõ, kantoi
partitive	kantoa	kantoitõ, kantoi
illative	kantosõ, kanto	kantoisõ
inessive	kannoz	kantoiz
elative	kannossõ	kantoissõ
allative	kannolõ	kantoilõ
adessive	kannollõ	kantoillõ
ablative	kannoltõ	kantoiltõ
translative	kannossi	kantoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

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