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kantaja.

bearer, carrier (person who bears or carries something)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɑntɑjɑ/[ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝jɑ̝]
  1. bearer, carrier (person who bears or carries something)

  2. porter, bellhop, skycap

  3. plaintiff, complainant, claimant (initiator of an action in court)

  4. ellipsis of postinkantaja (“postman, mailman, letter carrier”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
  5. ellipsis of arkunkantaja (“pallbearer”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
  6. ellipsis of veronkantaja (“tax collector”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · historical
  7. ellipsis of taudinkantaja (“vector, carrier”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
  8. host (organism bearing certain genetic material)

  9. support (the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set; also the support of a measure)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kantaja. Equivalent to kantaa (“to bear, carry; to levy, cess (taxes); (law) to bring”) + -ja.

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