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lanta.

manure (fertilizer made of animal excrement and urine)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɑntɑ/[ˈlɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝]

  1. manure (fertilizer made of animal excrement and urine)

  2. dung, manure (animal excrement)

    broadly
Where this word comes from

Variant of lansi (“low-lying land”), possibly by backformation from dialectal lantea (“fertile, of land”). Semantic development has probably been through "fertile soil, material used as fertilizer". Attested since the early 18th century. A connection has also been purported to Proto-Germanic *hlandą (“urine”).

noun/ˈlɑntɑ/[ˈlɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝]

  1. The parts of Finland south of Sápmi.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Sami (compare Northern Sami láddi), from Proto-Samic *lāntē, from North Germanic (compare Swedish land).

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