"kanta" meaning in Maltese

See kanta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈkan.ta/
Etymology: Borrowed from Sicilian cantari and/or Italian cantare, from Latin cantare. Etymology templates: {{bor+|mt|scn|cantari}} Borrowed from Sicilian cantari, {{bor|mt|it|cantare}} Italian cantare, {{der|mt|la|canto|cantare}} Latin cantare Head templates: {{mt-verb|jkanta|kantat|vn=kantar}} kanta (imperfect jkanta, past participle kantat, verbal noun kantar) Forms: jkanta [imperfect], kantat [participle, past], kantar [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], kantajt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], kantajt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], kanta [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], kantajna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], kantajtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], kantaw [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], kantajt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], kantajt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], kantat [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], kantajna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], kantajtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], kantaw [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nkanta [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tkanta [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jkanta [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nkantaw [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tkantaw [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jkantaw [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nkanta [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tkanta [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tkanta [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nkantaw [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tkantaw [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jkantaw [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], kanta [imperative, second-person, singular], kantaw [imperative, plural, second-person], kantajtx [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], kantajtx [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], kantajniex [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], kantajtux [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], kantawx [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], kantajtx [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], kantajtx [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], kantatx [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], kantajniex [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], kantajtux [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], kantawx [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nkantax [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tkantax [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jkantax [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nkantawx [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tkantawx [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jkantawx [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nkantax [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tkantax [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tkantax [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nkantawx [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tkantawx [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jkantawx [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], tkantax [imperative, second-person, singular], tkantawx [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to sing Synonyms: għanna Derived forms: tkanta Related terms: kant, kantabbli, kantaliena, kantant, kantata, kantiku, kantur, għanja
    Sense id: en-kanta-mt-verb-e1aXhU~s Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 23 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 23 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 23 entries: 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 6 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 3 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "scn",
        "3": "cantari"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Sicilian cantari",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "cantare"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian cantare",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "canto",
        "4": "cantare"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cantare",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sicilian cantari and/or Italian cantare, from Latin cantare.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jkanta",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantar",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantatx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nkantax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jkantax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nkantawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jkantawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nkantax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nkantawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jkantawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jkanta",
        "2": "kantat",
        "vn": "kantar"
      },
      "expansion": "kanta (imperfect jkanta, past participle kantat, verbal noun kantar)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 23 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 6 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 23 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 3 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "tkanta"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I sing to you.",
          "text": "Inkantalek."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sing"
      ],
      "id": "en-kanta-mt-verb-e1aXhU~s",
      "links": [
        [
          "sing",
          "sing"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "kant"
        },
        {
          "word": "kantabbli"
        },
        {
          "word": "kantaliena"
        },
        {
          "word": "kantant"
        },
        {
          "word": "kantata"
        },
        {
          "word": "kantiku"
        },
        {
          "word": "kantur"
        },
        {
          "word": "għanja"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "għanna"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkan.ta/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kanta"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 23 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "tkanta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "scn",
        "3": "cantari"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Sicilian cantari",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "cantare"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian cantare",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "canto",
        "4": "cantare"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cantare",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sicilian cantari and/or Italian cantare, from Latin cantare.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jkanta",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantar",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantajtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "form": "kantawx",
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        "feminine",
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        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
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      ]
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
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        "first-person",
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        "plural"
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    {
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantawx",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nkantax",
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jkantax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nkantawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jkantawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nkantawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jkantawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jkanta",
        "2": "kantat",
        "vn": "kantar"
      },
      "expansion": "kanta (imperfect jkanta, past participle kantat, verbal noun kantar)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "kant"
    },
    {
      "word": "kantabbli"
    },
    {
      "word": "kantaliena"
    },
    {
      "word": "kantant"
    },
    {
      "word": "kantata"
    },
    {
      "word": "kantiku"
    },
    {
      "word": "kantur"
    },
    {
      "word": "għanja"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese a-type unadapted loan verbs",
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese terms borrowed from Italian",
        "Maltese terms borrowed from Sicilian",
        "Maltese terms derived from Italian",
        "Maltese terms derived from Latin",
        "Maltese terms derived from Sicilian",
        "Maltese terms with usage examples",
        "Maltese unadapted loan verbs",
        "Maltese verbs",
        "Pages with 23 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I sing to you.",
          "text": "Inkantalek."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sing",
          "sing"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "għanna"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkan.ta/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kanta"
}

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