kanta.
base (supporting component of a structure or object)
Meaning & usage
base (supporting component of a structure or object)
lampun kanta
pilarin kanta
heel (rear part of the foot) (used especially in compounds)
kantaluu
heel (part of a sole of a shoe, especially a low one)
olla kannoilla
karistaa kannoiltaan
stem, top (slender supporting member of a fruit, berry, etc.)
heel, crust (end-piece of a loaf of bread)
footboard (back of the runner on a sleigh, etc.)
head (blunt end of a fastener)
naulan kanta
tasakantaruuvi
stub, counterfoil (piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record)
lipun kanta
sekin kanta
position, opinion, point of view, account, stance, stand (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs)
pysyä kannassaan
En ota tuohon kantaa.
base, origin
population, stock, supply
asuntokanta
osakekanta
shape, condition
huonolla kannalla
population (collection of a particular species living in a given area)
Suomen hirvikanta
strain (particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)
base (controlling terminal of a transistor)
base, radix (in a positional numeral system, the number of unique digits, including the digit zero, used to represent numbers)
base (number raised to the power of an exponent)
base (lowest side or face)
basis
base, basis
root (word from which another word is derived)
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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