"tkanta" meaning in Maltese

See tkanta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈtkan.ta/
Etymology: From kanta (“to sing”), from Latin cantare, with the form built as in a native four-radical verb. Etymology templates: {{mt-root|k-n-t-j}}, {{der|mt|la|cantare}} Latin cantare Head templates: {{mt-verb|jitkanta}} tkanta (imperfect jitkanta) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|tkantajt|tkantajt|tkanta|tkantat|tkantajna|tkantajtu|tkantaw|nitkanta|titkanta|jitkanta|titkanta|nitkantaw|titkantaw|jitkantaw|tkanta|tkantaw}} Forms: jitkanta [imperfect], no-table-tags [table-tags], tkantajt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], tkantajt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], tkanta [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], tkantajna [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], tkantajtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], tkantaw [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], tkantajt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], tkantajt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], tkantat [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], tkantajna [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], tkantajtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], tkantaw [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nitkanta [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], titkanta [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jitkanta [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nitkantaw [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], titkantaw [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jitkantaw [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nitkanta [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], titkanta [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], titkanta [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nitkantaw [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], titkantaw [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jitkantaw [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], tkanta [imperative, second-person, singular], tkantaw [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. mediopassive of kanta: to be sung Tags: form-of, mediopassive Form of: kanta (extra: to be sung) Synonyms: tgħanna
    Sense id: en-tkanta-mt-verb-LSzFX1Qu Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Maltese terms belonging to the root k-n-t-j, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "k-n-t-j"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "mt-root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cantare"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cantare",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From kanta (“to sing”), from Latin cantare, with the form built as in a native four-radical verb.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jitkanta",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-conj/loan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantajna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantajtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantajna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantajtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jitkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jitkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jitkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jitkanta"
      },
      "expansion": "tkanta (imperfect jitkanta)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tkantajt",
        "10": "jitkanta",
        "11": "titkanta",
        "12": "nitkantaw",
        "13": "titkantaw",
        "14": "jitkantaw",
        "15": "tkanta",
        "16": "tkantaw",
        "2": "tkantajt",
        "3": "tkanta",
        "4": "tkantat",
        "5": "tkantajna",
        "6": "tkantajtu",
        "7": "tkantaw",
        "8": "nitkanta",
        "9": "titkanta"
      },
      "name": "mt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "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": "Maltese terms belonging to the root k-n-t-j",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to be sung",
          "word": "kanta"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mediopassive of kanta: to be sung"
      ],
      "id": "en-tkanta-mt-verb-LSzFX1Qu",
      "links": [
        [
          "kanta",
          "kanta#Maltese"
        ],
        [
          "sung",
          "sung"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tgħanna"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "mediopassive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtkan.ta/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tkanta"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "k-n-t-j"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "mt-root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cantare"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cantare",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From kanta (“to sing”), from Latin cantare, with the form built as in a native four-radical verb.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jitkanta",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-conj/loan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantajna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantajtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantajna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantajtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jitkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jitkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jitkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkanta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tkantaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jitkanta"
      },
      "expansion": "tkanta (imperfect jitkanta)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tkantajt",
        "10": "jitkanta",
        "11": "titkanta",
        "12": "nitkantaw",
        "13": "titkantaw",
        "14": "jitkantaw",
        "15": "tkanta",
        "16": "tkantaw",
        "2": "tkantajt",
        "3": "tkanta",
        "4": "tkantat",
        "5": "tkantajna",
        "6": "tkantajtu",
        "7": "tkantaw",
        "8": "nitkanta",
        "9": "titkanta"
      },
      "name": "mt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese a-type unadapted loan verbs",
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese terms belonging to the root k-n-t-j",
        "Maltese terms derived from Latin",
        "Maltese unadapted loan verbs",
        "Maltese verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to be sung",
          "word": "kanta"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mediopassive of kanta: to be sung"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kanta",
          "kanta#Maltese"
        ],
        [
          "sung",
          "sung"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tgħanna"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "mediopassive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtkan.ta/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tkanta"
}

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