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kanta.

base (supporting component of a structure or object)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɑntɑ/[ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝]
  1. base (supporting component of a structure or object)

    lampun kanta
    pilarin kanta
  2. heel (rear part of the foot) (used especially in compounds)

    kantaluu
  3. heel (part of a sole of a shoe, especially a low one)

    olla kannoilla
    karistaa kannoiltaan
  4. stem, top (slender supporting member of a fruit, berry, etc.)

  5. heel, crust (end-piece of a loaf of bread)

  6. footboard (back of the runner on a sleigh, etc.)

    plural-normally
  7. head (blunt end of a fastener)

    naulan kanta
    tasakantaruuvi
  8. stub, counterfoil (piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record)

    lipun kanta
    sekin kanta
  9. position, opinion, point of view, account, stance, stand (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs)

    pysyä kannassaan
    En ota tuohon kantaa.
  10. base, origin

  11. population, stock, supply

    asuntokanta
    osakekanta
  12. shape, condition

    huonolla kannalla
  13. population (collection of a particular species living in a given area)

    Suomen hirvikanta
  14. strain (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)

  15. base (controlling terminal of a transistor)

  16. base, radix (in a positional numeral system, the number of unique digits, including the digit zero, used to represent numbers)

  17. base (number raised to the power of an exponent)

  18. base (lowest side or face)

  19. basis

  20. base, basis

  21. root (word from which another word is derived)

  22. proto- (of common ancestor, often hypothetical)

    Kaikki indoeurooppalaiset kielet polveutuvat kantaindoeuroopasta.
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kanta (compare Estonian kand), from Proto-Uralic *kënta (compare Erzya кандо (kando, “log, load”), Moksha канда (kanda), Northern Khanty ҳонт (ḥont), Northern Mansi [script needed] (χānta)). * (position, opinion, point of view, stance): Coined by Finnish physician and translator Wolmar Schildt in the 1840s.

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